scholarly journals Matriarchal Society in The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Teta Irama Setri ◽  
Dwi Budi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Feminine Divine

This research discusses a novel which written by Sue Monk Kidd entitled The Secret Life of Bees. The writers aims to describe the matriarchal society issue that is often regarded as the opposed of patriarchy. This research aims to answer the question how levels of matriarchal society described in the novel The Secret Life of Bees through women characters in the story. This study applies descriptive qualitative method and typically library research. This research applies socio-historical approach in order to look at the relation between literary work and society’s historical elements that happen in the past. At political level, August character shows as the matriarch or the leader in community with important role for overcoming conflict and decision making process. At economical level, it shows that matriarchal society common practice has right and same position in economic affair and giving gift each other to make the economic condition balance. Last, at spiritual and cultural level, it is described that women characters in The Secret Life of Bees believe in feminine divine which is the Black Mary and doing worship for her. In conclusion, The Secret Life of Bees novel clearly depicts matriarchal society based on the theory of Matriarchy by Heide Göettner-Abendroth.Keyword: The Secret Life of Bees, Matriarchy, Matriarchal Society, Levels of Matriarchal Society, Socio-historical Approach

CULTURAL IDENTITY AND SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM IN KARMA BROWN’S NOVEL “RECIPE FOR A PERFECT WIFE”

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alia Afiyati ◽  
Divya Widyastuti ◽  
Yoga Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Symbolic Interactionism ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Cultural Identities ◽  
George Herbert ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
George Herbert Mead ◽  
The Past ◽  
Stuart Hall

In a literary work, two characters can be narrated as the attention center that contains the cultural identity from certain generation. Meanwhile, a symbol actually can cause an interaction within characters. This research discusses about cultural identity and symbolic interactionism reflected in a novel. There is a novel entitled “Recipe for a Perfect Wife” by Karma Brown that tells about two female characters that are represented as a housewife from different generation. This research uses descriptive qualitative as the research methodology and content  analysis as the method in analyzing the object of the research, a novel entitled “Recipe for a Perfect Wife”. This research also uses the intrinsic approach to analyze the characterization, plot, and setting. This research reveals two kinds of a housewife. They are a housewife and working woman, and a full-housewife. This research finds five cultural identities in the past and present time that is related with a housewife reflected by two female characters in the novel by using cultural identity theory by Stuart Hall. This research also reveals the symbol and memory even three concepts of symbolic interactionism that is mind, self, and society based on symbolic interactionism theory by George Herbert Mead.

scholarly journals THE MESSAGE OF DAKWAH IN THE NOVEL HATI SUHITA BY KHILMA ANIS AND THE NOVEL TWO BARISTA BY NAJHATI SHARMA

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89
Author(s):  
Rif’atul Maula
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Novel is a literary work which is also known as fiction. Therefore, the notion of fiction also applies to the novel, which is a result of dialogue, contemplation, and the author's reaction to the environment and life. Each writer has a message that is implied in each of his works, one of which is as a distributor of da'wah messages. In this study, the researcher chose the novel Hati Suhita by Khilma Anis compared to the novel Dua Barista by Najhati Sharma. Because these two novels are the work of writers who were born in Islamic boarding schools. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The results of this study indicate that there are similarities and differences in the message of da'wah in the novel Hati Suhita by Khilma Anis and the novel Dua Barista by Najhati Sharma.

scholarly journals Optimistic View of Life Reflected In the Style of Paulo Coelho’s THE ALCHEMIST (1988)

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danang Wiratnoko Suwasono ◽  
M. Thoyibi ◽  
Phil.Dewi Candraningrum
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Power Struggle ◽  
Data Process ◽  
Primary Data Source ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The One

AbstractThis study aims at explaining the symbols used in the novel and describing the values of optimistic of life reflected in the symbols used in Coelho’s The Alchemist. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative method. The primary data source of this study is the novel The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. The collecting data process is a note-taking technique. This study is also categorized as library research. Based on the findings and discussion, the researcher draws the conclusion such follows. First, there are six elements or values which characterize someone as the one who has an optimistic view of life and these ones are reflected as the symbols used in this novel. They are the values of hope, faith, power, struggle, positive-thinking, and respect. Second, that there are twelve symbols used in The Alchemist, those symbols are divided into three groups which consist of four symbols of characters, two symbols of events or concepts and six symbols of things. The result of the study shows that the twelve symbols in The Alchemist are how the author addresses Optimistic through a story of self-quest of the author. According to the whole finding, the symbols lead the readers to understand the message of Paulo Coelho that everybody can find their happiness in themselves.  Keywords: Concept of optimistic of life, Symbol, Self-quest. AbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan simbol-simbol yang digunakan dalam novel dan menggambarkan nilai-nilai optimistis kehidupan yang tercermin dalam simbol-simbol yang digunakan dalam Coelho's The Alchemist. Penelitian ini diklasifikasikan sebagai metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data primer dari penelitian ini adalah novel The Alchemist karya Paulo Coelho. Proses pengumpulan data adalah teknik mencatat. Penelitian ini juga termasuk penelitian kepustakaan. Berdasarkan temuan dan diskusi, peneliti menarik kesimpulan sebagai berikut. Pertama, ada enam elemen atau nilai-nilai yang mencirikan seseorang sebagai orang yang memiliki pandangan hidup yang optimis dan yang tercermin sebagai simbol yang digunakan dalam novel ini. Mereka adalah nilai-nilai harapan, iman, kekuatan, perjuangan, pemikiran positif, dan rasa hormat. Kedua, bahwa ada dua belas simbol yang digunakan dalam The Alchemist, simbol-simbol itu dibagi menjadi tiga kelompok yang terdiri dari empat simbol karakter, dua simbol peristiwa atau konsep dan enam simbol benda. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kedua belas simbol dalam The Alchemist adalah bagaimana penulis membahas Optimistic melalui kisah pencarian diri penulis. Menurut seluruh temuan itu, simbol-simbol itu mengarahkan para pembaca untuk memahami pesan Paulo Coelho bahwa setiap orang dapat menemukan kebahagiaan mereka dalam diri mereka sendiri. Kata kunci: Konsep optimistis kehidupan, Simbol, Self-quest.

