Statement of Problem Objective of the Study Scope and limitation

1.7 Definition of Key Terms

a Intimacy : encompasses the feeling of closeness, connectedness, and bondedness one experiencing in loving relationship Sternberg 119. b Passion : encompasses the drives that lead to romance, physical attraction, and sexual consummation Sternberg 119. c CommitmentDecision : encompasses with the short term, the decision that one loves another, and in the long term, the commitment or maintain that love Sternberg 119. digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Theoretical Framework

In this chapter, the researcher will discuss two theories to support the description in the next chapter. They are New Criticism and A Triangular Theory of Love in psychology development. A Triangular Theory of Love as a main theory that focuses on main characters’ love life and New Criticism will supporting theories will help to know the character and characterization.

2.1.1 New Criticism

New Criticism has an important position as an approach in analysing the textbooks and other literary studies. Despite the fact that New Criticism is not called as contemporary theory, this approach is still dominated the literary studies from the 1940s through the 1960s Tyson 138. According to David Buchbinder, the term New Criticism itself has been applied as theory in 1920s and 1930s after the publication of John Crowe Ransom’s book entitled The New Criticism 12. The New Criticism is an Anglo-American variety of Formalism that emerged in the early decades of the twentieth century and dominated teaching and scholarship until the early 1960s Castle 122. According to Abrams 46 New Criticism is a formalist movement in literary theory that dominated American literary criticism in 20 th century. Robert Dale Parker in How to Interpret Literature emphasizes that New Criticism succeeded so widely in taking over the digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id digilib.uinsby.ac.id