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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of this study is a novel entitled Home. Home is one of Toni Morrison’s work which shows the African American experiences of poverty and
freedom in United States of America in 1950s. The novel consist of 17 chapters and 146 pages. It was published in 2012 by Alfred A. Knopf in New York. Home
is written by an African American writer Toni Morrison. The main characters in this novel are Frank and Ycidra, they are a sibling. Frank is an African American
and Korean War veteran and Ycidra is Frank’s little sister. This novel shows how the poverty play an important impact towards the black’s life especially in
Georgia. This novel is about the life of African American in the poor neighborhood.
In this novel there is a gap between working class and middle class within the black society. The writer shows how bad Frank and Ycidra are treated by Mrs.
Lenore as their step grandmother. Mrs. Lenore also an African American but she treats her grandchildren unequally than other. Frank and Cee are discriminated
just because they belong to working class. The writer wants to analyze about how the main characters reactions towards the class and gender discrimination in this
study.
B. Approach of this Study
In analyzing Home, the writer needs to use certain literary approach which is appropriate for the topic which is analyzed. Hence, in this thesis the writer uses
socio-cultural historical approach. In order to understand between the background knowledge and the work of literature itself, the writer considers that socio-cultural
historical approach is an appropriate approach to analyze this novel. Mary Rohrberger and Samuel H. Woods in Reading and Writing about Literature say
that: Critics whose major interest is the sociocultural-historical approach insist
that the only way to locate the real work is in reference to the civilitation to produce it. They define civilitation as the attitudes and actions of specific
group of people and point out that literature takes these attitudes and actions as its subject matters 1971: 9
From the statement above, the researcher concludes that socio-cultural historical is an approach affirms that the history and society where the author
lived play the important role that influence the way story is created. The work of literature is a reflection from the culture and reality. The author transforms the
history and culture in the real life becomes a story in fiction The researcher wants to understand the historical background of the novel to analyze the historical
novel Home. As mentioned earlier that the historical novel is a picture of the real world it is important to know the historical background relates to the story.
C. Method of the Study
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