Theoretical Framework REVIEW OF LITERATURE
There were several steps taken in order to analyze and finish this study. The first step was close reading the primary source The Management of Grief
by Baharati Mukherjee. As the primary source was read, studying the elements of the work raised the intention to study the elements deeper. The
second step was making list of elements which included social condition, pluralism, and the way of communication. The third step was close reading
the secondary sources in order to narrowing this study could be finished. By reading those, the topic was decided to this undergraduate thesis. This would
dig more about social condition in Bharati Mukherjee‟s The Management of Grief and relate it with postmodernism.
Problem formulations were made as the guidance for the analysis. Firstly, this undergraduate thesis discussed the depiction of setting. Secondly, this
undergraduate thesis observed aspects of postmodernism in social condition ar
e depicted in Bharati Mukherjee‟s The Management of Grief. Finally, after getting through all of the steps, the conclusion was drawn.
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