PSYCHOLOGICAL RUPTURES IN DORIS LESSING’S THE GRASS IS SINGING

The aim of this paper is to study the psychology of the protagonist Mary Turner of the novel The Grass is Singing by applying the concepts of Freudian Psychoanalysis such as the unconscious, id- ego-superego, repression, Oedipus Complex, etc. African writer Doris Lessing's choice of Mary Turner's character in her novel gives us a new way to read her novel. To read a text from a theoretical perspective is very relevant nowadays. This paper will try to touch the text and the Freudian psychoanalysis in a parallel manner and will try to inspect the psychological condition of the characters of the novel along with the protagonist.