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The way of textual analysis works is in relation to deconstruction concept that there is noth
ing outside of the text that “textual analysis involves the identification and interpretation of a set of verbal and non-
verbal signs” Vanderstoep and Johnston, 2009: 210 inside of the text. It clarifies that the
contents of analysis from this research were some symbols, signs, words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc that were used to communicate through the
novel. After that, the data reflected and were related to the social context. In the process of placing the data, the researcher was involved as well.
B. The Data and Sources of Data
The sources of data in analyzing the novel came from Wilson‟s The
Illustrated Mum published in 1999 by Doubleday in Great Britain. The data provided by this novel were some significant words, phrases, clauses,
sentences, and paragraphs which were related to revelation of unconventional images of children and how deconstruction was presented in the novel. These
data provide the unconventional images of children that were built by Wilson‟s The Illustrated Mum. The data showed how deconstruction was
presented in the novel.
There are several books and articles that were used to support the data analysis related to deconstruction theory, for example, book from Madan
Sarup entitled An Introduction Guide to Post-Structuralism and Post-
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Modernism”, Mary Klages‟ Literary Theory: A Guide for the Perplexed, and Geogry Castle‟s The Literary Theory Handbook. This research used
children‟s literature; therefore, some books related to children‟s literature theory and Deconstruction in Children‟s Literature were used as well, for
instance, Rebecca J. Lukens‟ A Critical Handbook of Children’s Literature, Ma
rgery Hourihan‟s Deconstructing the Hero, and Perry Nodelman‟s The Hidden Adult: Defining Children’s Literature. The other literary sources
related to Deconstruction and Children‟s Literature were used as well by the researcher to help her understand more deconstruction concept and how it is
applied in children‟s literature.
C. Research Instruments
Qualitative research in textual analysis requires the researcher as the main instrument. Vanderstoep and Johnston 2009: 211 explain that the researcher
is the interpreter of the text she or he is working on. What is important from qualitative research in textual analysis is not the interpretations from others,
but the researcher‟s own interpretation.
There was also secondary instrument and it was the table list which the researcher created. It was made to facilitate the work during the process of
collecting data. After reading and rereading the novel, the researcher used the sheet to record all of data related to deconstruction, especially the
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unconventional images of children and how deconstruction was presented, which
were found in Wilson‟s The Illustrated Mum. The form of data was presented as follows:
Table 1: The List of Data 1 No
Category Sub Category
Code Quotation
Page Meaning
1. Traits
Caring 1.a 1
„…Are you all right? Is
Marigold OK? Where
have you been?
‟ Star paused. I
paused too. 116
Though Star
leaves home, she
still cares about her
sister and her
mother
‟s condition.
Table 2: The List of Data 2
No Category
Code Quotation
Page Meaning
1. Creating
complicated plot 2. a
I felt empty, totally
hollow , as if
all my insides had
been sucked out of me.
140 Dolphin feels empty
when Star is not around her. Star is a
part of her, and when she goes away, she
feels very empty. She could not tell it to
anyone,
only she
feels it herself.
D. The Technique of Data Collection
There were some steps in collecting the data of this research. The first step was reading and rereading the text, in this research was Wilson‟s The
Illustrated Mum. The next step was classifying the data that were in the forms
