Forms of Sasana's Personality Archetypes in Okky Madasari's Novel Pasung Jiwa: A Study of Carl Gustav Jung's Psychology

Abstract

This study aims to describe the forms of the personality archetypes of the character Sasana in Okky Madasari's novel Pasung Jiwa using Carl Gustav Jung's analytical psychology. The archetypes examined include persona, shadow, anima/animus, and self. The approach used is literary psychology with a descriptive qualitative research design. The primary data source is the novel Pasung Jiwa (Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2015), while the research data consist of quotations from Sasana's dialogue, narration, and monologues. Data were collected through careful reading, note-taking, and literature review. Data analysis included identification, classification, description, analysis, and drawing conclusions. The findings show that Sasana's persona archetype is manifested as a perfect and talented child, an obedient and compliant child, and an entertainer. The shadow archetype is reflected through regret and rejection of life, hatred of male identity, trauma from physical and sexual violence, feelings of fear, threat, and confinement, as well as social stigma and humiliation. The anima archetype is actualized through the desire to immerse himself in the world of women, self-expression through dangdut and dance, and transformation into a singer with the use of feminine attributes. The self archetype is attained through awareness of life's confinement, complete self-acceptance, and harmonious integration between Sasana and Sasa. This study concludes that the novel Pasung Jiwa represents Sasana's struggle to integrate all aspects of his personality in order to achieve psychic wholeness amid the pressure of constraining social norms.