Psychological Dimensions of Hybridity in Postcolonial Literature: A DSM-5 Analysis of Changez in "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" and Feroza in "An American Brat

Abstract

This study utilizes the DSM-5 analysis of Changez character in The Reluctant Fundamentalist written by Mohsin Hamid and Feroza in An American Brat written by Bapsi Sidhwa to elaborate on the psychological dimensions of hybridity in post-colonial literature. Based on systemic functional linguistics and Homi Bhabha’s ideas, this research examines how they discuss about themselves in intricate societies.The study employs DSM-5 standards in examining issues of identity confusion and cultural estrangement, thereby illustrating their psychological responses to a cross-cultural life style. Consequently, hybrids are fashioned in the existing world milieu whereby the relationship between individual self (personal) and external socio political powers is complex.