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Abstract

This study examines the psychological response to the Covid-19 pandemic in fantasy stories. This psychological response is reflected in the characterization of the characters in the fantasy story. The data of this research are narrative quotes, dialogue quotes, and fantasy story paragraphs that contain direct and indirect psychological responses. The data source of this research is a fantasy story with the theme of the Covid-19 pandemic written by grade VII students of MTsN Gresik. The theme of the fantasy story that was used as the data source was also determined, namely the Covid-19 pandemic. This theme is adapted to the circumstances experienced by students at this time. Data collection in this study was carried out in several steps. First, convey material related to understanding, structure, linguistic elements, and steps to writing fantasy stories to students. Second, assigning students to write fantasy stories according to predetermined themes. Third, observe and carefully read the fantasy stories written by students. Fourth, identify data and adjust it to the research focus. Fifth, code the data. Sixth, classify and describe the data. From the data analysis that has been done, several psychological responses were found. First, a cognitive response in the form of a character's knowledge of the Covid-19 pandemic. Second, affective responses related to the emotions of characters in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Third, a conative response in the form of actions taken by figures in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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