Jurnal JOEPALLT (Journal of English Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching)
Vol 10, No 2 (2022)

Esther Greenwood Mental Disorder in Sylvia Plath's Novel The Bell Jar

Vella Nandita Desyana (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Sep 2022

Abstract

This article discusses the mental disorder experienced by Esther Greenwood as the main character in the novel The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. This study was conducted to reveal the picture of mental disorders experienced by Esther Greenwood by analyzing the symptoms of depression experienced by her. The approach used in this research is literary psychology with qualitative descriptive methods. Based on research using the theory from Lubis (2016), the symptoms of depression character Esther Greenwood in the novel The Bell Jar are emotional symptoms, cognitive symptoms, fear symptoms and psychic symptoms.Keywords: Depression, Mental Disorders, Literary Psychology, The Bell Jar.

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jeopallt

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Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

This journal was published to be the media for professional development of English educators and anyone who concern with English language. JOEPALLT is chosen as this journal name for it represents the vision of its publishment, to give more explanations on relevant concept or burning issued related ...