The Effect of Diana’s Psychological Complex on Women in the Text of the Novel “Poor Asmar” by Karwan Khanki as an Example

Abstract

Psychological complexes in general and the Diana complex in particular are considered sensitive issues that affect the meaning of the lives of individuals in societies. Therefore, this research revolves around Diana’s psychological complex in the novel “Poor Asmar”. Because this topic occupies a large place in this novel. The novelist Karwan Khanki was able to describe the situation of the Kurdish woman and her understanding of her gender (as female) in her family and society in a psychological and indirect way. In other words, the writer reveals the absence of a woman's penis to the recipient by describing situations and behaviors in an unspoken way. This had a negative impact on the minds and emotions of Kurdish women, as a result of the lack of proper care for the female gender in Kurdish society. However, the way in which fathers and brothers exercise their leadership over girls and women in the context of violence has caused and developed this type of psychological complex in them. The assumption here is that because a woman is exposed to violent behavior from her father, brother, and husband and creates problems in her life, this causes her to develop a mental complex. In this research, we will try to prove that the novelist Karwan Khanki did this in his text. Therefore, this research attempts to clarify the effects of mental illness when and how it develops in women, as well as how the author presents this psychological problem. From the interpretations of the text, it becomes clear that the novelist calls for the method of uniting female leadership with her gender as female, even though the novelist expresses it in the form of imagination and indirect dialogue.