Androgynous Problems in Identity Formation: Quest for Healing in Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Left Hand of Darkness

This paper discusses on the complexity of identity formation of the androgynous structure seen in Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness and it shows the healing power to free from the most problematic condition.Objective of preparing this paper is to explore the resistance and healing issues seen in the new scientific investigations of the Gethenian world.This paper is prepared in an alternative framework applying feminist theory as a methodological tool to dig out the causes and consequences of the modern practices of the identity formation in an androgynous society.It is analyzed through the lenses of Judith Butler, Simone de Beauvoir and Betty Friedan.The paper shows Le Guin's subverting binary notion of gender-based issues.It presents the fluidity of Gethenian society as a gift of scientific discoveries.In Gethen, individuals embody both masculine and feminine roots during the kemmer cycle.Gender issues are socially constructed phenomenon rather than an innate characteristic.This paper exposes cultural tensions in addition to the shape and structure of the gender formation and it also empowers the healing traits.It shows the roots of identity formation conveying messages, and suggests the readers to rethink over their assumptions in a new way in relation to the new world and the scientific investigations.