Explaining Female Identity in the Short Story “Lenge Be Lengeha” based on Karen Horney's theory

The short story “Lengeh Be Lengeh ” written by Zoya Pirzad, is a gender-based narrative of a woman's life. In addition, the reflection of the author's female mentality makes this story a good case for psychoanalysis from the perspective of sexual identity. “Female identity” is one of the main elements of the theory of Karen Horney, the founder of feminist psychology, which has been mostly focused on and effective in literary and analytical studies. This study seeks to identify the features of female identity manifested in the story of Lenge be Lengeha in line with Karen Horney's theory. This study employed a descriptive-analytical design. The results indicated that the female identity in this story is largely based on the criteria and definitions of the traditional female society and any conflict with these criteria is considered an identity crisis, psychopathology, and psychosis. This study employed a descriptive-analytical design. The results indicated that the female identity in this story is largely based on the criteria and definitions of the traditional female society and any conflict with these criteria is considered an identity crisis, psychopathology, and psychosis