Affection And Prejudice In To Kill A MockingbirdNovel By Harper Lee (1960): A Psychoanalytic Approach

• Main Authors: Winarni, Bekti (Author), , Drs. Abdillah Nugroho, M.Hum (Author), , Siti Fatimah, S.Pd., M.Hum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2013.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
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• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/13/PUBLICATION_ARTICLE.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/1/COVER-SUMMARY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/2/CHAPTER_1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/3/CHAPTER_2.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/4/CHAPTER_3.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/6/CHAPTER_4.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/8/CHAPTER_5.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/10/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26577/11/APPENDIX.pdf
• Keywords: PN Literature (General)

The problem of the study is to reveal how major character reflects his affection and prejudice. The objective of the study is to analyze the novel based on its structural elements and based on the psychoanalytic analysis. In conducting this study the researcher uses qualitative research. The object of the study is To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Leein the 1930s in the Southern United States. The data sources are divided into two, namely primary data source and secondary data source. The primary data source is the novel itself and the secondary data source is the other sources related to the analysis such as the author biography and also psychological books, particularly related to the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud. In analyzing the data the writer employs and applies some approaches. Structural analysis approach is used to analyze the elements of the novel, namely character and characterization, plot, point of view, setting, theme and style. The psychoanalytic approach is used to analyze the structure of major character's personality. These approaches are employed in order to have the appropriate analysis and to answer the problem. The method of data collection is library research. The data technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis. The outcome of the study shows that the problem of the major character causes the conflict of his mental condition. It brings him into prejudice because of the struggle to find the truth about the case of client. In the end, his change of social status makes him respected by society.