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AI InsightThis research has shown that the novel "Oblomov" can beused as an additional resource to understand the concepts of realitytherapy and to illustrate the concepts.
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Abstract
Novels are literary works and contain many psychologicalelements. Analyzing the attitudes of the characters, reflecting them,depicting their life frame and experiences are among the most importantfeatures of the novels. At this point, it is not surprising that there is arelationship between novels and psychology. In this study, it was aimed toexamine the work named “Oblomov” in terms of reality therapy in order toshow the use of novel in psychological counseling and guidance education.Reality therapy is based on the necessity of taking responsibility and thechoices individuals make throughout their lives. Basic requirement, choiceand responsibility, quality world-picture album, being here and now,successful and failure identity, etc. concepts constitute some of the basicconcepts of reality therapy. The study was carried out with an analyticalresearch model. In addition to being among the important classics of WorldLiterature, the novel discussed in this study can be examined in terms ofreality therapy because it deals with a character that has never met theneed for freedom, does not value himself, and has difficulty in fulfilling hisduties in life. This research has shown that the novel "Oblomov" can beused as an additional resource to understand the concepts of realitytherapy and to illustrate the concepts.