THE IMPACT OF TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES TO SEO JIN-WOO CHARACTER IN REMEMBER KOREAN DRAMA Benazir Isna 1, Dr. Bima Prana Chitra M. Hum 2 Fakultas Bahasa dan Komunikasi Universitas Harapan Medan Email: [email protected] Abstract The objective of this research are characterization of Seo Jin Woo, impact of traumatic experience to Seo Jin Woo, Psychoanalysis of Seo Jin Woo character and moral values presented in Remember drama. This research used descriptive qualitative research. The data of this research were script, character, and drama on Remember (2015) as the source of data. This research focuses on characterization of Seo Jin Woo Nurgiyantoro (1955), traumatic experience by Seo Jin Woo character based on DSM (1980), psychology of Seo Jin Woo character based on theory Sigmund Freud (1896), and moral values in drama Remember based on Hurlock, Elizabeth ( 1972:386). Keywords: Characterization, Traumatic experience, Psychoanalysis, Moral Abstrak Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakterisasi Seo Jin Woo, dampak pengalaman traumatis terhadap Seo Jin Woo, Psikoanalisis karakter Seo Jin Woo dan nilai-nilai moral yang disajikan dalam drama Remember. Penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Data penelitian ini berupa naskah, tokoh, dan drama dalam Remember (2015) sebagai sumber data. Penelitian ini berfokus pada penokohan Seo Jin Woo Nurgiyantoro (1955), psikologi tokoh Seo Jin Woo berdasarkan teori Sigmund Freud (1896), pengalaman traumatis tokoh Seo Jin Woo berdasarkan DSM (1980), dan nilai-nilai moral dalam drama Remember based di Hurlock, Elizabeth (1972: 386). Kata kunci: Karakterisasi, Pengalaman traumatis, Psikoanalisis, Moral abnormally. Traumatic experience has a close 1. Introduction relation to psychological trauma. 1.1. Background of Study The post traumatic syndrome The literary work has its own resulting from combat is similar to rape or definition taken from each different literature violent crime. (2005:146-147). His concept is expert. According to Pradopo (1994: 26) the developed by The American Psychological literary work is as the picture of the world and Association (APA) with a new term called Post- human life, the main criteria that is putted on Traumatic Stress Disorder. The information the literary work is ‘truth’, or everything that regarding to post-traumatic stress disorder wants to be pictured by the author. Through symptoms are collected in Diagnostic and that process, the reader of their literary work Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) in will be able to catch the characteristic of the the first publication at 1980. DSM is the manual author related with the world around him/her. used by psychiatrist and researchers to Types of literary works is prose, drama, poetry, diagnose mental disorder. novel, songs, etc. In this thesis reseacher want Psychoanalysis is a method of medical to describe about drama. A drama is defined as treatment for those who suffer from nervous a piece of literature which the intended disorder which was proposed by Sigmund Freud purpose is to be performed in front of an in 1896, psychoanalysis is concerned with the audience. Drama are written in the form of a concept of unconsciousness. According to script, and the story is told through the lines of Guerin, Labor, Morgan, Ressman, and the characters played by actors. In a drama Willingham The super-ego works as the there are many elements which build the unity boundary between the id and the ego. It works of the whole story. One of the elements is a as a judgment between right or wrong and character. Character can be defined as any good or bad. person, animal, or figure represented in a Moral is controlled by the moral literary work. concepts, the rules of moral to which the Characterization is the characteristic members of culture have become accustomed of a characteristic of a character presented in a to and which determine the expected behavior literary work.Characterization is the pattern of all group members. Every society has characteristic of a characteristic of a character values to arrange their life that contains some presented in a literary work. According to principles, ideas and standards (Hurlock, (Nurgiyantoro, 1955), characterization is a Elizabeth, 1972:386). In a literary work, moral figure or people's character who is put forward value is like a theme which is expressed in the in narrative work which interpret by the readers body of a story. A moral value is something that having a moral quality and certain tendency the researcher tries to convey to the readers. It through dialogues and their behavior. According is the knowledge to be presented in a story. In to (Nurgiyantoro, 1955), characterization is a general, moral can be defined as the distinction figure or people's character who is put forward between good and bad, right and wrong with in narrative work which interpret by the readers regard to attitudes, behavior, character, etc having a moral quality and certain tendency (Nurgiyantoro,2002:172). through dialogues and their behavior. In the