The Relation between Psychology and Literature

language resembling European medieval ages. The most interesting thing about fantasies is that their plot involves witches, sorcerers, mythical and animal creatures talking like humans, which never happens in the real life http:www.findmeanauthor.com, September 26, 2016. It is also the first young adult novel written by Rick Riordan, known for his Percy Jackson novel series. Based on the explanation above, this novel is the first novel in the Percy Jackson the Olympians series, which tells about the adventures of modern twelve-years-old teen, Percy Jackson; he discovers that he is a demigod, the son of Sally Jackson and the Greek god Poseidon. Percy and his friends, Annabeth Chase and Grover Underwood, go on a quest to prevent a war between the gods Zeus, Poseidon and Hades. The writer is not to analyze this research Percy who is demigod but the writer wants to analyze from Percy as a student and son in his school, family, and society. The Lightning Thief was sold at auction to Miramax Books and published in June, 2005. The book has been sold over 1.2 million copies in the subsequent four years, appearing on The New York Times childrens Best Seller list and being listed as one of the Young Adult Library Services Associations Best Books for Young Adults, among other awards. This novel consists of 375 and 22 chapters. It was adapted into a film named Percy Jackson the Olympians: The Lightning Thief which was released in the United States on February 12, 2010. The sequel of this novel is The Sea of Monsters. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

B. Approach of the Study

In this study, the approach of the analysis is essential to help the writer to limit the study. Based on the objectives of the study, the analysis of the novel of Percy Jackson the Olympians: The Lightning Thief employs the psychological approach. In Encyclopedia of Literature and Criticism edited by Martin Coyle et al., it is stated that psychological criticism sets out to study the subjective phenomenon of art by a scientific understanding grounded in psychoanalytic theory 1993: 770. According to Daiches in Critical Approaches to Literature; “The notion that the artist is neurotic, sick, maladjusted, that art is somehow a by-product of this sickness and maladjusted, has become immensely popular during the last hundred and fifty years, and modern psychology seems to have justified it” 1981: 343. Daiches explains that the concept of an artist to be neurotic, sick, and maladjusted is largely accepted by the public through modern psychological approach. By using psychological point of view, the inner idea that is hidden by the artist can be revealed and it thing has been done for many years. “Psychology comes into criticism in two ways, in this investigation of the act of creation and in the psychological study of particular authors to show the relation between their attitudes and states of mind and the special qualities of their work. This aspect belongs to descriptive and not to the normative side of criticism no amount of psychological investigation, either of the creative process in general or of the problems of individual authors…. though the psychological investigation of individual authors can sometimes help us to see why those author displayed certain characteristic qualities in their work” Daiches, 1981: 340.