novel involve love affair which makes us curious to read and analyze the novel.
1.2.Problems of Analysis
Some problems dealing with the analysis of Erich Segal’s novel, Love Story can be mentioned as follows,
1. What kind of conflicts found in the above novel?
2. What are the causes of conflicts in the above novel?
3. How does the author of this novel end the conflicts?
1.3.Objectives of the analysis
As the focus of analysis in this thesis is conflicts in Erich Segal’s novel, the objectives of the analysis are, therefore, related to the conflict, they are:
1. To reveal what kind of conflicts found in the novel 2. To reveal the causes of the conflicts
3. To find out the resolution of the conflicts
1.4. Scope of the analysis
The focus of analysis of a literary work can be varied; it can be focused on theme and motif, plot, point of view or setting. It is common,
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therefore, to choose only on one focus of analysis or to restrict the scope of analysis. In this thesis the analysis will be focused on the conflict in Erich
Segal’s novel.
1.5. The significance of the analysis
The analysis of Erich Segal’s novel provides some important points, they are:
1. It provides the writer of this thesis to get better understanding about Erich Segal’s novel, Love Story.
2. It enriches the writer’s knowledge on literature in general and also on human life.
1.6. Methods of research and analysis
Research on a written literary work that has long been published is usually carried out by library research. In a library research the researcher
has to go to some libraries, either public or private, to collect some data needed for the thesis or other scientific writing. After the data collected are
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sufficient, then the data are selected, while making some necessary notes before writing the thesis.
In analyzing Erich Segal’s novel, the writer of this thesis applies textual analysis or in Rene Wellek’s and Austin Warren’s term in their book
Theory Of Literature it is called intrinsic approach. According to them 1977:139:
“Intrinsic approach is the natural and sensible starting point for work in literary scholarship is the
interpretation and analysis of the works of literature themselves.”
It means that she will not try to relate the text with outside elements, such as biography, history, philosophy etc.
1.7 Review of Related Literature
In writing this thesis the writer has consulted and used some books which are relevant to the topic of this thesis. Some of the books are as
follow: Marlies K.Danziger and Wendell Stacy Johnson.1966:2 in their book
The Critical Reader: Analyzing and Judging Literature this book tells us
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about the analysis of literary works which focuses on plot and character. It also talks about some frames of references and judgment of literature.
William Kenny 1966:19 in their book How to Analyze Fiction this book explains the steps of analyzing fiction and beside it also describes the
elements in fictions. Rene Wellek and Austin Warren in their book Theory of Literature this
book consists of four parts. Out of the four parts, part three, that is about the extrinsic approach to the study of literature, and part four, that is about “
The intrinsic Study of literature” are the important parts.
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II. THE CONCEPT OF CONFLICT
2.1 The Definition of Conflict
