The effectiveness of the tension field (neodynamics) in the novel “Song of the Slayers” by Reza Barahani based on Viktor Frankel’s semantic therapy theory

Keshavarz Ghadimi, Ali; Malaki, Mostafa

doi:10.30466/jispll.2024.121599

The effectiveness of the tension field (neodynamics) in the novel “Song of the Slayers” by Reza Barahani based on Viktor Frankel’s semantic therapy theory

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Ph.D. in persian language and litreture, Institute of public libraries of the country, general directorate of public libraries of Qazvin province, Qazvin, Iran

² Member of Iran mining Engineering system organization, technical officer and supervisor of Qazvin province mines, Qazvin, Iran

10.30466/jispll.2024.121599

Abstract

Logotherapy, or meaning therapy, is a theory that Dr. Viktor Frankl presented to the world. This theory focuses on human existence and the search for meaning and concept of life. In this theory, mental health is formed based on a certain amount of tension. Instead of internal balance, Frankel considers tension the basis of finding meaning and calls it neodynamics. In other words, the driving force necessary for life is in the middle of a field of tension, one pole of which is meaning, and the other pole is human. This research aims to investigate and analyze the effectiveness of the tension field or neodynamics in the novel "Song of the Killed" by Reza Brahni based on Viktor Frankl's semantic therapy theory. The research method is descriptive-analytical and library style. The findings of the research show that the existence and necessity of the field of tension and its effectiveness in the life of the main character of the story has caused him to find meaning in his life, and the opposite of that is the disappointment in the existential frost, despite the initial intensity, is faint.

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