<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present work aims at finding relevant correspondences between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and the literary context of this novel’s main character, Pecola. The creation of such strong interdependence between a literary character and a psychological phenomenon represents a challenge on account of their apparently disparate natures but is nevertheless an enterprise capable of offering great literary and artistic satisfaction to both the reader and the author.</p></abstract>

The present work aims at finding relevant correspondences between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and the literary context of this novel’s main character, Pecola. The creation of such strong interdependence between a literary character and a psychological phenomenon represents a challenge on account of their apparently disparate natures but is nevertheless an enterprise capable of offering great literary and artistic satisfaction to both the reader and the author.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder in the Bluest Eye

“Babeș Bolyai” University, Cluj 31, Horea St, Cluj, Romania

Gender Studies

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The present work aims at finding relevant correspondences between Body Dysmorphic Disorder and the literary context of this novel’s main character, Pecola. The...

Body Dysmorphic Disorder in the Bluest Eye

Published Online: Dec 28, 2012

Page range: 131 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10320-012-0012-y

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