KEPRIBADIAN TOKOH UTAMA PADA CERPEN RUSMI INGIN PULANG KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

Abstrak

Literary work was born in the midst of society as a result of the imagination and creativity of the author, as well as his reflection on social phenomena contained in the environment around the author's environment. Literary research and literary analysis function to understand and explain the true purpose of the story, and why the story happened. There are various approaches used to study the literary work according to the field and study discussed. Then to interpret literary works in the form of short stories the most important is the approach that is the intrinsic approach, because the approach or assessment of literary works often also depends on interpretation. Other auxiliary sciences referred to are the sciences that have to do with literary science, including psychology (psychology). The problem in this study is how the personality of the main character in the short story of Rusmi Want to Go Home by Ahmad Tohari The approach used in the research of Rusmi Want Short story here is an objective approach to literary psychology. This objective approach limits itself to the study of literary work itself, apart from the extrinsic element that is the author and the reader. The results of the study were carried out by taking data in the form of quotes and analyzing them based on the seven personality categories of the main characters in the short story of Rusmi Want Home by Ahmad Tohari.