Analysis of Character's Personality in Novel Ulid by Mahfud Ikhwan Using Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe and explain of character’s personality in novel Ulid by Mahfud Ikhwan. This research is qualitative research that used literature review. This research consists of preparation, data collection, and data analysis. The data source of this research from some documents, books, and journals. One of the documents is novel Ulid by Mahfud Ikhwan. The technique used in this research is content analysis. The content analysis used by psychology of literature to find the aspect of a character’s personality from novel Ulid by Mahfud Ikhwan by reducing data, data presentation and conclusion. (a) reducing data is data collection and data grouping based on the problem studied. Data taken from words and sentenced in novel Ulid by Mahfud Ikhwan; (b) data presentation, after reducing data by data collection and data grouping then describe and explain of character’s personality using Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis that is id, ego and superego; and (c) conclusion, done after reducing data and data presentation. The researcher describes and explain the important meaning of the data collected.