EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017): EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary and Cultural Studies

ABNORMALITY AS DEPICTED IN PERFUME BY PATRICK SUSKIND




Article Info

Publish Date
30 Jul 2018

Abstract

This study is purposed to reval abnormality in best-seller novel, entitled Perfume.  The abnormality in this novel is reflected in two ways. They are social discomfort and violation. The theory of pshychoanalysis is applied in this study. The result of the study shows that social discomfort faced by the protagonist happens as the effect of his social status as lower class and his bad condition as an orphan. Meawhile, the violation occurs to the character because his tendency to hurt women for his obsession.Keywords: Abnormality, Social discomfort, Violation, Perfume

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Journal Info

Abbrev

EFN

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Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

EUFONI: Journal of Language, Literary and Cultural Studies is a scholarly journal published by English Department of Pamulang University. It is founded in 2017, with registered number ISSN: 2597-9663 (print) and 3048-4448 (Online). EUFONI has commitment to exchange and share ideas as well as ...