Abstract thesis: Oedipus complex of Paul Morel and Its Relation to the Conflicts in D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers
Literature cannot be separated from human life. Usually people who read the literature works have much kind of reasons, such as just for enjoyment, studying human life, or research. By reading literature, people can get knowledge about human life, human’s way of thinking, and even history since most of literary works reflect the life, thought, feeling and emotion of human soul. It gives us valuable lessons of life and it can enrich our sense of humanity.
There are many kinds of literary works, such as novel, poem, short story, and drama. This thesis attempts to analyze one of literary works that is novel. Novel usually concerns about human being and through the story, it often gives us messages. The author works on the characters and brings them to the real life. The novel being studied is Sons and Lovers written by D. H. Lawrence. This study focused on the main character, Paul Morel that was presumed getting Oedipus complex. The analysis was divided into two parts. First was how is Oedipus complex on Paul Morel and second how does Oedipus complex influenced Paul Morel’s love life conflict.
The data source of this thesis was the novel Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence. The data were all dialogues, descriptions, explanations, and comments available in the novel, concerning with Paul Morel’s personality and also the conflict that was faced by Paul Morel.
How to obtain the data; the researcher did some activities, such as reading and observing the novel. The data was in the form of dialogues, descriptions, explanations, and comments of the novel. Then the data was analyzed using the psychoanalysis theory, especially the Oedipus complex concept in personality development by Sigmund Freud. Then conflicts which were faced by Paul Morel were also analyzed. Finally, the last procedure was drawing conclusions.
From the analysis, it was found out that: (1) Paul Morel suffered Oedipus complex. It was caused by traumatic event when he was still a child, unconscious love by his parent, especially his mother to him, the absence of one parent although it was not real absence because his father never stood in his life. Besides, the social status of his parent also altered the particular form of Oedipus; (2) The Oedipus complex on Paul Morel influenced his love life conflict. Paul Morel always failed to make relationship with any other women; because he could never live without his mother’s love. They always tied up tightly each other like a lover.
Based on the result of this analysis, the researcher suggests to those related in this study including the common readers, the students of literature, the literature learners, and the next researchers. It recommended that literature should be more widely read and studied. Then literature also should be studies merely using literary theory but also with the help of other knowledge and theories. And to the next researchers, since the related images have not been found yet, it is suggested that later studies will pay more attention to them.
There are many kinds of literary works, such as novel, poem, short story, and drama. This thesis attempts to analyze one of literary works that is novel. Novel usually concerns about human being and through the story, it often gives us messages. The author works on the characters and brings them to the real life. The novel being studied is Sons and Lovers written by D. H. Lawrence. This study focused on the main character, Paul Morel that was presumed getting Oedipus complex. The analysis was divided into two parts. First was how is Oedipus complex on Paul Morel and second how does Oedipus complex influenced Paul Morel’s love life conflict.
The data source of this thesis was the novel Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence. The data were all dialogues, descriptions, explanations, and comments available in the novel, concerning with Paul Morel’s personality and also the conflict that was faced by Paul Morel.
How to obtain the data; the researcher did some activities, such as reading and observing the novel. The data was in the form of dialogues, descriptions, explanations, and comments of the novel. Then the data was analyzed using the psychoanalysis theory, especially the Oedipus complex concept in personality development by Sigmund Freud. Then conflicts which were faced by Paul Morel were also analyzed. Finally, the last procedure was drawing conclusions.
From the analysis, it was found out that: (1) Paul Morel suffered Oedipus complex. It was caused by traumatic event when he was still a child, unconscious love by his parent, especially his mother to him, the absence of one parent although it was not real absence because his father never stood in his life. Besides, the social status of his parent also altered the particular form of Oedipus; (2) The Oedipus complex on Paul Morel influenced his love life conflict. Paul Morel always failed to make relationship with any other women; because he could never live without his mother’s love. They always tied up tightly each other like a lover.
Based on the result of this analysis, the researcher suggests to those related in this study including the common readers, the students of literature, the literature learners, and the next researchers. It recommended that literature should be more widely read and studied. Then literature also should be studies merely using literary theory but also with the help of other knowledge and theories. And to the next researchers, since the related images have not been found yet, it is suggested that later studies will pay more attention to them.
writer and researcher: Widiyastuti, Lia
years of research: 2007
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Oedipus complex of Paul Morel and Its Relation to the Conflicts in D. H. Lawrence’s Sons and Lovers
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