CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter presents the methodology that is used in the study. This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part is the subject matter of the study.
The second part is the approach that is used to do the study. The third part is the procedure of doing the study. The subject matter discusses the content of the
novel and the focus of the analysis. Then in the approach, the writer discusses the approach that is used and applied to analyze the study. Last, the writer discusses
the procedure that focuses on the procedures of gathering data and arranging the data in writing this thesis.
A. Subject Matter
As the subject of the study, the writer chose Golden’s novel Memoirs of a Geisha. This novel was first published by Chato and Windus in Great Britain in
1997. In fact, this novel has been published for several times. In 1998, Vintage Books published this novel in London. The Second Vintage Contemporaries
Edition was published by Vintage Books in August 2000. The novel has also been translated into more than 21 languages. The edition that is used in this study is an
edition that was published by Vintage books in 1998. The copy right was the year of 1997 by Arthur Golden.
Arthur Golden’s
Memoirs of a Geisha consists of 453 pages, which is divided into 35 chapters. The central character in this novel is Nitta Sayuri, an
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extraordinary female figure in the culture and world of geisha. After reading the novel, the writer was very interested in Nitta Sayuri and her life as a geisha in a
society that still preserves and uses its culture and values as life guidance. However, in this study, the writer wanted to focus the analysis on the influence of
somebody’s character traits on the implementation of gimu in his or her life. The most interesting thing in this novel was even though this novel tells about the
world of geisha, Golden provided a lot of information about Japanese culture which were useful for the readers particularly for those who have thought that
geisha was the same as prostitute. In fact, this novel was based on the experience of one of the most well-known geisha in Japan, Mineko Iwasaki.
B. Approach
In this study, the writer applied socio-cultural approach to help her in analyzing Golden’s Memoirs of a Geisha. The writer used socio-cultural approach
because the writer believed that one of some appropriate ways to analyze literary work was by taking references from the society who became literary work’s
background. The writer thought that the Japanese social milieu needed to be analyzed in order to know its reflection in Memoirs of a Geisha. Besides, Sayuri’s
life as a geisha and Japanese culture could not be separated into two different parts. Both of them were interrelated because geisha was a uniqueness part of
Japanese society and culture. Besides, geisha’s life itself reflected the richness of Japanese culture. The writer thought that it was important for the reader to know
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in order to deepen the readers’ interpretation about the novel. In addition, it was necessary to know some knowledge of Japanese society before one could
understand the whole part of the novel. Somebody’s character traits were influenced by the social milieu where he
or she lived. A Japanese woman was never being as liberal as a Westerner woman was because she always tied to her culture and values as a Japanese woman. Her
character traits would influence the way she run her life based on the culture and values in the society. It could also be found in Memoirs of a Geisha, in which
Nitta Sayuri character traits influence the way she run her life.
C. Procedures
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