Exploring Identity in Arabic and Persian Young Adult Novel Based on Erik Erikson's Theory (Case Study: Cappuccino and Call Me Ziba)

In Erik Homburger Erikson's theory of psychosocial development, adolescence is the fifth stage.The main problem of this stage is the identity crisis, although not in its critical sense.In this article, identity is explored based on this theory in the Arabic young adult novel Cappuccino and the Persian Call Me Ziba.The novel Cappuccino is written by Fatima Sharafeddin, a Lebanese