Ihtiarta, Sabkhina Sitaparasti (2026) A comparative study of trauma in Neil Gaiman's "The ocean at the end of the lane" and Eka Kurniawan's "Lelaki Harimau". Sarjana thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.
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Abstract
This study aims to analyze the narrative representation of trauma and to identify the similarities and differences in its manifestation in The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman and Lelaki Harimau by Eka Kurniawan through a comparative literature approach. This research employs a qualitative approach with a descriptive-comparative method, aiming to understand trauma not only as a thematic experience but also as a narrative phenomenon that shapes the structure of storytelling. The data consist of narrative excerpts representing traumatic experiences in both novels, collected through close reading and analyzed interpretatively using Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory (1996), particularly the concepts of unclaimed experience, belatedness, and repetition. The findings reveal that trauma in both novels is not presented as a singular, completed event but as a complex and layered condition that unfolds through memory, temporality, and narrative structure. In The Ocean at the End of the Lane, trauma is represented as an internal and psychological experience characterized by fragmented memory, unstable perception, and supernatural intrusion, reflecting an experience that cannot be fully comprehended at the moment of occurrence and therefore re-emerges through delayed recollection and repetition. In contrast, Lelaki Harimau represents trauma as an external and socially grounded phenomenon rooted in domestic violence, poverty, and prolonged emotional repression, which gradually accumulates and is ultimately expressed through aggressive and violent behavior as a manifestation of unresolved suffering. Despite these differences, both novels share fundamental structural characteristics of trauma, including the inability to fully process the experience at the moment it occurs, its delayed return, and its repetitive persistence. Therefore, this study concludes that trauma in literature should be understood not only as a thematic concern but also as a narrative mechanism that shapes form, structure, and storytelling, while also demonstrating that trauma functions both as a universal experience and as a culturally mediated form of expression.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Sarjana) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Trauma; Narrative representation; Comparative literature; Cathy Caruth; The Ocean at the End of the Lane; Lelaki Harimau; |
| Subjects: | English Literatures |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Program Studi Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Sabkhina Sitaparasti Ihtiarta |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2026 06:09 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2026 06:09 |
| URI: | https://digilib.uinsgd.ac.id/id/eprint/137482 |
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