Traumatic Experience of The Main Character in Novel As Long As Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh

Rahmawati, Sephia and Widodo, Anang (2024) Traumatic Experience of The Main Character in Novel As Long As Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

This novel is set in the civil war that occurred in Syria. This war happened because of a rebellion carried out by citizens against the government. Salama is one of the victims of this war which caused her to experience trauma. Salama is an ordinary girl who studied pharmacy, but suddenly she had to be a nurse and surgeon after the war. This research aims to identify the causes, forms, and impacts of the traumatic experiences of the main character, Salama, in the novel As Long As Lemon Trees Grow by Zoulfa Katouh. This research uses Cathy Caruth's trauma theory to analyze the trauma experienced by Salama. The data in the research were analyzed using qualitative methods. The data were collected by reading the novel carefully, marking several words to find out the context and gaining an in-depth understanding of the novel, then categorizing the data obtained regarding the research questions and analyzing this. This research found that the cause of Salama's trauma were by the civil war in her country and losing her beloved people. The forms of trauma shown by Salama are flashbacks, hallucinations, and negative cognitions and moods. The impact of the trauma on Salama are 1) rarely eating and messy sleeping hour, 2) feeling guilty, 3) recalling traumatic events and dreaming her past life, 4) having imaginary friends, and 5) seeing something that is just a hallucination (hallucination visual).

Item Type: Thesis (Skripsi, Tugas Akhir or Kerja Praktek) (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords: As Long As Lemon Trees Grow, civil war, novel, trauma
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Fakultas Humaniora > S1 Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Kaprodi S1 Bahasa Inggris UTY
Date Deposited: 04 Dec 2024 07:36
Last Modified: 04 Dec 2024 07:36
URI: http://eprints.uty.ac.id/id/eprint/17044

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