Bildungsroman And Selfhood: A Jungian Analysis Of The Novel Amina’s Voice By Hena Khan

Abstract

This study is a Jungian analysis of Hena Khan’s novel Amina’s Voice. This analysis aims to demonstrate how the novel’s protagonist, Amina establishes her selfhood and demonstrates several stages of Carl Gustave Jung’s theory of the individuation process. This study is done by identifying set archetypes and stages of Jung’s individuation process, the persona, the shadow, the anima, and the self. These stages are applied to Khan’s novel through character’s actions, behaviour and her process of development. This study explores how the protagonist demonstrates and completes Jung’s individuation process. Qualitative research methodology and textual analysis are taken as tools to find out the answers to the research questions. There were two data; the primary data was taken from the novel Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan. The secondary data was taken from journals, articles, thesis, and books. This study derives that every individual should realize and accept the personality that they have. These results are shown throughout the novel to reveal Amina’s selfhood. All the findings which are derived through the text give us a clear indication of Amina’s character and her personality as an introvert and also her transformation into a new girl who is confident, courageous, bold, and mature enough to achieve her challenges.