Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature
Vol. 7 No. 2 (2021): Prologue : Journal on Language and Literature

The Effect of Traumatic Experience to Personality Types in the Novel Girl in Pieces

Chrissy Oktaviani (Balikpapan University)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Apr 2021

Abstract

This research focuses on the forms of traumatic experience that effect to personality types in the novel Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow. The aim of this research is to find the forms traumatic experience and the effect to personality types. The theory used in this research is Psychoanalysis by Carl Jung to find the effect of traumatic experience to personality types and theory by Gerald C. Davison to find the forms of traumatic experience. The method used in this study is a qualitative method that explained descriptively. The data in this research are primary data; novel Girl in Pieces and the secondary data; research, journal, thesis, internet and other related sources to the research. After going through the analysis, the researcher found that the forms of traumatic experience found based on the novel are flashbacks or re-experiencing traumatic events, arousal traumatic, and avoidance traumatic, whereas the flashback traumatic is the greatest effect on the introvert personality

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Journal Info

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jurnal_prologue

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Prologue: Journal on Language and Literature published by Faculty of Letters, Balikpapan University. It is published twice a year, namely March and September. It publishes papers in language and literature. The scopes of the topics include but not limited to (1) Literature; (2) Linguistics; (3) ...