Psychological Analysis of Hooshang Morādi's Fictional Characters Based on Erikson's Theory

The present article intends to find out if the novelist Hooshang Morādi follows the pattern of character growth stages as proposed by psychologist, Erik Erikson in creating his fictional characters, and if this is the case, what factors contribute in his successful characterization. Play Age, School Age, and Adolescence are among the eight stages mentioned by Erikson which are significant in the stories of Morādi. According to Erikson, individuals, at Play Age are initiative, and interested in animals and toys; at School Age, they are in need of logical reasoning, social capability, and facing with crisis; and in Adolescence they are concerned with search for identity, assimilation, and identity crisis. It seems that Morādi takes into account these items while developing his characters.