COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE TIDES OF MEMORY NOVEL (2013): A FEMINIST APPROACH
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment Requirements
for Getting Bachelor Degree in English Education Department
by:
Ayuni Anasyafitri A320130192
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION
2017
UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA
v
MOTTO
All your dreams can come true,
if you have the courage to pursue them (Walt Disney)
vi
DEDICATION
This research paper is specially dedicate to: Allah SWT atas segala nikmat dan karunianya
My beloved mother (Purwanti) My beloved father
(Suliyo) My beloved sister
(Rini Setyowati and her husband) (Shirly Annastasya)
My beloved grandmother and grandfather
vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Bismillahirrohmanirrahi,
By saying the name of Allah, the most powerful. His goodness can be calculated, so the researcher can finish this research paper entitled ”COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE
VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE TIDES OF MEMORY NOVEL (2013)” this research paper is one of requirement to finish the study in English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. This research paper cannot be finished without many helps from many people. So, the resarcher would like to express big thanks to:
1. Prof. Dr. Bambang Setiaji, the rector of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
2. Prof. Dr. Harub Joko Prayitno, M.Hum, the Dean of School Teacher Training and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
3. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph.D, the head of of English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
4. Dr. Phil Chandraningrum, M.Ed, as the consultant, who has given knowledge, guide and nice suggestion to finish the research paper.
5. All lecturer on English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.
6. Her beloved parents and family , who always praying, love, support, motivate, guide, and everything that can not delivered by the word , so the reseearcher can finish this research paper.
7. Her best friends, who are always together from beginning the semester, to playing, and to get consultation and to finish this research paper (Devica Hps) 8. Her friends, who are always together from beginning the semester, to
viii
9. Her beloved friends, who has given motivate and guide to always study hard (Retno and Fitria)
10.Her beloved boyfriend, Zainal Aripin, who has given love, and support if the researcher feeling down.
11.Her beloved friends in Department of English education. 12.Everybody who has helped the researcher.
13.Big thanks for all kindness and support. The writer hopes that this research give advantages for all of people.
Surakarta, 01 February 2017 The Writer
ix
COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S
THE TIDES OF MEMORY (2013): A FEMINIST APPROACH
Ayuni Anasyafitri A320130192
Department of English Education, School of Teacher Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
Email: Ayuni.anasyafitri@gmail.com
ABSTRAK
Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan keberanian Alexia De Vere sebagai tokoh utama dalam novel The Tides of Memory(2013) karya Sidney sheldon’s menggunakan pendekatan Feminism. Novel The Tides of Memory (2013) dianalisis dengan mengacu pada dua objek, diantaranya: pertama, analisis berdasarkan structural elemen pada novel, dan yang keduayaituanalisis courage menggunakanpendekatan Feminism. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif.Penelitian ini menggunakan dua sumber data: pertama, novel The Tides of Memory novel (2013) karya Sidney Sheldon’s sebagai sumber data utama. Kedua,sumber data diambil dari buku, biografi penulis, jurnal, sumber internet yang berhubungan dengan penelitian. Dua jenis data diperoleh melalui perpustakaan yang dianalisis menggunakan analisa deskriptif. Berdasarkan penelitian, peneliti menyimpulkan beberapa kesimpulan. Pertama yaitu structural elemen pada novel yang diperoleh melalui karakter dan karakerisasi, setting tempat dan waktu, plot, sudut pandang, dan tema yang tersusun menjadi satu dalam novel.Kedua, berdasarkan pendekatan Feminism yang partisipasi wanita, peran wanita, hak wanita, posisi wanita,dan keberanian yang dimiliki tokoh utama dalam menghadapi bahaya dari masa lalunya dalam novel The Tides of Memory(2013).
x ABSTRACT
This study has purposed to describe the courage of Alexia De Vere as the main character in the novel The Tides of Memory (2013) by Sidney Sheldon's using Feminism approach. The Tides of Memory (2013) novel analyzed with reference to two objects, such as: first, the analysis is based on a novel structural element, and the second is courage analysis based on Feminismapproach. This study used a qualitative approach. This study uses two data sources: first, the novel The novel Tides of Memory (2013) Sidney Sheldon's works as the main data source. Second, the data source is taken from the book, author biographies, journals, Internet resources related to the research. Two types of data taken from libraries were analyzed using descriptive analysis. Based on the study, researchers concluded some conclusions. First, the structural elements of the novel gained through character and characterization, setting the place and time, plot, point of view, and the theme is arranged into a novel. Second, based on the approach Feminism is the participation of women, the women’s role, women's rights, the position of women, and courage on the main character in the face of danger from his past in The Tides of Memory novel (2013).
xi
TABLE OF CONTENT...x
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION... 1
A. Background of the Study...1
B. Previous Study...4
C. Problem Statement...5
D. Limitation of the Study...5
E. Objective of the Study...5
F. Benefit of the Study...6
G. Paper Organization...6
CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW...7
A. UNDERLYING THEORY...7
1. Notion of Feminism...7
2. Notion of Courage...8
3. Structural Element of the Novel ...10
B. Theoritical Application...16
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD...18
1. Type of the Study ...18
2. Object of the Study ...18
3. Type of the the Data and Data Source...18
4. Technique of the Data Collection ...18 10
14
17
xii
5. Technique of the Data Analysis ...19
CHAPTER IV STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS... 20
A. Structural Analysis...20
1. Character and Characterization...20
a. Major Character...20
b. Minor Character...24
2. Setting...33
a. Setting of Place...33
b. Setting of Time...37
3. Plot...39
4. Point of View...40
5. Style ...41
a. Grammatical Sentence...41
b. Sentence Construction...41
6. Theme...42
B. DISCUSSION...43
CHAPTER V FEMINIST ANALYSIS...47
A. Feminist Approach...47
1. Women’s Position...47
2. Women’s Role...49
3. Women’s Right...51
4. Women’s Participation...51
B. Courage Analysis ...53
C. Discussion...56
xiii
A. Conclusion...61
B. Suggestion...63
C. Pedagogical implication...63
BIBLIOGRAPHY...64
