Kepribadian Tokoh Utama Jemima dalam Novel Tuhan Untuk Jemima Karya Indah Hanaco: Kajian Psikologi Sastra

Abstract

Literary works are imaginative results or creations conveyed communicatively by the author which contain the aesthetics of the life of the people who created them. Literary works are created by writers to be enjoyed, understood and utilized by society. A novel is a long prose essay that contains a series of stories about a person's life and the people around him, highlighting the character and nature of each actor. Generally, stories in novels begin with the most important incident or event experienced by the character in the story which will later change the fate of his life. Thus, the characters and characters will develop until they experience a change in fate or experience an important event. In general, the definition of a character is an individual created by the author who experiences the events in the story. Psychology is a science that researches and studies behavior or activities which are seen as manifestations of human psychological life. In general, literary psychology is a science that studies humans from the inside. Literary psychology was born as a type of literary study which is used to read and interpret literary works, authors of literary works and their readers using various concepts and theoretical frameworks that exist in psychology. Psychoanalysis is a scientific discipline that studies human functioning and development. In this research, the author uses two theories, namely Hippocrates' theory of personality types which is divided into 4 parts, namely Choleric, Melancholic, Phlegmatic and Sanguine, then Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory which is divided into 4 parts, namely Id, Ego and Superego. This research aims to describe the type of personality possessed by the character "Jemima" in the novel God for Jemima by Indah Hanaco. From the results of this research, it can be concluded what type of personality the character "Jemima" has and its relationship with the personality system in the aspect of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis contained in the novel God for Jemima by Indah Hanaco.