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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The novel The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is written by Yukio Mishima. Yukio Mishima, at thirty two, already has some fifty volumes of works such as:
novels, stories, essays, and poetry. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is the fourth
book to be published in America. The novel was published in 1956 by the Charles E. Tuttle Company, Inc. of Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo, Japan. The novel was sold
over 300,000 copies, and was made into the film The Conflagration Enjo in 1958, directed by Kon Ichikawa
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. In this study, the writer used the thirty second printing in 1997 and was printed in Singapore. The original title of the novel is
Kinkakuji Temple. The novel has been translated into English by Ivan Moris. The
Temple of the Golden Pavilion contained of 262 pages and divided into ten chapters.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is based on a true event that occurred in Japan in 1950. Mishima used this incident as the basis for his novel the Temple of the
Golden Pavilion. The Temple of the Golden Pavilion is a novel that portrays the life of a young priest named Mizoguchi. He is studying to become a Zen Buddhist monk
at Kinkakuji temple in Kyoto Japan. When he was thirteen, he experienced a boyhood trauma. He saw his mother had a sexual intercourse with another man. Mizoguchi is
described as a stuttered boy, because of that he is taunted by his schoolmates. He PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
feels utterly lonely until he becomes an acolyte in Golden temple. In the temple, Mizoguchi hopes for nice companionship of his fellow and the affection of the
superior. Mizoguchi admire the beauty of the Golden temple, but he can not live peacefully in the temple. His thought about getting nice companionship from the
acolytes never becomes true. He felt disappointed with that condition. As the climax for all his problems, he decided to burn the temple.
B. Approach of the Study
Since the study is related to human psychology, the psychological approach is applied. According to Rohrberger and Woods, both literature and psychology discuss
people and human lives. Literature discusses human and their lives and those are expressed through languages as works of literature. Meanwhile, psychology is a study
of a man’s life together with his mind and behavior 1971: 6-15. Psychological approach draws on different body of knowledge based on human mind and behavior
and on how they influence each other. It deals with human thoughts, actions, personality and experience 1971: 14.
In analyzing an individual’s needs, it is necessary to deal with psychological aspects. It is necessary because human’s needs have a close relationship with the
psychological side. Because of that reason, the psychological approach is suitable for this study. The psychological approach is used to analyze Mizoguchi’s characteristic
and emotion that gives contribution to his behavior in the story. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
C. Method of the Study
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