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The Despression Symptoms of Virginia Woolf as The Author Portrayed in Mrs Dalloway Novel
ABSTRACT
Depression is considered as a psychological problem which can be portrayed in a literary work such as a novel. The aim of this research was to seek the depression symptoms of Virginia Woolf as the author portrayed in the characters Septimus Warren Smith and Clarissa Dalloway in Mrs Dalloway novel. The theories that were used are the cognitive theory of depression by Aaron T. Beck and the theory of characters and characterization.
Moreover, the data of this research were the information about the depression symptoms of Virginia Woolf derived from the biographical information, the narrations and utterances refer to the depression symptoms in the characters Septimus and Clarissa in Mrs Dalloway novel. This research used psychological approach. Qualitative was employed as the research method. In order to get deeper analysis, Miles and Huberman’s conception was also employed.
The result of this research showed that Virginia Woolf’s depression symptoms were portrayed in the characters Septimus Warren Smith and Clarissa Dalloway. Virginia Woolf suffered from the depression symptoms such as dejected mood, negative feeling toward self, low self evaluation, delusion of worthlessness, and suicidal wishes that were portrayed in the character Clarissa. The depression symptoms such as negative expectation, self blame and self criticism, paralysis of the will, avoidance, escapist, and withdrawal wishes, suicidal wishes, loss of appetite, sleep disturbance, loss of libido, and hallucination were portrayed in the character Septimus.
Keywords: depression, depression symptoms, psychological approach
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