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The novel Beevatan (Homeless) penned by Reza Amirkhani, is a Farsi modernist and semi post-modern novel, in which the author intends to manifest the identity of modern man in the contemporary era of Iran. Given the humanistic identity of the novel and major factors such as the style of this writing, its characters, and terms of development of dialogue in the contemporary stories and their related ratings; this article intends to carry out a psychological analysis of the main characters of this novel via a descriptive and analytical approach and reliance upon the theoretical framework of the quality of self-awareness. The results of this study shows the character of Armia as a searcher, who can be identified with an individual who faces a dilemma and is caught up between tradition and modernism. This character in her efforts to remove doubts or to discover her inner self could also be categorized under the model of an orphan. Meanwhile, Armita is an epitome of innocent. Among the less important characters, Susi is the manifestation of an orphan, who has been dragged toward commitment of suicide due to her deep sense of despair and lack of any supporter, who would end her solitude.

Keywords: Modern man in contemporary novels, psychological criticism of the novel, Beevatan (Homeless) novel, stories of Reza Amirkhani

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