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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter discusses the methodology used in this research. This chapter includes three important parts, including the object of the study, the approach, and the method of the study. The object of the study discusses the novel being studied; the approach discusses the approach used in this study and the method of study discusses the steps taken in analyzing the problem formulation.

A. Object of the Study

The object of the study is the first book in the series of The Chronicles of Narnia entitled The Magician’s Nephew. This novel was written by Clive Staples Lewis and published by HarperCollins in 1955. This novel is compiled in a book of 202 pages and contains 15 chapters. On the surface, the novel presents about the lifetime adventure of two children named Digory and Polly, when they were tricked by Digory’s peculiar uncle into becoming part of his experiment. It was far beyond their imagination that when they touched Uncle Andrew’s magic rings, they would suddenly disappear from their world and begin their journey in the Wood between the Worlds; the land which would enable them to enter many different lands through the mysterious pools there. They not only discovered new places, they also encountered a new person who claimed herself to be the Great Queen Jadis, an evil queen who had the ambition to conquer the whole world and to make herself the empress. In addition to these experiences they also witnessed the glorious birth of the land of Narnia at the hand of the Great Lion. However, on a deeper level, the writer found the interesting point that the novel of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew is symbolic. In this case, some intrinsic elements of the novel are actually the symbolization of the elements in the Holy Bible. The most prominent thing is that symbols are created in such a way that they contain Christian values in it. In this case, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew becomes the medium where C.S Lewis expresses Christian concepts, stories, and teaching through the medium of symbol.

B. Approach of the Study

In analyzing C.S Lewis The Chronicles of Narnias: The Magician’s Nephew , the writer applied an expressive approach. In his book The Mirror and The Lamp, Abram explained that the expressive approach defined literary work as “the overflow, utterance, or projection of the thought and feeling of the author” 1953:21-22. In general idea, the basic premise of the expressive theory is by regarding the work of art as essentially Internal made external, resulting from a creative process operating under the impulse of feeling, and embodying the combined product of the poet’s perceptions, thought, and feelings. The primary source and subject matter of a poem, therefore, are the attributes and actions of the poet’s own mind; or if aspects of the external world, then these only as they are converted from the fact to poetry by the feelings and operations of the poet’s mind 1953:22. By looking at the definition, the writer thinks that the expressive approach is the most appropriate approach since the author wants to examine how a literary work entitled The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew becomes the medium whereby the author express his thought, perceptions and feeling as a Christian In this case, the writer will reveal the expression of the author from the analysis of symbols that the author creates within the literary work. The writer examines how the author’s view, values, perception, and thoughts as a Christian have a significance in creating those symbols.

C. Method of the Study