K-DRAMAS

My love for Kdramas can be likened to a cherished friendship that continually brings joy,

laughter, and occasional tears into my life. Each series is a new journey, offering unique stories

that resonate deeply with my emotions and experiences. The vibrant characters come alive, their

struggles and triumphs reflecting universal human experiences that transcend cultural

boundaries. Through their compelling narratives, I find myself not just a passive observer but an

active participant in their world. The blend of romance, humor, and heartfelt moments creates an

emotional tapestry that captivates my heart and mind, making me eagerly anticipate each new

episode.

Moreover, Kdramas have become a comforting presence, akin to a loyal friend who is always

there to lift my spirits. The beautiful cinematography, evocative soundtracks, and intricate

plotlines offer an escape from the mundane, allowing me to immerse myself in worlds filled with

hope, love, and endless possibilities. The relatable characters often face dilemmas and joys

similar to my own, providing both solace and inspiration. This deep connection fosters a sense of

belonging and community, as I share my passion with fellow enthusiasts, discussing plot twists

and character arcs. In this way, my love for Kdramas transcends mere entertainment, becoming a

significant part of my life that enriches my understanding of human relationships and emotions.

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Descendants of the Sun 2016

Soo joong ki Yoo shi-ji

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Jin Goo Seo Dae

Kim ji-won Yoon mye

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REMEMBER KOREAN DRAMA

Abstract

The objectives of this research are characterization of Seo Jin Woo, impact of traumatic

experience to Seo Jin Woo, Psychoanalysis of Seo Jin Woo character and moral values presented

in Remember drama. This research used descriptive qualitative research. The data of this
research were script, character, and drama on Remember (2015) as the source of data. This

research focuses on characterization of Seo Jin Woo Nurgiyantoro (1955), traumatic experience

by Seo Jin Woo character based on DSM (1980), psychology of Seo Jin Woo character based on

theory Sigmund Freud (1896), and moral values in drama Remember based on Hurlock,

Elizabeth

1. Introduction

Background of Study

The literary work has its own definition taken from each different literature expert. According to

Pradopo (1994: 26) the literary work is as the picture of the world and human life, the main

criteria that is putted on the literary work is ‘truth’, or everything that wants to be pictured by the

author. Through that process, the reader of their literary work will be able to catch the

characteristics of the author related with the world around him/her.

In a drama there are many elements which build the unity of the whole story. One of the

elements is a

character

Characterization is the characteristic of a characteristic of a character presented in a literary

[Link] is the characteristic of a characteristic of a character presented in a literary

work. According to (Nurgiyantoro, 1955), characterization is a figure or people's character who

is put forward in narrative work which is interpreted by the readers as having a moral quality and

certain tendency through dialogues and their behavior. According to (Nurgiyantoro, 1955),

characterization is a figure or people's character who is put forward in narrative work which is
interpreted by the readers having a moral quality and certain tendency through dialogues and

their behavior.

Traumatic Experience is an unbearable situation that forces our mind to rethink memory in the

past. It is introduced by Sigmund Freud that a situation which happens in a short time, that

“increase the strength of a given stimulus” which affecting someone to create fear

abnormally. Traumatic experience has a close relation to psychological trauma.

The post traumatic syndrome resulting from combat is similar to rape or violent crime.

(2005:146-147). His concept is developed by The American Psychological Association (APA)

with a new term called Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder. The information regarding post-

traumatic stress disorder symptoms are collected in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental

Disorder (DSM) in the first publication in 1980. DSM is the manual used by psychiatrists and

researchers to diagnose mental disorders.

Psychoanalysis is a method of medical treatment for those who suffer from nervous disorder

which was proposed by Sigmund Freud in 1896, psychoanalysis is concerned with the concept of

unconsciousness. According to Guerin, Labor, Morgan, Ressman, and Willingham The super-

ego works as the boundary between the id and the ego. It works as a judgment between right or

wrong and good or bad.

Morals are controlled by the moral concepts, the rules of morality to which the members of

culture have become accustomed to and which determine the expected behavior pattern of all

group members. Every society has values to arrange their life that contains some principles, ideas

and standards (Hurlock, Elizabeth, 1972:386). In a literary work, moral value is like a theme

which is expressed in the body of a story. A moral value is something that the researcher tries to

convey to the readers. It is the knowledge to be presented in a story. In general, morality can be
defined as the distinction between good and bad, right and wrong with regard to attitudes,

behavior, character, etc (Nurgiyantoro,2002:172).

Types of literary works is prose, drama, poetry,

novel, songs, etc. In this thesis researchers want to describe drama. A drama is defined as

a piece of literature which the intended

the purpose is to be performed in front of an audience. Drama are written in the form of a

script, and the story is told through the lines of

the characters played by actors.

. Character can be defined as any

person, animal, or figure represented in a

literary work.

