Book Review of the Little Prince with the Key Concepts of Psychodrama; Encounter, Doubling, Reality and Surplus Reality.

In this study, The Little Prince, a famous allegorical children's novel by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was examined with the concepts of Psychodrama since it contains symbolic elements and has a story pattern suitable for working with the protagonist. The book was examined in terms of "encounter, doubling, reality and surplus-reality". Descriptive data analysis was used in the qualitative research and the data was obtained through scanning the book reviews and interpreted in accordance with the thematic framework. The book of The Little Prince is considered as the stage while the common idea of the author group in this research (CIA) is regarded as the director. The pilot substitutes the protagonist of the session, in other words, the warming up individual in the group circle. The stage begins with pilot sharing an experience about adult life which he had at the age of six. Then the protagonist doubling a member of the circle with his six-year-old being. There The Little Prince is! The journey to planets starts with the doubling made by the protagonist. Every planet happens to be a different encounter for the protagonist. Having been gained awareness from each encounter, the pilot leaves The Little Prince and takes place in the group circle. Finally, last few chapters reflect his/her inner process sharing during his performance. The data observed and interpreted in the study are limited to what the author quotes in the text. Furthermore, the review and interpretations of the group members bounded by perspective of Role theory and four main themes, since the study uses qualitative research method. To our knowledge, this is the first example of the study of descriptive analysis method of psychodrama on a literary book