Imam, 2016
Alienation in Haruki Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE OF APPROVAL ... iii
STATEMENT ... iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... v
ABSTRACT ... vi
ABSTRAK ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... viii
CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION ... 1
1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Questions of the Study ... 5
1.3 Purpose of the Study ... 5
1.4 Scope of the Study ... 5
1.5 Significance of the Study ... 6
1.6 Methodology ... 6
1.7 Clarification of the Key Terms ... 7
1.7.1 Alienation ... 7
1.8 Organization of the Study ... 7
CHAPTER II - LITERATURE REVIEW ... 9
2.1 Alienation ... 9
2.2 Seeman’s Aspects of Alienation ... 12
2.2.1 Powerlessness ... 12
2.2.1.1 Powerlessness Reinterpreted ... 13
Imam, 2016
Alienation in Haruki Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
2.2.2.1 Meaninglessness Repinterpreted ... 14
2.2.3 Normlessness ... 15
2.2.3.1 Normlessness Reinterpreted ... 16
2.2.4 Social Isolation ... 17
2.2.4.1 Social Isolation Reinterpreted ... 18
2.2.5 Self-Estrangement ... 19
2.3 Postmodern Japan ... 20
2.4 Previous Studies on Murakami and His Works ... 23
CHAPTER III - METHODOLOGY ... 25
3.1 Objects of the Study ... 25
3.2 Design of the Study ... 26
3.3 Procedure of the Study ... 26
3.4 Data Collection ... 27
3.5 Data Analysis ... 27
CHAPTER IV - FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION ... 29
4.1 Findings ... 29
4.1.1 Alienation Aspects in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman ... 29
4.1.1.1 Powerlessness ... 30
4.1.1.2 Meaninglessness ... 36
4.1.1.3 Normlessness ... 39
4.1.1.4 Social Isolation ... 41
4.1.2 Traced Alienation Aspects Manifested in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman ... 44
Imam, 2016
Alienation in Haruki Murakami’s Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia | repository.upi.edu | perpustakaan.upi.edu
a. Correlation between Alienation and Arbitrary Signifiers ... 46
4.1.2.2 The Problem of Choices Overload ... 47
a. Environmental Complexity ... 50
4.1.2.3 The Fragmentation of Life ... 52
a. The Separation of Intimacy and Sexual Performances ... 54
b. Living among Strangers ... 55
4.1.2.4 Disconnected Relational Self ... 58
a. The Outsider ... 59
4.2 Discussion ... 60
CHAPTER V -CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS ... 69
5.1 Conclusion ... 69
5.2 Suggestions ... 70
REFERENCES ... 71
