The Relation of Literature and Psychology

C. Method of the Study

This study was library research. The primary source in this study was the novel by Stephen Chbosky entitled The Perks of Being a Wallflowers. The researcher also got sources from the books related to psychoanalysis, human behavior, trauma, and character characterization. Some sources which were important in the literary work in this study are Aspect of the Novel by E.M. Forster, Glossary of Literary Terms by M.H. Abrams and Story in Literary Fiction: A Manual for Writers by William H. Coles. To know more about psychology and trauma, the researcher used some sources such as From The Mind Into The Body: The Cultural Origins of Psychosomatic Symptoms by Edward Shorter, The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide To Healing, Recovery, And Growth by Glenn R. Schiraldi, Counselling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Michael J. Scott and Stephen G. Stradling, and Critical Theory Today – Second Edition by Lois Tyson. There were several steps which were taken in the research. The first step was reading the novel carefully in order to get a deeper understanding about the main character’s life, characteristics, and behaviors. From this step, the researcher found the way the character behaved which led to his post traumatic stress disorder. The second step was finding some references of theories of literature which could help the researcher to get a deeper understanding about the elements in the novel, such as characteristic and post traumatic stress disorder behavior. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI The third step was analyzing the theory of characterization, psychoanalysis, and post traumatic stress disorder to the main character of the story. The last step was after writing the analysis. The researcher wrote a conclusion based on the overall analysis of the novel. This part contained the statement based on the answers of problem formulation and broader conclusion related to this study. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI