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Family Conflict Behind Childhood Depression: A Psychoanalytic Approach of the Main Character in Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand Dewayani, Anggita Galuh; Sumaryani, Sri
Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 14 (2025): Special Edition
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v14i.30365

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This study explores how family conflict contributes to childhood depression through the portrayal of Finley's psychological structure in Claire Legrand's novel Some Kind of Happiness. Using Sigmund Freud's theory of personality—comprising the id, ego, and superego—this research examines how Finley's internal struggles reflect the emotional consequences of her parents' marital breakdown. Unlike previous studies, which have applied Freud's theory more broadly to symbolic or moral behaviour across multiple characters, this study offers a focused, in-depth psychoanalytic reading of a single child protagonist. Employing a qualitative descriptive method and a psychological approach, the analysis reveals that Finley's id expresses unconscious impulses driven by sadness and anxiety. At the same time, her ego serves as a mediator between these emotional needs and external expectations. Her superego, shaped by internalised family norms, imposes guilt and shame for emotional vulnerability. The conflict between these three components mirrors the tension within Finley's family and contributes to her emotional repression and depressive symptoms. This study highlights how literature can reflect the psychological impact of family dynamics on children, and how psychoanalytic theory offers valuable insights for understanding emotional trauma in young literary characters.   
A Black Woman Character's Trauma In Racist Society: A Thorough Reading On Faulkner's “That Evening Sun” Sumaryani, Sri
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 5 No. 1 (2011): VOLUME 5 NO 1 JUNE 2011
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v5i1.4463

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This paper discusses a black woman character named Nancy in Faulkner's “That Evening Sun” who experiences trauma as the accumulation of her constant fear. The analysis is conducted by using Fanon's theory of psychological trauma in colonial society. The researcher used descriptivequalitative method as it is a qualitative research in which data are nonnumeric. The analysis examines Nancy's unconsciousness resulted in a trauma. It also highlights Faulkner's technique to compare fear experienced by Blacks and Whites. Based on the analysis, Nancy's fear is sourced from her husband's harsh treatments because she is pregnant with a white man's child. Her husband's violent treatments are the manifestation of his disappointment and anger towards his racist surroundings. Nancy's acute fear is worsened by her surroundings' treatment that mostly consist of white Southerners and are apathetic towards her fear. The crippling fear accumulates into trauma. Faulkner's method to contrast the fear experienced by Whites and Blacks are effective to show that the level of fear felt by Blacks is greater than that of Whites.
Deconstructing The Position Of The Savior And The Damned In Flannery O'connor's “The Lame Shall Enter First” Sumaryani, Sri
Journal of English and Education (JEE) Vol. 7 No. 1 (2013): VOLUME 7 NO 1 JUNE 2013
Publisher : English Education Department, Universitas Islam Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.20885/jee.v7i1.4469

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This paper aims to show the use of deconstruction theory by Jacques Derrida to offer other possible meanings in a short story entitled “The Lame Shall Enter First” by Flannery O'Connor. The researcher shows the flaw in the binary oppositions constructed by the text and reveals the failure of the logical arguments of the oppositions by redefining qualities of the opposite characters in the story, Sheppard, Norton, and Rufus. The researcher used descriptive-qualitative method as it is a qualitative research of which the data are nonnumeric. The researcher finds three binary oppositions that become the center of the story. The first pair of binary opposition is religion and logic. The second are selfishness and compassion, and the third is ignorance and sympathy. The oppositions are represented by characters Sheppard, Rufus, and Norton. By closely reading the text and attacking the basic premises of the text, the researcher finds that the binary oppositions no longer serve as the foundation of the story since the story proves that all those binary oppositions eventually show otherwise.Keywords: deconstruction, binary opposition, character