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itself, marking the text that relied to the problem and then exploring the main character and his psychological problem.
4. Instrument of the Research
Instrument of the research in this research is the writer herself by reading the novel of Darkly Dreaming Dexter repeated, quoting the texts,
and then making notes on everything relied to the problem. 5.
Unit of Analysis The analysis unit that is used in this research in Darkly Dreaming
Dexter novel by Jeff Lindsay, which published in July 2004 by Orion Books Ltd.
6. Time and Place of the Research
The research started on the eight semester of academic year 2012, English Letters, State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah, Jakarta. The
research also located at Adab and Humanity Faculty‘s library, main library
of UIN, and other libraries which can give references information about that material that the writer needed.
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CHAPTER II THEORETICAL CONCEPT
The writer tries to explain the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter as the text of the object of the research. In this research the writer uses the theory of Sigmund
Freud‘s psychoanalysis to understand the problem which had by the character of Dexter Morgan. Moreover, Freud‘s psychoanalysis approach is used by the writer
to describe Dexter‘s personality and his conflict.
A. Character and Characterization in Novel
Novel has intrinsic and extrinsic elements. Intrinsic elements are the internal form of novel such as plot, character, characterization, theme, setting, etc.
Meanwhile, the extrinsic elements are the external forms of novel such as history, sociology, and also culture when novel has been created. In this research the
writer concentrates on the analyses of the characters. The definition of character arose into two patterns as below:
a. The character is literary genre; a sort, and usually witty, sketch in prose
of distinctive type of person. b.
The character are the persons presented in dramatic or narrative work, who are interpreted by the reader as being endowed with moral and
dispositional qualities that are expressed in what the say- the dialogue,
and by what they do- the action.
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On the next developing, then it raised various terms of characters. There are the major character, the protagonist; the antagonist, flat character, round
character, dynamic character, and static character. Here is the explanation.
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M. H Abrams. A Glossary of Literature Terms New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1998. p. 86
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