ПРОЦЕС ИНДИВИДУАЦИЈЕ У РОМАНУ ДЕРВИШ И СМРТ МЕШЕ СЕЛИМОВИЋА
THE PROCESS OF INDIVIDUATION IN MEŠA SELIMOVIĆ’S NOVEL DEATH AND THE DERVISH

Summary/Abstract: In this paper, we consider stages through which the main character of the novel, Ahmed Nurudin, goes in the process of individuation. We analyze the presence of the conscious and unconscious in Ahmed Nurudin’s actions, and the desire to identify with aspects of society that are accepted by the collective, as well as their intersection with the need for self-actualization. We will present some of the borderline situations which triggered prominent influence of the hero’s alter ego in his search for safety. We based the thesis on Jung’s studies of individuation and the studies further developed by Jung’s disciples. We will examine the psychological phenomenon of need for individuation as well as the puzzling presence of elements of the collective unconscious in modern, civilized psyche. In the paper, we will observe some of the symbols present in the novel which can be interpreted as concretization of certain archetypical aspects. The situations and characters in this novel can be analyzed from a dual point of view: as subjects in their basic form, and as objects on which certain unconscious complexes of hero’s psyche are being projected. Being that our critical approach to the novel is based on psychoanalytic critics, certain motifs and situations will be interpreted in the mentioned manner. The main goal of the paper is to determine the boundaries which Ahmed Nurudin reaches in his selfactualization. We will also consider the possibility of keeping one’s identity generally unchanged in interaction with society and its system.

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