In the drama the main character is Soe

Jin-Woo was depression because of his father

Seo Jae-Hyuk became a rape and murder suspect which was not his father’s did. He

has the condition of “Hyperthymesia” which allows him to remember almost every day in perfect

detail. To prove the innocence of his father, Jin-Woo becomes a lawyer.

2. METHOD OF RESEARCH

Research Design
In this chapter, the researcher discusses about method of research. Research is the process of

collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data in order to understand a phenomenon (Leedy &

Ormrod). The research process is systematic in that defining the objective, managing the data,

and communicating the findings occur within established frameworks and in accordance with

existing guidelines. The frameworks and guidelines provide researchers with an indication of

what to include in the research, how to perform the research, and what types of inferences are

probable based on the data collected. According to Creswell (2009:3), research design is plans

and the procedures for research to detailed methods of data collection and analysis.

The researcher get the data by using a descriptive qualitative method . Descriptive method is a

method that researches the status of humans, an object, a set of conditions, a system of thought,

or even a class of phenomenon at the present. Qualitative research is a research procedure which

produces written or spoken descriptive data of research that is possible to observe. Burhan (2008:

40-41), defines that qualitative study focuses on describing and analyzing a phenomenon, social

activity, perception, belief, individual and thought. Then, this research can be categorized as

library research. It is a research in which the way of collecting data taken from a variety of

literature. Literature meant here are not only the books, but also materials taken from journals,

magazines, newspapers, internet, etc.

The research design in this study can be described as an arrangement condition for collecting and

analyzing data which are taken from Remember Korean drama 2016 by the author of the drama

is Yoon Hyun-Ho. By using an objective approach, the researcher analyzed the psychology

analysis of the main character.

In this drama we can see the psychoanalysis of Seo Jin Woo. Based on the state of Sigmund

Freud in 1896, psychoanalysis is concerned with the concept of unconsciousness. The

unconsciousness can be described as a storehouse of painful experience, emotion, wound, fear,

guilty desire and unresolved conflict we don't want to know about. In this drama we can see that

Seo Jin Woo's psychology includes the concept of unconsciousness. Due to the pain from the

conflicts he was going through, the emotions and the wounds he went through. Freud developed

three personality elements: id, ego, and super-ego. As explained in the previous chapter, the three

elements of personality are related. We can see that Seo Jin Woo's character belongs to the ego

element. Which is where from the quote Alwisol (2014: 15), the ego develops from the id so that

humans are able to handle reality, so the ego works according to the principle of reality.

Seo Jin Woo is able to fight his pain, emotions and through painful experiences by

thinking in reality. Thinking in reality helps him clear his father's good name. If at that time he

did not think in reality, maybe until whenever everyone would think that he was the son of a

murderer.

Moral values in Remember

Basically, moral is the distinction

between bad and good conducts which can generally be accepted in a social life. In talking about

moral we can briefly say that moral is concerned with, or related to human behavior, especially

the distinction between good or bad, or right and wrong behavior.

watch stories from dramas or see the actors. But in this drama we can learn moral values and

apply them in our lives. We can use these moral values as lessons in our daily lives. Types of

moral values:

1. Commitment to something greater than oneself

2. Self-respect, but with humbleness or respect to others, self-discipline, and

acceptance of personal responsibility 3. Respect and caring for others

4. Caring for other living things and

environment.

From the moral types above, we can

see that Seo Jin Woo's character, including the first type of moral value, is Commitment to

something greater than himself. Which is where in Remember Seo Jin Woo tries hard to find the

truth about his father's case so that his father gets justice. He also hopes that the laws in his

country can be fair to innocent people, especially to small people like himself. From this drama

we can also get lessons about life from Seo Jin Woo that we must seek justice and truth in our

lives. We can also learn the importance of defending and protecting our parents. In the now days

many children don't care about their parents.

Findings

In this section researchers provide findings about the character Seo Jin Woo based on the theory

above. Based on analysis the characterization above, we can know that the

characterization of Seo Jin Woo is a person who is persistent, smart, kind, and loves his family.

Traumatic experience of character Seo Jin Woo with his conditions are considered as avoidance

criteria of PTSD based on DSM IV. Beacause in the drama Seo Jin Woo tried to forget
everything about painful. Psychoanalysis of character Seo Jin Woo is based on Sigmund Freud in

1896, is the concept of unconsciousness. Character Seo Jin Woo in the drama described as a

storehouse of painful experience, emotion. In this drama we also learn about moral values, types

of moral values for character Seo JinWoo proposed by Kinnier [Link]. (2000) is commitment to

something greater than oneself, Seo Jin Woo to seek truth and justice for his father's case.

4 Conclusions

After analyzing Remember the writer Yoon Hyun Ho in the drama he wrote, here he wants to tell

about a child's struggle for his father. Which is where he struggled to free his father from a

murder charge. This drama focuses on the intelligence of the main character, legal injustice, and

the psychology of the main character.

