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HORROR IN POE’S THREE SHORT STORIES, “THE BLACK CAT”, “THE TELL TALE HEART” AND ”THE PIT AND PENDULUM”, A
STYLISTIC APPROACH
THESIS
Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of Requirement
for the Sarjana Sastra Degree of the English Department
Faculty of Cultural Sciences
Sebelas Maret University
by
Himawan Pramudya Wardhana
C0307032
ENGLISH LITERATURE
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES
SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY
PRONOUNCEMENT
Name : Himawan Pramudya Wardhana
Number : C 0307032
I sincerely certify that this thesis entitled HORROR IN POE’S THREE
SHORT STORIES, “THE BLACK CAT”, “THE TELL TALE HEART” AND ”THE PIT AND PENDULUM”, A STYLISTIC APPROACH is my original work. It is not a plagiarism nor written by others. The things related to
other people’s works are written in direct quotation or in paraphrase and included
in bibliography. If it is proven that I have done wrong or cheated in my writing, I
am willing to take any responsibilities given by Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts,
including the withdrawal of my academic degree.
Surakarta, 20 April 2015
The Researcher
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MOTTOS
“Patience means restraining one’s inclination”
(Tokugawa Ieyasu)
“Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world”
(Miyamoto Mushashi)
The road of life may has a lot of bumps and twists, but that is no reason
to stop walking
DEDICATION
I dedicated this thesis to:
My self,
my family,
my beloved best friend,
and everyone who find shelter in the shadow and appreciate the beauty of
commit to user ACKNOWLEDGMENT
First of all, Iwould like to thank GOD for the random chance of being born
in this paradoxical world of order and chaos, the chance of being alive and
experiencing many things.
My deepest gratitude dedicated to my mother and my father for their
everlasting support and affection. I will always be grateful for all of their
encouragement, patience and trust. I do apologize for always causing both of you
troubles and disappointments because of my wrong doings and my
irresponsibility. I also want to thank my big brother who keep supporting me
whenever I lost my motivation.
I would like to thank Drs. Riyadi Santosa, M.Ed., Ph.D, the Dean of
Faculty of Cultural Sciences, and Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D., the Head
of English Department, for giving me permission in conducting this research. I
would also like to express my great gratitude for all of my lecturers in English
Department, especially all of English Literature lecturers for giving me all of the
knowledge, assistance, and experience during all the years of my study.
I also want to express my deepest gratitude to my thesis consultant, Drs.
Mugijatna, M.A. for his patience in assisting and supervising me during the
process of accomplishing my thesis.
I must also thank my all ED 07 friends, Hanifan, Makna, Zain and Vista
who keep supporting me without ever judging me. Riza, Giwank, Oshi, Dwi,
minute. And others who I could not mention one by one for the good time we had
in class. You are all part of my life’s story. Bunch of thanks also go to my English
Department juniors, especially Dita and Nabila for the stimulating discussions.
Massive thank to my online community at Kaskus, especially AOG
chatroom, Sherz, Sintz1, Hare, Pisang, Ferry, Bimo, Eri and Rari for the
distractions. I can nott imagine how my life will turn out if I never met you guys,
you guys are awesome.
Last, I also would like to express my greatest gratitute to my deceased best
friend, Giri Nandi Wardhana. Thanks for being the light in my darkest solitude,
my hope in my deepest despair and my final missing piece. All of these would not
be possible if I had not met you back then in junior high school. I am really
grateful that I can be your best friend, so keep skatin’ up there in Heaven and do
not worry about me.
Surakarta, 20 April 2015
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER………..
APPROVAL BY THESIS CONSULTANT……….
APPROVAL BY BOARD OF EXAMINERS……….
PRONOUNCEMENT………...
MOTTO……….
DEDICATION………. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT………
TABLE OF CONTENTS………..
ABSTRACT……….
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION………
A. Research Background………
B. Research Limitation……….. C. Problem Statements……….
D. Research Benefit………
E. Research Objective……….…
F. Data………..………
G. Research Methodology………...
H. Approach………
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE
REVIEW………..
B. Sylistic In Literature………...
CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION…………..
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Horror In Poe’s Three Short Stories, “The Black Cat”, “The Tell Tale Heart” And ”The Pit And Pendulum”, A Stylistic Approach
Himawan Pramudya Wardhana1
Drs. Mugijatna, M.Si., Ph.D2
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Student of American Studies, English Department, Faculty Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University, Surakarta 57126, Indonesia
2 Thesis Consultant
ABSTRACT
In a world of short story Edgar Allan Poe is recognized as one of the best writers when it comes to mystery and horror tales. His unique style and well-crafted stories become role model for those who aspire to be mystery writer.
This research used Stylistic Approach to analyze Edgar Allan Poe’s short
stories and to show the use of style which emphasizes on horror in these short
stories. The writer analyzes the differences of style in Poe’s work “The Black
Cat”, “The Tell Tale Heart”, and “The Pit and Pendulum”. This research also
compares how the differences in style affect the overall sense of horror. This research is a descriptive qualitative research which takes purposive sampling
technique. All the data were collected using literature research methods that ha ve
relations to the object of research.
. The result of this study shows that Poe employs a similar style, the use of first point of view and streams of thought to narrate the story but each story focuses on different idea. The style gives different impressions based on the ideas Poe chooses.
