Abstract:
In this article, first, the behavior of Houshang Moradi Kermani's fictional characters is studied based on Erikson's theory, and then factors that contributed to his success in describing and presenting appropriate characters are mentioned. From Erikson's 'eight stages of life' theory, the play age, school age, and adolescence stages correspond to the characteristics and behaviors of the characters in Moradi Kermani's stories. Based on this theory, at the play age, children have characteristics such as initiative, interest in animals and toys. At school age, reasoning, the feeling of needing to acquire social competence, and facing crisis; and at adolescence age, characteristics such as identity seeking, identification, and identity crisis. Moradi has observed these characteristics in characterization and the description of the states, behavior, and speech of the heroes of his stories, and has created his works in accordance with the development of children's personalities and their behavior.
Machine summary:
Moradi Kermani's connection to childhood and its reconstruction in adulthood, along with the author's continuous bond with his inner child and his understanding of children, their needs, and their behaviors, has enabled him to depict truths about children that align with Erik Erikson's eight stages of development.
Initiative, creativity, feelings of guilt, and interest in toys and animals are characteristics of the play age that are seen in the characters of Moradi Kermani's stories.
According to Erikson's "eight stages of life" theory, the play age, school age, and adolescence stage are consistent with the characteristics and behaviors of the characters in Moradi Kermani's stories.
Furthermore, the art of storytelling and the author's connection with his inner child have made him successful in showing needs, respecting the stages of children's personality development, and depicting behavior appropriate to age groups, so that the behavior of his story characters is consistent with the classifications of great personality development theorists such as Freud and Erik Erikson.
Three of Moradi Kermani's story characters, "Namko," "Leila," and "Houshou," are in the play age stage during a period of their lives, and characteristics such as play, interest in toys and creatures, initiative, and guilt are seen in the state and behavior of each of them.
Razou (Reza), Maryam, Esmail, Housho -in the second period of his life- and an unnamed boy, are characters that Moradi Kermani has placed in the school age stage in his stories.
Mahin, Masoumeh, Jalal, Housho, and Majid are the protagonists of stories who, in terms of personality, fall into Erikson's fifth stage (adolescence) and possess characteristics such as identity seeking, identification, self-presentation, and identity crisis.
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