Theory of Foreshadowing Review of Related Theories

that is the intrinsic elements, of a literary work in interpreting its meaning. Hence, it is essential for New Critics to carefully examine the intrinsic elements of literary work, such as characterization, point of view, symbols, and so on, as the meaning interpreted from a literary work must be supported by the context of the text. The New Critics upheld that a literary work is ―timeless, autonomous verbal object‖ 2006: 137 which will always be the same, even though the readers and readings change in time. The meaning of literary work is objective as it is constructed by the work ‘s organic unity – the working together of all formal elements as an inseparable whole – that creates one-of-a-kind relation by which New Critics judged the quality of literary work 2006: 137-138. In this study, the writer applied the New Criticism approach in analysing the intrinsic elements of the Prisoner of Azkaban novel: the creature symbols presented in the novel, the conflict of the novel which is Harry Potter‘s confrontation with his past, and how the presented creature symbols foreshadow the aforementioned conflict.

C. Method of the Study

This study was conducted through library research. The primary source for the study is the novel Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling while the secondary sources used in the analysis were Gue rin‘s A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature and Chevalier‘s The Penguin Dictionary of Symbols, as well as other documents and article taken from the internet. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI There were several steps taken in conducting the analysis. Firstly, the writer close read of the novel and applied the theory of symbol in finding out the creature symbols in the novel. Secondly, the writer consulted the secondary sources in determining which creature symbols could appropriately foreshadow Harry‘s confrontation with his past. Thirdly, during the analysis on how the creature symbols foreshadow Harry‘s confrontation with his past, the writer applied the theory of foreshadowing and the theory of plot in order to answer this third problem formulation. Lastly, the writer concluded this study by summarizing the answers to the problem formulations of the study. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI