The Return of Repressed Past Trauma in The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (2019)

Nirwan Hayqal; Delvi Wahyuni

doi:10.24036/ell.v14i1.132983

The Return of Repressed Past Trauma in The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (2019)

Nirwan Hayqal⁽¹⁾, Delvi Wahyuni⁽²⁾,
(1) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia
(2) Universitas Negeri Padang

Indonesia

Corresponding Author
Copyright (c) 2025 Nirwan Hayqal

DOI : https://doi.org/10.24036/ell.v14i1.132983

Full Text:

Language : en

Abstract

This study is about the return of the repressed trauma that was experienced by one of the main protagonists in the novel The Silent Patient (2019) by Alex Michaelides. This study focuses on the internal problem of one of its protagonists. This analysis uses psychoanalysis and literary theory. The results of this research are that the main protagonist suffers quite a lot due to her repressed trauma. One of the main protagonists tries to make her talk and make her get out from her silent treatment habits that plagues her nowadays.

Keywords

Trauma; Repression; Repressed; Manifestation; Past.

References

Schönfelder, C., (2013). Majuskel Medienproduktion GmbH, Wetzlar, Wounds and Words: Childhood and Family Trauma in Romantic and Postmodern Fiction.

Ardi, H. (2015). Pengantar teori penerjemahan. Padang: Sukabina Press.

Brown, P., & Levinson, S. C. (1987). Politeness: Some universals in language usage. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Kreidler, C. W. (1998). Introducing English semantics. New York: Routledge.

Kridalaksana, H. (2008). Kamus linguistik. Jakarta: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama.

Molina, L., & Albir, A. H. (2002). Translation techniques revisited: A dynamic and functionalist approach. Meta: Journal des Traducteurs/Meta: Translators' Journal , XLVII (4), 498-512.