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analysis rather than, for example, the counting of features, so that the references will take from book
s, endgame movie, and online resource Wray’s and bloomer’s 97. In analyzing the data, the writer identifies and classifies the problem which
deals much purpose of the study. Furthermore, the thesis uses literary approach in analyzing the novel. Some theories that apply in this thesis are theory of new
criticism, theory of characterization and theory of emotional intelligence. Next to fix the data, the writer reduce it by cross checking with the theories under discuss
and then the writer analyzes the data to resolve the problems and to find out a resolution toward Okonkwo’s hatred his father in Chinua Achebe Things Fall
Apart.
1.7 Definition of key term
Emotion: is an indication of psychology that has some effect on a perception, attitude, and action, and it appears in certain expression Hude 18.
1.8 Thesis Organization
The result of the study is presented in four chapters. Chapter I is the introduction. Chapter II is the literary review. Chapter III is the analysis of the
novels. Chapter IV conclusion, what the writer conveys in the study and the outcome of the study in the previous chapter.
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CHAPTER 2 LITERARY REVIEW
2.1 Theoretical Framework
This chapter deals with the related literature and theories used by the thesis writer to support the analysis, furthermore another studies also will be used; such
as the previous study that related to Things Fall Apart. Since the topic of this is a study of the main character’s hatred of his father, the writer uses a theory of New
Criticism character and characterization. The theory of new criticism is used to understand the text and uses the language that has an effect to the discussion. The
theory of character is used to analyze the character traits of Okonkwo in order to find out their relation to the cause of Okonkwo’s hatred his father. And the theory
of characterization is used to analyze the characterization of Okonkwo and his father in the novel.
2.1.1 New Criticism.
New Criticism, which dominated literary studies from the 1940s through the 1960s, has left a lasting imprint on the way we read and write about literature.
Some of its most important concepts concerning the nature and importance of textual evidence
—the use of concrete, specific examples from the text itself to validate our interpretations
— have been incorporated into the way most literary critics today, regardless of their theoretical persuasion, support their readings of
literature Tison 135.
