particularly because Freud’s pleasure principle is significantly originated from sexuality with psychological distress. In order to obtain a thorough analysis, all
of these theories are intertwined to come into a conclusion of Humbert Humbert’s
psychological and sexual aberration in
Lolita
which is reflected in his pedophilia and sexual-pleasure seeking behavior.
Furthermore, this research also attempts to uncover author’s sublimated
influence upon
Lolita
. In this case, the researcher attempts to uncover to what extent Humbert Humbert’s personality is influenced by author’s psychology. This
analysis will be discussed psychoanalytically. It will be conducted by tracing Vladimir Nabokov’s personal life and comprehending his novel
Lolita
as well as using several references of his statements in some interviews especially about
Lolita
and also his several works which have comparable aspects.
B. Data and Source of the Data
The data of this research primarily was taken from Vladimir Nabokov’s
Lolita
published in New York, 1997. This novel was first published in France in 1955 but the researcher used the second Vintage International edition, consisting a
fictional foreword and two chapters and 309 pages. The researcher read the novel and studied the content thoroughly and comprehensively. The data taken from the
novel were in the form of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, and paragraphs which manifested
Humbert Humbert’s sexual aberration in his aberrant sexual- pleasure seeking behavior as the manifestation of his imbalance personality.
The research objectives are 1 to uncover Humbert Humbert’s sexual
aberration which is triggered by his early sexual affair in the childhood, 2 to
analyze the relation between Humbert Humbert’s imbalance personality and sexual aberration which is shown by his aberrant sexual-pleasure seeking behavior
and its manifestation, and 3 to examine the psychological aspects of Humbert Humbert as the main character in Vladimir Nabokov’s
Lolita
which resemble the author’s psychology.
C. Research Instrument
The researcher is the primary instrument in this qualitative research. The researcher is the central figure in qualitative research since they are the one who
construct the findings Willig, 2008:13. A metaphor which Willig uses to describe the role of the researcher perceives the researcher as a builder who
constructs a house, and a number of different houses could be constructed of the same bricks data Willig, 2008:13. Thus, the researcher used his interpretative
skill to scrutinize, make inference, and analyze the work supported by psychoanalysis theory of Sigmund Freud he used as the basis to construct the
findings of this research. A table list was also used by the researcher as the secondary instrument to
help the data analysis process more convenient. The researcher identified the data by giving them certain label and put them into table lists. The table lists help the
researcher to put the quotations of the data based on pages, category, and meaning.
D. The Technique of Data Collection
The data collection was conducted by the researcher through several steps. Initially, the researcher read
Lolita
as the source of the data. The researcher carefully and thoroughly read the work several times to obtain a deep
understanding of the content of the novel. Then, the researcher conducted the data collection by taking some notes of the essential words, phrases, clauses,
sentences, and paragraphs related to the topic of the research. These notes were used and arranged by the researcher as documentation for further analysis. Next,
the data were re-evaluated by the researcher to ensure that there were no mistakes and irrelevant data to be used in conducting analysis process. Categorizing the
data was the final step. The data categorization was essential to answer the objectives of the
research. The researcher employed Freud’s psychosexual and sexual aberrant
inclination approach focused on the development one’s sexual course its aims
and its objects to answer the first research objective i.e. to uncover Humbert Humbert’s sexual aberration which is triggered by his early sexual affair in the
childhood. The second research objective i.e. to analyze the relation between Humbert Humbert’s imbalance personality and sexual aberration which is shown
by his aberrant sexual-pleasure seeking behavior and its manifestation was answered by using Freud’s psychoanalysis theory focused on the system of
personality and sexual pleasure principle. The sexual pleasure principle helps the researcher to distinguished pedophilia as a merely mental disorder and sexual
