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in the children literature, there is a domination of the superior over the inferior as the story ends up with the good wins over the bad.
B. Review of Previous Studies
In analyzing the topic, it will be beneficial if the researcher finds other researches related to the issue. The novel was published in 2003, and considered
as contemporary chil dren’s literature. Thus, there is no previous study using the
same book. However, the researcher found other researches that match with the theme and theory. The studies of various works using Deconstruction literary
criticism have been conducted previously. Khairiyah Eka Januaristi 08211144017, the student of Yogyakarta State
University YSU, has made the research of children’s literature using
Deconstruction literary criticism entitled A Deconstructive Interpretation on Gender Discrimination toward Wi
tches Characters in Roald Dahl’s “The Witches
”. Her works focus on the gender discrimination toward witches which always played by female characters. With Deconstruction and Feminist spectacle,
Januaristi believes that the stereotype of witch character toward female shapes particular ideology in children’s mind to the result that female is no longer an
inferior party. Another research of Deconstruction literary criticism comes from another
student of YSU, Anandayu Suri Andini 06211141003. The research is entitled The Revelation of Deconstruction on Conventional Images: A Study of Rowling’s
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Children’s Book “The Tales of Beedle the Bard”. Andini, on her research, focuses on the images of the hero, heroine, princesses, and irregular villain characters in
The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Although Andini analyzes the images of those characters, her research focuses more about the traits of the characters other than
their looks. Andini also takes general issues in fairy tales like the feminism notion, the nuance, and the setting of the story, while the researcher only takes the
deconstructed heroes and witches characters to be analyzed and how the author conveyed it to the readers.
Though the previous studies conducted in the same university using the same literary criticism and genre, the researcher believes that the research is
different. The focus of this research is not on the gender discrimination or the atmosphere of the story, but more of uncovering the fixed, conventional images of
heroes and witches described in conventional tales. By having new images of specific characters, the researcher believes that it will help the children to have
broader horizon and perspectives in seeing things as they will have alternative ways of thinking.
C. Conceptual Framework
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