THE CONCEPT OF BEAUTY IN LORD BYRON’S POEMS SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY AND THERE BE NONE OF BEAUTY’S DAUGHTERS: A READER RESPONSE STUDY ON ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF HUMANITIES OF UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA Repository - UNAIR REPOSITORY

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THE CONCEPT OF BEAUTY IN LORD BYRON’S POEMS SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY AND THERE BE NONE OF BEAUTY’S DAUGHTERS:

A READER RESPONSE STUDY ON ENGLISH DEPARTMENT STUDENTS OF FACULTY OF HUMANITIES OF UNIVERSITAS

AIRLANGGA

AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS

BY:

ASIK PUTRI AYUSARI RATNANINGSIH STUDENT NUMBER: 121112023

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF HUMANITIES UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA

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AIRLANGGA

BY:

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AIRLANGGA

Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Sarjana Degree of English Department Faculty of Humanities Universitas Airlangga

Surabaya

BY:

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DECLARATION

This thesis is submitte d as a partial fulfillment of the degree Sarjana Humaniora (S.Hum.) of the English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga. Hereby, I confirm the following points:

1. This thesis is entirely my own work.

2. It is not copied from any other person’s work (published or unpublished) 3. I do not use the services of any professional agencies to produce this thesis. 4. It has not been previously submitted for assessment either at Universitas

Airlangga or elsewhere.

5. Any text, tables, figure, data or other material copied from other sources (including, but not limited to, books, papers, and the internet) have been clearly acknowledged and referenced in the text. These details are also confirmed by a fuller reference in the references at the end of the text. I understand that breaching any or all the above points will result in the withdrawal of the awarded degree and disciplinary action in accordance with the regulations at Universitas Airlangga.

Surabaya, 2nd_{January 2016}

The Writer,

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I dedicate this thesis gratefully to

Allah SWT, my beloved mother, father,

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Approved to be examined Surabaya, 2nd January 2016

Thesis Advisor,

Diah Ariani Arimbi, Ph.D. NIP 197004051994032003

Head of English Department,

Deny Arnos Kwary, S.S., M.Hum., Ph.D NIP 197501011999031001

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This thesis has been approved and accepted by the Board of Examiners,

English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Universitas Airlangga

14th_{January 2016}

The Board Examiners are:

1.

Dra. Christinawati, M. Si. NIP 195712251985032002

2.

Diah Ariani Arimbi, Ph. D. NIP 197004051994032003

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, the writer would like to praise and say gratitude for the gift and guidance that have been given by Allah SWT to her. Because of that gift and the guidance, the writer could finish and complete this graduation requirements smoothly, starting from developing the idea in thesis writing design, revision, and finally could proudly finish this thesis.

Secondly, the writer would like to convey the biggest thanks to Diah Ariani Arimbi, Ph.D, for her time, guidance, patience and encouragement as the thesis advisor. The writer would also like to thank to Moses Glorino Rumambo Pandin, S.S., M.Si. as the academic advisor who has guided her until the last semester. Then to all lecturers in English Department, who have given the writer much knowledge.

Tons of gratitude would be dedicated to the writer’s beloved mother, father, sister, brother and all family for their supports and prayers. Great appreciations are asserted to her beloved loyal friends and all of her friends in English Department Faculty of Humanities Universitas Airlangga and Penghuni Kos 39. Also thanks to the entire English Department Students year 2012 for their willingness to contribute and to be the participants of this study.

Surabaya, 2nd_{January 2016}

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“Sometimes people are beautiful.

Not in looks.

Not in what they say.

Just in what they are.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Inside Cover Page ... i

Inside Title Page ... ii

Declaration Page ... iii

Dedication Page ... iv

Advisor’s Approval Page ... v

Examiner’s Approval Page ... vi

Acknowledgement ... vii

Epigraph ... viii

Table of Contents ... ix

List of Appendices ... xi

Abstract ... xii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ... 1

1.1. Background of the Study ... 1

1.2. Statement of the Problems ... 5

1.3. Objective of the Study ... 5

1.4. Significance of the Study... 6

1.5. Theoretical Background ... 6

1.6. Method of the Study ... 7

1.7. Scope and Limitation ... 10

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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW ... 13

2.1. Theoretical Framework ... 13

2.1.1. The Concept of Beauty ... 14

2.1.2. The Structure of Subjective Reader-Response ... 15

2.1.3. The Orientation of the Reader ... 16

2.2. Review of Related Studies ... 19

CHAPTER III ANALYSIS... 25

3.1. Beauty Concept in “She Walks in Beauty” and “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters ... 26

3.2. The Response on Beauty Concept in “She Walks in Beauty ... 28

3.3. The Response on Beauty Concept in “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters” ... 42

3.4. Horizon of Expectation Classification on Beauty Concept in “She Walks in Beauty” and “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters ... 50

3.5. The Relation between the Reader’s Beauty Concept in General and their Response ... 53

CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION ... 58

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List of Appendices

Appendix 1 The Poem “She Walks in Beauty” ... 62 Appendix 2 The Reader Response on “She Walks in Beauty” ... 63 Appendix 3 The Poem “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters” ... 67 Appendix 4 The Reader Response on “There be None of Beauty’s

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Abstract

Beauty is one aspect in human life that is inherent in every woman's self. In literary works, George Gordon Byron wrote poems related to the beauty entitled “She Walks in Beauty” and “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters”. The purpose of this study is to gain the concept of beauty lies in those two Lord Byron’s poems according to the respondents. In this study, the writer uses reader response approach because it is a very precise method to be applied to gain the concept of beauty from the respondents based on their knowledge and experience. In this study, the writer took those two Lord Byron’s poems to be analyzed using the English Department students of Faculty of Humanities of Universitas Airlangga as the respondents. The collection of the data uses open questionnaire that consisted of five questions. Furthermore, in analyzing the data, the writer uses descriptive interpretative method. As the result, the writer found some different concepts of beauty laying in those poems according to the respondents. As the result, the writer categorizes the concept of beauty that lies in the poem “She Walks in Beauty” into natural beauty, pure beauty, physical beauty, beauty as life enjoyment, beauty as an idol, indescribable beauty, pleasurable beauty, elegant beauty and beauty in the eye of the beholder. Furthermore, the writer categorizes the concept of beauty that lies in the poem “There be None of Beauty’s Daughters” into natural beauty, physical beauty, non-physical beauty, beauty as an idol, pleasurable beauty, and irreplaceable beauty.