THE MANIFESTATION OF UNCONSCIOUS IN A CHILD CALLED IT; AN ANALYSIS OF DAVE PELZER’S CREATIVE PROCESS

Abstract

THE MANIFESTATION OF UNCONSCIOUS IN A CHILD CALLED IT; AN ANALYSIS OF DAVE PELZER’S CREATIVE PROCESS; Dian Ulya Mufliha, 070110191023; 2007: 49 pages; English Department, Faculty of Letter, Jember University. This research discusses about the manifestation of unconscious in Dave Pelzer’s A Child Called It as his background of creative process. Dave Pelzer admits that it is autobiographical novel. His past experiences have influenced him to write this novel. This study then uses Freud’s psychoanalysis to understand Pelzer’s psyche and the motives he writes A Child Called It. There are three critical tools taken from Freud: unconscious, repression and sublimation. These crtical tools is used to find how unconsciousness contributes to the process of creating A Child Called It and what is A Child Called It truly used by Dave Pelzer as the menas of escapism to release his childhood trauma. In Dave Pelzer’s case, the maltreatment in his childhood inspires his work. Therefore, doing this research, the motives of Dave Pelzer’s creating A Child Called It is found. Key words : Creative Process, Unconscious, Repression, Sublimation