Shifts In Child Psyche: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation In R. Chudamani’s “That Fragile World”

Abstract

Chudamani is a Tamil writer who has penned numerous literary pieces in different genres of literature. She reveals the suffering of men, women & children in her short fiction. The short story “That Fragile World” is taken up for the study. Chudamani has portrayed a child as the protagonist in this story and has depicted its suffering. The present study is an attempt to examine the short fiction “That Fragile world” from a psychoanalytic aspect. It also aims to analyse the major characters in the narrative. The plot moves around two core characters: Leela and Devaki. This study is based on the basic tenets of Psychoanalysis which has been observed in the protagonist’s psyche. It also traces the changes in the protagonist’s psyche according to the situations which occurred in her past and  her present life