KEPRIBADIAN KAWAI J?JI DALAM NOVEL CHIJIN NO AI KARYA TANIZAKI JUNICHIRO TINJAUAN PSIKOLOGI SASTRA

Abstract

This thesis entitled “Personality Analisys of Kawai J?ji in Chijin No Ai
Novel by Junichiro Tanizaki, a Review of Literary Psychology". The selection of
this novel is based on several considerations among others: novel Chijin No Ai of
Junichiro Tanizaki is one of the best novels during his life as a writer. This novel
describes the psychology and the unique character Kawai J?ji, his desire to gain
the self-esteem from the community by manipulating his wife, Naomi. This study
focuses on the personality of Kawai J?ji. The method used in this study which
takes the data from Junichiro Tanizaki’s novel Chijin No Ai is a descriptive
analytic method. This analytic method describes the results of the analysis or
detailed description based on the previous literature review by searching and
collecting data from written sources. The theory used to analyze the structure of
Kawai J?ji’s character in novel Chijin No Ai are Literature Psychology theory
and Individual Psychologhy theory from Alfred Adler which is based upon:
Fictional Objective (Finalism), Encouragement of Ego, The Sense of Inferiority,
Style of Life and Creative Self. The result of the analysis shows that Kawai J?ji is
obsessed the Western world and lifestyle. Kawai J?ji did not achieved the
superiority he’s striving for and the self-esteem he wanted. That is because Naomi
that he uses as a tool to help boost his confidence back even embarrassing him.