Grief Journey in Bill Clegg's Novel Did You Ever Have a Family (2015)

Khairin Maranda(1), Delvi Wahyuni(2),
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang  Indonesia

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ell.v8i4.106801

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Abstract


This thesis is a psychoanalysis reading of a novel which is written by Bill Clegg entitled Did You Ever Have a Family (2015). It explores the issue of grief journey which is experienced by main character before she is managed to heal from her grief. The analysis of grief journey is used the concept of Elisabeth Kubler Ross (1969) of five stages of grief. It is also intended to find out the contribution of multiple narrators in revealing the issue of grief journey. The result of this analysis shows the depiction of main character’s grief journey from multiple characters’ perspective.

Keywords


Grief, loss, five stages of grief, multiple-narrators

References


Clegg, Bill. (2015). About The Author. Retrieved from http://www.billcleggauthor.com/phone/about-the-author.html

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