SELF IMPRESSION IN POEMS WRITTEN BY ROBERT FROST:
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
RESEARCH PAPER
Submitted as a Partial Fulfilment of Requirement
for Getting the Bachelor Degree
in English Department
by:
NURDIN KRIDHA LAKSANA A320070188
SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA
ii APPROVAL
SELF IMPRESSION IN POEMS WRITTEN BY ROBERT FROST:
A PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
by:
NURDIN KRIDHA LAKSANA A320070188
Approved to be Examined by the Consultant Team
Consultant I
(Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M.Hum.)
Consultant II
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ACCEPTANCE
Accepted by the Board of Examiner School of Teacher Training and Education
Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta
Team of Examiner:
1. Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M.Hum. ( )
NIK. 589 (Chair person)
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.Si, M.Hum. ( )
NIK. 948 (Member 1)
3. Dr. Phil Dewi Candraningrum, S.Pd., M.Ed. ( ) NIK. 772
(Member 2)
Dean,
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TESTIMONY
Here, I state that there is no plagiarism of the previous which has been made to get bachelor degree of university and as long as the writer knows that there is also no work or opinion that ever been composed or published by other people, except referred written in this research paper mentioned in bibliography. Hence, if it is proved that there is mistake in the writer’s statements I will be wholly responsible.
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MOTTO
“Everything will come true if we be
lieve that allah
is always beside us
”
“Good is not enough but better is possible”
“There is a will there is a way”
“Never give up to be a winner"
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DEDICATION
I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE THIS PAPER PROJECT
TO:
My God allah swt
Thanks for your love, health, and blessing
My beloved father and mother
Thanks for your support, love, affection, attention, guidance, and prayer
to me.
.
My beloved lover to be
Thanks for your love, patience, understanding, and support to under go
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Alhamdulillahirabbil’alamin, in the name of Allah, Most Gracious,
Most Merciful and price to Allah SWT, Lord of the world so that the writer can finish the research paper as a partial fulfillment of requirements for the graduate degree of education. It is because of His blessing and guidance, that the writer is finally able to finish his research paper. It is entitled “SELF IMPRESSION IN
POEMS WRITTEN BY ROBERT FROST: A
PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE”.
The writer fully realizes that the research paper could not be finished without the help of other people. Therefore, on this opportunity, he would like to express the gratitude and appreciation to:
1. Drs. H. Abdilah Nugroho, M.Hum as the first consultant for the great help, advice, and guidance.
2. Titis Setyabudi, S.Si as the second consultant, for the great help and guidance.
3. Drs. H. Sofyan Anif, M. Si The Dean of Teacher Training and Education Faculty Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta,
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5. His beloved Father and Mother for their prayer, advice, support and affection that have been given to the writer and for teaching the writer to get the best in the writer life.
6. His special girl “Ari Susanti” who gives the writer for the biggest support everytime when the writer do this research.
7. His best friends, that have helped the writer in conducting this research paper such as Reny, Arkin, , Amir , Nizsa, Pian, Ayu, etc. Thanks for being my best friends.
8. All of the writer friends in the English Department and Ums.
9. The librarians of UMS, who have helped the writer and provided the reference.
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ACKNOWLEDGIMENT ... vii
TABLE OF CONTENT ... ix
SUMMARY ... xii
x CHAPTER II UNDERLYING THEORY
A. Phenomenological
Psychology……… ... 11
B. Characteristics of Fully Functioning Person…….…… 15
C. Structural Elements of Poetry ……….. 18
D. Theoretical Application………... 23
CHAPTER III STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS A. Structural Elements ... 24
CHAPTER IV PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS A. Characteristics of Fully Functioning Person ... 58
1. Openness to Experience ... 58
2. Existential Living ... 64
3. Organismic Trusting... 69
4. Experiential Freedom ... 73
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B. Discussion ... 80 CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
A. Conclusion ... 82 B. Suggestion ... 83
xii SUMMARY
NURDIN KRIDHA LAKSANA. A320 070 188. SELF IMPRESSION
IN POEMS WRITTEN BY ROBERT FROST: A
PHENOMENOLOGICAL PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
RESEARCH PAPER. MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF
SURAKARTA. 2011.
This research paper’s aim is at exposing the characteristics of fully functioning person of phenomenological psychology in Robert Frost’s poems. The objective of the study is to analyze the structural elements of the poems and analyze the poems based on the fully functioning person in phenomenological psychology perspective.
In doing so, the writer uses Carl Rogers’s theory to answer the problem of the study. The study uses qualitative research. The technique of data collection is library research. The primary data are poems of Robert Frost and the secondary data are books, article, author’s biography, and so forth, which relate to the subject matters.
Robert Frost’s poems deal much with struggle for the better life and also with the characteristics of fully functioning person in phenomenological psychology, namely openness to experience, existential living, organismic trusting, experiential freedom, and creativity. All of the speakers in Robert Frost’s poems have a good self-concept and his or her self-concept is automatically developed as long as the speaker can respond to all of his experience in positive way.
Consultant I
(Drs. H. Abdillah Nugroho, M.Hum.)
Consultant II