Traumatic experience is a short event that forces our mind to rethink memory in the past. Most of

the people who have traumatic experiences tend to show a post- traumatic stress disorder. The

researcher found that Seo Jin Woo the main character of the drama, is suffered from Post-

Traumatic Stress Disorder. The writer concludes that because Seo Jin Woo shows some PTSD

symptoms. First, Seo Jin Woo attempts to avoid feeling that remembering one of the traumatic

events, he burns his book “ Memories I want to forget”. Second, Seo Jin Woo feeling sadness

and confusion after the traumatic event occurred because currently Seo Jin Woo is only living

alone because his father passed away. Third, Seo Jin Woo tried to forget the painful memories he

get Alzheimer's.

Seo Jin Woo's psychoanalysis includes unconsciousness where he feels fear and pain for what

happened to him and his father. The

able to help his father with this goal.

The moral values can be taken from this drama is Commitment to something greater.

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Moral Value in Korean Drama Extraordinary Attorney Woo

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to analyze the moral values contained in the drama

“Extraordinary Attorney Woo” and their implementation in learning Indonesian, especially to

develop a profile of Pancasila students. This research use desciptive qualitative approach. The

source of this research data is the dialogue scene of the characters in the drama “EAW”. Data

collection techniques using observation and documentation. Data analysis techniques with
content analysis. The results of research in this drama are two moral values, namely, moral

values seen from: (1) the relationship between humans and themselves which consists of

independent, critical reasoning, creative thinking, never giving up, working hard, tolerant, not

holding grudges, and (2) human-human relations consisting of stopping discrimination, working

together, caring for others, admitting mistakes, equal opportunity, compassion, true friendship.

The implementation of the moral values of drama is applied to the formation of a Pancasila

student profile that is in accordance with the independent curriculum, namely four dimensions,

namely the dimensions of: independence, mutual cooperation, critical reasoning, and creative.

1 Introduction

The development of information and communication technology has always increased with the

support of increasingly widespread globalization among Indonesian people. One of the

communication media is film. Film is a form of mass communication media. Film as a work of

cultural art as a means of entertainment is made based on artistic principles with sound or

without sound and can be demonstrated [1]. In addition, films have persuasive, informative, and

educational values that can teach moral messages in everyday life. Film also has the potential to

attract all levels of society so that the delivery of moral values can be conveyed to large

audiences quickly [2] PAUD is an ongoing process between learning and development. That is,

the learning experience and early development are the basis for the learning process and

subsequent development [3].

The impact that film has is so great, it is very effective as a medium for conveying moral values

packed with cinematography. Good or bad behavior or morals, the assess- ment is the norms that

apply in society [4]. The moral values contained in each film willdiffer according to the choice
of each film genre, including romance, horror, comedy, action, documentary and drama. One of

the most popular genres among young people today is the drama genre.

The word drama comes from the Greek “draomai” which means to do, apply, act and so on.

Drama is a life story illustrated with motion. The conflict of human nature is the main source of

drama [5]. Drama is a film genre that depicts the reality of human life, character and behavior,

with stories told through roles and dialogue. Stories in dramas contain conflicts and emotions

that are intended to affect people who watch or listen to the drama.

The influence caused by the development of global information and communication technology

has led to the influx of outside culture, as evidenced by the spread of Korean culture, one of

which is drama. The development process of Korean dramas in Indonesia is influenced by the

popularity of Korean dramas in other countries. No wonder the popularity of Korean dramas can

increase the enthusiasm of others who are not familiar with K-Pop culture, not only Indonesians

known as Korean Wave [6]. Korean dramas are one of the achievements of Hallyu culture that is

most loved by millions of people around the world [7]. Korean dramas are fictional stories that

depict the lives of Koreans using the Korean language, usually consisting of 16 episodes to 32

episodes that air for only a few weeks.

Korean dramas are popular because they have a variety of interesting genres and storylines, high-

quality cinematography, have original soundtracks, a definite number of episodes, do not stall the

storyline, and mature exhibition acting. In Korean dramas there are several genres including

romance, melodrama, action, medical, zombie, fantasy, historical, sports, science fiction,

military, police, and law. The romance genre has the most interest because romance stories are

the main focus of Korean culture. But not only romance, there is one Korean drama that is being
discussed a lot because it carries the theme of Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) with the legal

genre. The play is called “Exstraordinary Attorney Woo”.

“Exstraordinary Attorney Woo” is the latest Korean drama in 2022 that tells the story of Woo

Young-woo (played by Park Eun-bin), the first lawyer in South Korea to have Autism spectrum

disorder (ASD), who is often looked down upon by those around him, despite having a

deficiency Young-woo is able to exceed the abilities of normal people and still work hard.