scholarly journals THE MOTIVATIONS OF CONNIE’S ADULTERY WITH MELLORS IN THE NOVEL LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (02) ◽  
pp. 33-48
Author(s):  
Mukhlasul Fasikh
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Female Protagonist ◽  
Lady Chatterley's Lover

This objective of this research is to add to the students’ knowledge of the Connie’s motivation in committing adultery. In addition, the objectives are to find out the character of Connie, to give evidence and find out the motivation of Connie’s adultery with Mellors then to know the reaction of Clifford to students, teachers and people who want to analyze the Connie’s motivation in committing adultery. This research is a library research. The research was done through reading the novel and other sources related to the motivation of Connie’s adultery. The data was taken from books, dictionary, and internet. The researcher uses qualitative method to analyze the motivation of Connie in committing adultery. The novel tells about Connie as the female protagonist of the novel. At 23, she marries Clifford Chatterley. After a month’s honeymoon, Clifford is sent to war, and returns paralyzed from the waist down and become impotent. After that, he becomes a successful writer. Into the void of Connie's life comes Oliver Mellors, the gamekeeper on Clifford's estate. Connie feels curiously drawn to him. After several meetings him, they meet by chance at a hut in the forest. And they have sex more than twice. This time, Connie begins to adore Mellors. She is proud to believe that she is bearing Mellors’ child. Adultery means he or she physically engages in sexual acts with someone who is not his or her spouse. They commit adultery due to several motivations such as the weaknesses of their partner, chances to meet their paramour that grow them in love. Understanding of the people’s motivation in committing adultery is very important before judging them unpleasantly

scholarly journals Social Class Conflict Presented In “The Kite Runner” Novel Based On Marxism Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Yohanes Eko Rubiyanto ◽  
Restu Arini
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Class Conflict ◽  
Upper Class ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Large Groups ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

The writer conducts the research related to class conflict which is presented in Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner” novel. This qualitative research is written to analyze the conflicts that happen in Afghan society which is mainly caused by difference of social class. The research is conducted by using library research. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method as the data are described in the form of sentences. The steps of collecting the data in this research are reading both the novel and the supporting theories related, analyzing, organizing and displaying the data to allow conclusions to be drawn. The results show that the society in the twentieth is fundamentally separated by two large groups namely Pashtun and Hazara. They are inhabit Afghanistan as told in The Kite Runner. The Pashtuns act as the dominant upper class and the Hazaras fill the society of the lower class which fits the theory of Marxism.

scholarly journals REALITAS SOSIAL DALAM NOVEL LONTARA RINDU KARYA S. GEGGE MAPPANGEWA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 358
Author(s):  
Ayu Safitri ◽  
Irianto Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Teachers And Students

Abstract  : This research is motivated by the consideration that the novel Lontara Rindu by S. Gegge Mappangewa is very thick in presenting social realities that exist in society . The problem in this research is how is the social reality in the novel Lontara Rindu by S. Gegge Mappangewa ?. This study aims to describe the social reality contained in the novel Lontara Rindu by S. Gegge Mappangewa. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative method. This research is a type of library research. The data in this study are written data in the form of novel texts which cover the social reality in the novel. the source of this research data is the Lontara Rindu novel by S. Gegge Mappangewa published by Republika, south Jakarta, the first printing in 2012 and consists of 343 pages. Data collection techniques used note-taking techniques. The data in this study were analyzed using the sociological approach to literary works. Based on the research results , it can be concluded that the social reality in the novel Lontara Rindu by S. Gegge Mappangewa . Consisting of three realitas social is the social reality of the culture,  realitas social education, and realitas social about religion. Social reality about culture, including beliefs, habits, cultural customs, and customary law. The reality about education, that is, teachers and students, teachers and society, and the reality of religion illustrates the values of religious teachings and the values of love for God Keywords; The novel ; Reality ; Sociology of Literary Works.

