The Previous Researches THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

CHAPTER 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

2.1 The Previous Researches

There are many researches related to the topic of my research. There are 2 previous researches that contribute to discuss this thesis. The first previous research is Ahmad Naufal’s thesis conducted in 2013 entitled “The Critique of Victorian Morality Implied in Oscar Wilde’s the Importance of Being Earnest”. ” The second is Dede Nugraha’s thesis conducted in 2012 entitled “An Analysis of Atticus’s Moral Values in Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird”. Ahmad Naufal explores the morality through a well known comedy drama written by Oscar Wilde in his thesis. The drama criticizes the dark sides of the human beings and the society to awaken the consciousne ss of people. Naufal’s thesis is highly concerned with the problem of society especially in Victorian Era. Using Nietzsch e’ theory, this thesis describes the concept of morality and the decadence of Victorian morality. This thesis is one of my previous researches because it has the same topic to discuss, a critique of Victorian morality. This research helps me to study about Victorian morality within a novel The Important of Being Earnest. The second previous research is written by Dede Nugraha. His thesis describes the main ch aracter’s moral values. Nugraha explores the moral values of Atticus through individual and social moral values. Atticus’s individual moral values are about faith, good will, and bravery and social moral values are about friendship, care and love. The conc lusion of Nugraha’s thesis is to investigate the moral values through the main character, Atticus, which are clearly defined in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. The data are taken to show h ow Atticus’ moral values appear in the novel as the impact of a standard rule that wa s created by the society itself. “Rules exist in society as the standard of morality that is accepted and believed by the society” Nugraha, 2012: viii. Nugraha’s thesis has the same topic to discuss that is about the standard rule created by society which must be followed by the society itself. If someone disobeys the standard rule, he will be categorized having bad moral, on the other hand if someone follows the rule, he will be categorized having good moral. This thesis helps how to analyze the data from a different novel, The Awakening. As Edna’s disobedience becomes mother woman and she struggles against the society, so she is categorized as an immoral character in the novel. Her immorality in The Awakening is a form of critique towards Victorian morality.

2.2 The Approach to Use