From the synopsis above, there are several messages that are implied for character learning in

everyday life. Personality traits are the values of a person formed through the process of

interaction with one’s environment [8]. This theme is a novelty for a Korean drama story that

focuses its story on a person with Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and how he communicates

with those around him in detail and realistically, without overdoing it. Autism Spectrum

Disorder (ASD), more commonly known as autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder. This

disorder affects a person’s language development and ability to communicate, interact, and

behave Because it raises this new thing, this drama is a success and is widely discussed as the

“best healing series of 2022”.

Research on moral values in drama, has previously been carried out by [9, 6, 10]. Research on

moral values in films, has previously been carried out by [2, 4, 11, 12, 13]. Research on moral

values in the novel, has previously been carried out

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[14, 15, 16]. Meanwhile, the research on moral values in previous poems was researched by [17,

18, 19].
The delivery of moral values in everyday life is very important in shaping the good character of

students. Therefore, the delivery of moral values can be implemented into a literary work in the

form of plays, films, novels, poems, and so on to influence many circles of society, especially

young people. The purpose of this study is to analyze the moral values contained in the drama

“Exstraordinary Attorney Woo” and their imple- mentation in Indonesian learning, especially to

develop the profile of pancasila learners. The benefits of this research are expected to be learning

in living through positive moral values and can be used as a reference for learning teaching

materials Indonesian.

2 Research Method

This research uses qualitative descriptive research. Research with a descriptive type is a research

method that seeks to describe and interpret objects according to what they are [20]. Qualitative

research aims to understand more deeply human and social problems [21]. So, qualitative

descriptive research is research that focuses on the phenomenon of the reality of social problems

that are studied in depth. The research method used is a qualitative content analysis method using

semiotic analysis. Semiotics is the science of signs. The term is taken from the Yunani word

Semeion which means “sign”. Signs are everywhere, they can be words, pictures, sounds, the

structure of literary works, the structure of films, musical structures and so on.

The object of this study is moral values. The subject used is the Korean drama “Exs- traordinary

Attorney Woo”. The source of the data of this study is the dialogue scenes of the characters in

the play. Data collection techniques use observation and documen- tation techniques. The

observation technique is non-participant, that is, the researcher observes and watches the Korean

drama “EAW”, then recorded and selected impor- tant scenes according to the topic of the
problem. The documentation technique uses scenes that contain moral messages in the play, then

researched by the method of content analysis. Data analysis techniques with interactive models,

namely after collecting, data reduction is made to select relevant data, then verify the withdrawal

of conclusions.

3 Result and Discussion

Result

“Exstraordinary Attorney Woo” is a South Korean legal drama television series that premiered

on June 29, 2022 and ended on August 18, 2022, which aired on every Wednesday and Thursday

at 21:00. This drama has 16 episodes with a duration per episode of approximately 1 h 15 min

and is available to international audiences in several regions through the Netflix application (Fig.

1).

The drama “EAW” tells the story of Woo Young-woo, the first lawyer in South Korea who has

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Despite his shortcomings, Woo has an IQ that reaches a score

of 164 and has a photographic intelligence that allows him to memorize important legal articles

that can prove other people’s doubts by solving a legal case with a unique mind. Many

interesting legal cases that are relevant in everyday life will be resolved at trial with a tense and

exciting atmosphere. In addition to discussing the law, this drama brings up Woo Young-woo’s

love story with his co-workers at Hanbada Law Firm with Lee Jun-ho, loyal friendship,

competition and cooperation between colleagues to family issues.

4 Conclusion
The Korean drama “EAW” is a legal drama that focuses on the story of Woo Young-woo’s life

journey as the first lawyer in South Korea to suffer from Autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In

this drama, there are two aspects of moral values seen from the relationship between man and

himself which consists of, independent, critical reasoning, creative thinking, never giving up,

working hard, patience, no grudges, and human relationships with human beings consisting of,

stop discrimination, cooperate, care for others, admit mistakes, equal opportunity, compassion,

true friendship. The implementation of the moral value of drama is applied for development into

the profile of pancasila students in accordance with the independent curriculum. There are four

dimensional aspects, which can be developed, namely, the independent dimension, the

cooperative dimension, the critical reasoning dimension, and the creative dimension.

Based on the results of the study, researchers are aware of shortcomings, both limi- tations in

theory and limitations in data. Furthermore, researchers should deepen more about moral values

in literary works that can be implemented as a medium of learning Indonesian, considering that

this research has not been able to fully explain the variations in the implementation of moral

values in drama literature to learning.

Acknowledgments. Thank you to the University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta for helping in

providing publication funds to students, so that students can increase creativity in writing quality

articles internationally.

Authors’ Contributions. The first author, conducts collective data collection and writes draft

articles according to the template. The second author, as the supervisor, reviews and provides

input.

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