scholarly journals Karakteristik Sastra Sufi (Content Analysis Karya-karya Sastra Indonesia)

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Lidya Arman
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Changing Times

Literary work is an inseparable part of human life. Literature appears along with the history of human existence. In fact, it can be said that from the literature produced, it reflected the support of human civilization. As a social institution, literature reflects the expression of appreciation and inner experience of the narrator or the author of certain authors or situations. Literature always experiences development along with changing times and the emergence of new thoughts in every aspect of life. This also applies in the world of literature. Parallel aspects will show a clear picture of literature from the past until now. Methodologically this research uses library research or library research. The object of the study in this study is Sufi literary works. The approach used in this study is descriptive qualitative, in which this study describes not intended to test certain hypotheses. Literary works with religious characteristics will be able to direct readers to make conscience more serious, pious and conscientious in inner consideration. So that religious works make the reader pensive and template.

THE OPTIMISTIC SYMBOLISMS IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA

LINGUISTICA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Kusuma ◽  
Syamsul Bahri ◽  
Citra Anggia Putri
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Ernest Hemingway ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Data Process ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The One ◽  
Second Category

This study aims at explaining the symbols used in the novel and describing the values of optimistic reflected in the symbols used in Hemingway’s The Old man and The Sea. This research is classified as a descriptive qualitative method. The primary data source of this study is the novel The Old Man and the sea by Ernest Hemingway. The collecting data process is note-taking technique. This study is also categorized as library research. Based on the findings and discussion, the researcher draws the conclusion such follow. First, it is found that there are eight symbols used in this novel. They are classified into Individual symbol and Universal symbol. In the novel the Old Man and the Sea the symbols which the researcher considers as individual symbols. Individual symbols are the old man as a symbol of someone who has optimistic, Manolin as a symbol of hope, Marlin as a symbol Struggle of life, Shark as a symbol of Destruction and problem, joe Di Maggio as a symbol Strong desire, bird as a symbol of help. The second category is Universal symbol. universal symbol are Sea as symbol of universe, Lion as symbol of strength. there are two elements or values which characterize someone as the one who has optimistic life which is reflected in the symbols used in this novel. They are the values of struggle and positive thinking, Second, Those symbols reflect the values of optimistic life which is to be the theme of the novel. Keywords: optimistic, symbol

scholarly journals The Searching for Self-Identity in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-220
Author(s):  
Rahmi Munfangati ◽  
Aisyah Nur Handayani
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Psychological Approach ◽  
Kazuo Ishiguro ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Search For Self ◽  
The World ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Self-identity is an aspect that every human in the world has. Without it, a person is in danger of being negatively affected by those around him/her and by the outside world. Some people are grappling with this identity-forming phase in their search for self-definition. This is reflected in Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. Therefore, this research aims to describe the main characters' search for self-identity as seen in the novel. The type of this research was library research. This research applied a psychological approach, and the data were analyzed using the descriptive qualitative method. The results showed that Kathy and Tommy's quest to find their true selves occurred in childhood, adolescence, and adulthood stages. Narrated by Kathy, she flashed back the memories of how they, Kathy and Tommy, are puzzled because of too many mysteries in Hailsham, the boarding school where they live. They connected each puzzle which could be the answer. But, in the novel, the question they belong to for being different brought them to another question. The process of findings itself flowed as long as they grew. In the end, they found information about their identity as a clone and as an individual.

scholarly journals Moralitas dalam Novel 728 Hari Ibu Jembatanmu Menuju Surga Karya Djono W.Oesman

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Eka Ayu Permata Sari ◽  
Ida Bagus Jelantik ◽  
I Ketut Nama
Keyword(s):  
Setting Time ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
True Story ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Three Stages

Novel 728 Hari Ibu Jembatanmu Menuju Surga by Djono W.Oesman was chosen as research data for several reasons. First, because this novel is a best seller. Second, this novel tells the true story of a person. Third, this novel has many useful references to morality. The analysis of this resersch uses structural theory and moral value theory as formulated by Burhan Nurgiyantoro’s. Structural theory discusses the object of research in the intrinsic elements that build and literary work, among others, characterization, plot, and setting. Moral value theory is uused analyze the morality contained in the novel. The method used in this research is the library research method with reading, listening, and note taking techniques. Then, the data were analyzed using the analytical descriptive method. The results of this study consist of two parts. First, the structure of the novel 728 Hari:IJMS, the characters in the novel are the main character, Eva Meliana Santi, and additional characters, namely Sugiarti, Badarudin, Ryantori Ahmad, and Winantyo Adi Tamtomo (Nanan). The flow used consisnts of three stages, namely the initial stages, the middle stages, and the final stages. The setting of this novel is divided into three, namely place setting, time setting, and social setting. Second, the morality contained in the novel 728 Hari:IJMS and the moral of the main character in dealing with life’s problems.

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