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.