Indah Permatasari , 2211415077 (2020) SELF-CONCEPT AS A RESULT OF BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER PORTRAYED IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NORWEGIAN WOOD. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

The study of Self-Concept as a Result of Borderline Personality Disorder Portrayed in Haruki Murakami’s “Norwegian Wood” is carried out to find out how Borderline Personality Disorder influencing an individual self-concept. There are several research methods used in this study, they are library research and descriptive qualitative research. By using the library research met hod, I found the data and references dealing with the topic analysis. The data then is written in descriptive in order to answer the research questions, I also employed psychoanalysis theory by Sigmund Freud. It is done to analyze how self-concept is the result of Borderline Personality Disorder. The result indicates that Naoko, the center of the research, is struggling to survive because she has a traumatic past events. Naoko developed five criteria of a person to have Borderline Personality Disorder, they are problem with relationships, unstable emotions, unstable identity, impulsive and self-damaging behavior, and unstable thinking/cognition which developed by the character. Then, there are defenses, anxiety and core issues that influence the behavior of the character. Self-concept is using by the represented character as the result of borderline personality disorder that revealed in the id, ego, and superego.

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