Kajian Psikoanalisis pada Karakter Heroine di Film Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)
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AbstrakFilm Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) adalah salah satu film yang meraih kesuksesan secara kritik maupun finasial di saat pandemi Covid-19. Film tersebut dianggap sebagai versi yang lebih orisinil daripada film Justice League versi layar lebar yang tayang di tahun 2017, karena merupakan film yang awalnya dikembangkan untuk berkaitan langsung dengan semesta film-film di DC Extended Universe (DCEU). Penelitian ini akan memfokuskan pada karakter superhero perempuan (heroine) yang muncul di film Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) dengan menggunakan teori psikoanalisis Sigmund Freud. Tokoh heroine yang akan dikaji adalah Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Mera dan Queen Hippolyta. Psikoanalisis dipilih karena berkaitan dengan kajian mengenai alam bawah sadar manusia seperti emosi, cinta, serta seks yang selalu muncul dalam setiap representasi karakter dalam film. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah menjelaskan serta memaknai secara komprehensif apa saja rumusan konseptual mengenai representasi perempuan dalam karakter heroine di film tersebut menurut konteks teori psikoanalisis. Manfaat penelitian ini diharapkan yaitu memberikan kontribusi pemikiran tentang penerapkan operasional teoretis dari psikoanalisis terhadap obyek penelitian budaya populer seperti karakter heroine dalam film. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode yang disebut dengan analisis konten yaitu teknik analisis mendalam terhadap isi suatu informasi dari teks maupun visual. Penelitian ini menemukan adanya keterkaitan representasi perempuan dalam karakter heroine dengan teori psikoanalisis. Kata Kunci: heroine, film, Justice League, psikoanalisis, representasi AbstractIn 2021 the world's film industry slumped due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) movie appeared and was successful critically and commercially. The film is considered to be a more original version than the 2017 feature film Justice League because Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) is a film that was originally developed to be directly related to the universe of films in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). This study will focus on the female superhero character (heroines) who appears in the film Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) and using Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theory. The heroine figures that studied are Wonder Woman/Diana Prince, Mera, and Queen Hippolyta. Psychoanalysis was chosen because it relates to the study of the human subconscious like emotions, love, and sex that always appear in every character representation in the film. The purpose of this study is to explain and interpret comprehensively the conceptual formulations, regarding the representation of women in heroine characters in the film Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) according to the context of psychoanalytic theory. The benefit of this research is expected to contribute ideas about applying the theoretical operational of psychoanalysis to popular culture research objects such as heroine characters in films. This study uses a content analysis method, an in-depth analysis technique toward the content of information from text and visuals. This study found a link between the representation of women in heroine characters and psychoanalytic theory. Keywords: film studies, heroine, Justice League, psychoanalysis, representationReferences
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