CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
This chapter includes three sections. They are object of the study, approach of the study, and method of the study. The first is object of the study
which deals with the subject of study. Then, approach of the study which is concerned with the literature approaches. Next is method of the study which deals
with the sources I will use in analyzing the study .It also deals with the steps and the process in completing the thesis.
3.1. Object of the Study
This thesis studies the novel The Saffron Kitchen. The novel is written by Yasmin Crowther, an Anglo-Iranian writer and this is her first novel. It was
published by Abacus in Great Britain in 2007. The story is about an Iranian mother named Maryam. This woman has
conflicts in her own live which drive her to the new life. After the accident that finally killed her daughter’s baby, Maryam decids to leave her comfortable life
and go back to Iran, which later makes her realize that her truly freedom is there. This moment also made her daughter understand her mother in a way she never
could before. Her daughter comes to accept that only by letting her mother go, she can finally get her mother back. This novel consists of 270 pages and it is divided
into five chapters.
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3.2. Approach of the Study
The focus of this study is the women’s position in Iran as seen in the major character in The Saffron Kitchen novel written by Yasmin Crowther. The major
character, Maryam Mazar is an example of Iranian which has different cultures background. Maryam is an example of a truly Iranian woman, while Sara, her
daughter, has a cultural mix between Iran and England. In order to reveal the women’s position in Iran, I applied socio-cultural
approach. I used this approach in purpose to find out the social background of the story. The main idea of Socio-cultural approach is that the only way to locate the
real work is in reference to the civilization that produces it. The social background gives influence in a literary work. That is why I chose the Socio-cultural approach
as the base to analyze the study. The social conditions that are mentioned on the story can contribute a great support to my analysis on women’s position especially
in Iran. How the society perceives about woman and where was the women’s position at the moment can be the basis of my study.
3.3 Method of the Study
In order to accomplish the objectives of my study, I also need reference books and note. There are many sources that I used in analyzing women’s position
in Iran reflected through Maryam. The sources are basically divided into two parts. The first part is primary source that becomes the basis of my analysis about
women’s position reflected through the major character, Maryam. The primary source used in my thesis is the novel, The Saffron Kitchen written by Yasmin
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