• R.Ramya

Roald Dahl is a British author who penned nineteen children’s books over his decades – long writing career. In 1953 he published the best selling story collection Some One Like You. He published the popular book James and the Giant Peach in 1961. In 1964, he released Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.In 1988 he published Matilda, the highly successful work. All these works were later adopted into movies. Psychoanalysis is a set of theories and theraupatic techniques related to the study of the unconscious mind, which together form a method of treatment for mental health disorder. It was established in the early 1890’s by Austrian neurologist Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic concepts are also widely used outside the theraputic arena, in areas such as psychoanalytic literary criticism as well as in the analysis of films, fairy tales and other cultural phenomena. Roald Dahl’s Matilda is about the adventures of genius five years old girl who uses her powers to help her beloved teacher and friends to comeout of their cruel treatment of Miss. Trunchbull. The psychoanalysis of the characters in Matilda is about how the character’s of different ages are influenced by their past childhood experiences and how these experiences are consciously and unconsciously processed within their developmental stages and how these experiences shaped their personality.

PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERS IN ROALD DAHL’SMATILDA

"PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERS IN ROALD DAHL’SMATILDA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.1017-1020, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06209.pdf

"PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERS IN ROALD DAHL’SMATILDA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp1017-1020, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06209.pdf