Sex and aggression in f. Scott fitzgerrald’s novel The great gatsby (1925): a psychoanalytic criticism

摘要

The major issue of this study is what and how causes of sex andudaggression reflected in The Great Gatsby novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerrald?.udThe objective of this study is, 1) to describe The Great Gatsby novel based onudstructural elements of novel, and 2) to analyze sex and aggression in The GreatudGatsby novel(1925 by F. Scott Fitzgerrald based on a Psychoanalytic Criticism.udThe research is qualitative study. The researcher uses primary data sourceudand secondary data source. The primary data sources The Great Gatsby novel byudF. Scott Fitzgerrald and the secondary data sources related the study, such as:udwebsite, dictionary, some books that support the analysis. The data collectionudmethod used by the researcher is reading the novel, taking notes, arranging theuddata, selecting particular parts of the script, determining the character that will beudanalyzed, classifying and determining the relevant data and browsing on internet.udThe data analysis method is descriptive qualitative analysis descriptive analysisudconcerns with structural element of the novel on sex and aggression.udThe results of the study shows the following conclusions. First, based onudthe structural analysis, it can be concluded that there are several moral messagesudappear in The Great Gatsby novel, the author conveys a moral messages that this novel involve the love and lust sometimes cannot be distinguished from oneudanother. Second based on psychoanalytic analysis it can be found that in thisudnovel the author illustatees the psychological phenomenon related with causes ofudsex and aggression.ud