• Nivetha P V
• Dr. M. John Suganya

This article aims at analyzing the psychological trauma faced by Jyoti, the female protagonist and the search of her own self in the foreign land. Bharati Mukherjee through her diasporic novel Jasmine portrays the realistic problems faced by women in her own soil and in the alien soil. Cultural conflicts, complex trauma, identity crisis and metamorphosis are the aspects dealt in this thesis. Application of behaviorism in this article shows the transformation from Jyoti to Jane. She creates her own identity breaking out from a shell. Finding her root in the alien soil despite the complex trauma is the soul subject of this article.

Trauma, Identity crisis, Cultural conflict, Behaviorism, Alienation, Diaspora.

"Complex Trauma and Behavioral Theory in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine: A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.78-82, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06016.pdf

"Complex Trauma and Behavioral Theory in Bharati Mukherjee’s Jasmine: A Study", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. pp78-82, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFG06016.pdf