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A Psychological Analysis
A Psychological Analysis
Background
In the world of literature the novel is not something very strange. Because
many people start to write novels and also analyzes the literature. It is
very interesting for people who like the literature.
Theoretical Review
LITERATURE
Literature come from the Latin (litteraturae); means writing (Abrams, 2009: 177).
Literature is pieces of writing that are valued as works of art, especially novels, plays and poems
(in contrast to technical books and newspapers, magazines, etc).
Literature was arranged by men who are not from English. They are Robert Burns (Scotland),
Joseph Conrad (Poland), and Thomas Pynchon (America).
Cont.
d. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Histories
Tragedies
(Romeo and Juliet, Julius Caesar, Hamlet, Othello, Macbeth, King Lear, and Anthony and
Cleopatra)
Comedies
Tragicomedies
e. The Puritan Age (1608-1674), group of people wanted Protestant back originally.
John Milton
LAllegro (1631), II Penseroso (1634), Comus (a mosque, 1638), Paradise Lost (1671), Lycidas;
Paradise Regained (1671), and Samson Agonistes (1671)
Aphra Behn
g. Eighteenth Century
John Dryden
Jonathan Swift
Cont.
h. Nineteenth Century
The Age of Romanticism: William Word Sworth (The Danfodils-Poem), Samuel Taylor Colleridge (The
Rime of the Ancient Mariner-Poem), Charles Lamb (Elia-Essay), and Jane
Austen (Pride and Prejudice-Novel).
The Victorian Age: Charles Dickens (Oliver Twist-Novel), William Make Peace (Henry Esmond and
The Virginians-Novel), Gorge Eliot (Adam Bede-Novel), Charlotte Bronte (Jane
Eyre-Novel), Robert Louis Stevenson (Kinapped-Novel), Thomas Babington
Macaulay (History of England), Thomas Carlyle (On Heroes and Hero WorshipBook), Afred Tennyson (The Princess), Robert Browning (Men and Women), Lewis
Caroll (Alices Adventures in Wonderland-Book).
i. Twentieth Century
Arnold Bennet (These Twain-Novel), Herbert George Wells (The Time Machine-Novel), H. Lawrence
(Sons and Lovers-Novel), Joyce Cary (The Horses Mouth-Novel), William Galding (Lord of the FirstNovel), Anthony Burrgess (A Clockwork Drange-Book), John Galsworthy (Justice-Play), George Bernard
Shaw (Man and Superman-Play, Caesar and Cleopatra-Play, My Fair Lady-Play), Oscar Wilde (The
Importance of Being Ernest-Play).
NOVEL
Novel derives from the Italian (Novella) has meaning for new,
news, or short story of something new. Abrams (2009: 226)
stated that Novel is applied to a great variety of writing as
fiction written prose.
Types of Novels:
a. Mysteries
e. Horrors
b. Science fiction
f. Romance
c. Fantasy
g. Historical
d. Horrors
Ego
Reservoir of libido
Pleasure principle
Partially conscious
Moral restrictions or
repression of Id
No rational order /
organization / will
Aware of reality
Impulse to obtain
gratification of instinctual
needs no regard for social
conventions asocial
Super ego
Discussion
After we look the differences of psychoanalysis characteristic, we can analyze some actions of Madigan
Maloney as a mayor character in the novel Following The Mystery Man by Mary downing Hahn that
suitable the theories above.
No
Actions
Madigan hoped her grandmother wanted to
accept Clint to rent the empty room. She tried
to introduce him to her grandmother and told
Clints aim come there.
Madigan admired Clint, the cool man. She
imagined having a father whos very cool and
great like Clint.
She really wanted to know who Clint was,
where he came from, his job, where his family,
and all about himself. She acted as if she was a
detective future who investigated all
information about him.
Madigan really hoped Clints her father who
always waited by her.
Id
Psychoanalysis
Ego
Superego
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9
10
11
12
Conclusion
From analysis above, the researcher can conclude that Madigan has complete of id, ego, and super
ego. But the majority that she has is ego. She always wanted that Clints her father, she admired,
imagined and hoped that hes really her father. From her desire, she always looking for about him and
finally, Clints not her father. She was disappointed, angry, and hated him because he was a crook.
References
Abrams, M.H., and Harpham Geoffrey.G. A Glossary of Literary Terms. 9th ed. USA: Wadsworth
Cengage Learning, 2009. Print.
Hahn, Mary Downing. Following The Mystery Man. Florida: Demco Media, 1988. Print.
Klassen, Charles. Psychological Approaches of Literature. Nebo Literature. Web 15 April 2015.
Victor, William. Types of Novels. Creative Writing Now. Creative Writing Online, 2015. Web 2
May 2015.
Wikipedia. Literature. The Free Encyclopedia. 2 May 2015. Web. 4 May 2015.
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