Novel Lemah Tanjung Karya Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim: Aktualisasi Diri Perempuan dalam

Cekaman Ketidakbermaknaan Hidup

Dara Windiyarti

Bidang Pengkajian

Balai Bahasa Surabaya

Jalan Siwalanpanji, Buduran Sidoarjo

darawindi2006@yahoo.co.id

Abstract

This article tells about conflicts of the main character in novel Lemah Tanjung written by Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim. The discussion also covers the way the author solves the problems in reaching her self-actualization. Self actualization is expressed through self motivation that is stimulated by human basic needs and meta needs. Thorough discussion on self motivation stimulated by human basic needs and meta needs is made by the use of humanistic psycoholog approach/ theory. This article reveals: (1) the internal conflict of the main character, (2) some needs that motivate the main character to solve the problems, and (3) the main character’s potencies to achieve self actualization.