drama the main character is Soe Traumatic Experience is unbearable Jin-Woo was depression because of his father situation that force our mind to rethink memory Seo Jae-Hyuk became a rape and murder in the past. It is introduced by Sigmund Freud suspect which was not his father’s did. He that a situation which happens in a short time, has the condition of “Hyperthymesia” which that “increase the strength of a given stimulus” allows him to remember almost every day in which affecting someone to create fear perfect detail. To prove the innocence of his father, Jin-Woo becomes a lawyer. But his father died before he did it. He struggles to language, literature, and society, which focuses prove his father's innocence, but he begins to on contrasting ideas or elements of structure lose his memory due to Alzheimer’s. He just and attempts to show how they relate to the remeber the memories about himself and his whole structure. According to Abrams (1981: father only. 87), in approaching a literary work, structuralist criticism stands free from poet, audience, and 1.2 Problems of the Study its environment. It describes the literary work Based on background above, the problems as a self-sufficient object. What Abrams means can be formulated as follows: by the self-sufficient object is a system which 1. How is Seo Jin-Woo’s characterization in consists of inseparable interrelation elements. Remember Korean drama? The structure of literary works is also 2. How do traumatic experiences impact to heading to the relationship among the Seo Jin-Woo’s personality? elements. Each element can be very meaningful 3. What moral values can be achieved from and important after having connection with the Remember Korean drama? other elements as well as its contribution towards the story or play. Structuralism can be 2. REVIEW OF LITERATURE seen as one of literary approaches which give 2.1 Theoretical Framework more attention on the relationship among the 2.1.1 Psychoanalytic Theory elements involving in a certain work. The Psychoanalytic Theory is the According to Hawkes (1978), personality theory, which is based on the notion structuralism is basically about how we see the that an individual gets motivated more by world as a formative link not as a formative unseen forces that are controlled by the thing. An element in a system of structure will conscious and the rational thought. According have a meaning after getting a link with the to Monte (1977), Psychoanalytic theories others. Basically the analysis of structuralism assume the existence of unconscious internal purposes to elaborate accurately the function states that motivate an individual’s overt and the relationship among the elements of actions. literary works. As we know Psychoanalysis is a branch 2.2 Relevant Studies of science developed by Sigmund Freud and his The several revelant studies with the followers, as a study of human psychological researcher in analyzing the same topic about function and behavior. According Brenner (1969 trauma in their work. However, each relevant :11), Psychoanalysisis a scientific discipline studies finding has significant differences to this which was begun some sixty years ago by research. Sigmund Freud. What we call psychoanalytic The first research is The Analysis of theory, therefore, is a body of hypotheses Trauma in Staub’s Novel “Scared To Death” concering mental functioning and development thesis by Sulaeman form Universitas Islam Negri in a man.. Alaudin Makasar (2014). In that research, he In another side, according to Barry in discusses the portrayal of post traumatic by two Rahayu (1995: 96) stated that psychoanalysis main character. The researcher describe how itself form of therapy which aims to cure the two main character ways to heal Post- mental disorders. Psychoanalysis was traumatic. developed by Sigmund Freud as a psychiatrist. The second research is Post-Traumatic Freud adduce that psychic life contains two Stress Disorder Suffered by Katie in Nicholas in parts that are conscious and unconscious. sparks’ safe heaven thesis by Abdul Mufied 2.1.2 Structuralism Yasin Universitas Islam Negri maulana malik Structuralism is a method of Ibrahim Malang (2016). In that research, he interpreting and analysing such things as discusses symptoms and causes of the post traumatic and he also discusses about the the stories of romance, family and everyday life. impact of post traumatic the character. Therefore, the audience is dominated by The third research is A Psychological female, as written an article. According Ayu Analysis Of The Main Character In Marsiraji (2011: 4), Korean drama in the plot always Thahir’s Kabar Bunga journal by M. Afifulloh describe or tell the dream of many young Universitas Bangka Belitung (2019). In that women, which had a lover that handsome, well- research, he discusses he female characters of known, respected, rich and full of affection that the novel,her conflicts and its causes, and the was delivered with very romantic with sweet impact of the conflicts experienced by the main words and behavior are highly desired by many character.