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M.Phil
                                                                              (Social Science and Humanities-English)
          AN EVALUATION OF  CHETAN BHAGAT’S NOVEL ONE INDIAN
          GIRL WITH SOCIO-PSYCHOANALYTICAL PERSPECTIVE

          M.Phil. Scholar : Singh Monika
          Research Supervisor : Dr. Usha Kaushik



                                                                                Regi. No.: 20055091002
          Abstract :
          Present  thesis  deals  with  Chetan  Bhagat’s  novel  one  indian  girl  which  showcases  a
          conflict undergoes in female’s inner psyche  - her suppressed and unfulfilled desires. This
          research  is  based  on  descriptive  analytical  research  methodology.  The  pertinent
          information and learning has been undertaken from primary and secondary sources and
          the comprehensive reading of different articles published in the national and international
          journals, reference books and websites. This study in an attempt to investigate Bhagat’s
          one indian girl from the socio- psychoanalytical perspective which present an archetype
          shift in Indian women’s behavior that today’s women are not sensitively weak, dependent
          and spiritless but are aggressive, unconquerable and least concerned about the norms of
          the society.

          The thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter gives a comprehensive
          introduction of Chetan Bhagat as a novelist, his works, his achievements, and the major
          themes of his novels and also gives a complete prologue of the story of ‘One Indian Girl.’
          The second  chapter deals with the literature review. In the third section of the chapters,
          ‘socio-  psychoanalysis:  A  theoreticl  Perspective’  has  provided  complete  information  on
          psychoanalysis which delineates freud’s three-tier structure of personality – the Id , the
          Ego  and  the  Superego.The  fourth  chapter  deals  the  critical  analysis  of  the  novel  and
          highlights the descriptive technique to study socio-psychoanalytic approach in the novel
          ‘One Indian Girl’.

          The  fifth  chapter  is  conclusion  which  presents  the  major  findings  of  the  research  and
          proves  that  in  spite  of  several  criticisms:  Bhagat’s  heroine  overcomes  as  a  tough
          decision-maker  and  rejects  to  choose  from  the  societal  customs  and  represents  a
          archetype  shift  in  In  women’s  behavior  that  today’s  women  are  not  sensitively  weak,
          dependent and spiritless but are aggressive, unconquerable and least concerned about
          the norms of the society.

          Key words: Psychoanalysis, desires, wedding, social construct, color discrimination






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