22 brought a very significant change in the Universities and constituted an important
landmark in the progress of higher education in India. In 1910, the government shoed the importance of education by creating a new department of education
under separate member of Viceroy’s council. This step was the beginning of government’s interference in Indian education after the University Act.
As a conclusion, the modern education, which was brought by British government, is a two-sides-sword to the people of India. It has two effects for the
Indian. They are positive and negative effect.
D. Theoretical Framework
There are some theories applied in the study. They are the tools to answer the problems stated in problem formulation. The first theory presented in this
chapter is explication theory. The explication theory is used as the way to reveal every detail of the poem. Along with this theory, the formalist approach is used.
Formalist approach is used to study the poem from its form. Then, to answer the second problem, the poet’s view towards education in
the poems, biographical approach is employed. This theory gives information about Tagore’s background on his life, education, school and works. Biographical
approach provides a review of Tagore’s life which influences his works. However, some education theories are employed in this study. The theories are used as the
instrument to find Tagore’s view of education. The theories are compared to Tagore’s biography and other educator movements in western, Indonesia, and
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
In chapter three, the study discusses methodology used in this study. The study is divided into three parts. They are object of the study, approach of the
study, and method of the study. The first part, object of the study, discusses about the poems and the background of the poet. The second part explains the
approaches used in this chapter. It presents the approaches employed in the study, its description, reasons for selecting them, and the procedure taken in its
application. The third part presents the method of the study. It describes the steps taken in analyzing the poem.
A. Object of the Study
The primary data of this study are poems written by Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian poet, novelist, play writer, song conductor, and painter, who had written
thousands of poems, almost a dozen of short stories, some plays, conduct songs
and draw some pictures. This study analyzes three poems; they are The Child Angel, When and Why and Benediction
. Those poems can be found in Tagore’s The Crescent Moon published in 1913. This book is one of his famous books,
even Nobel Prize Organization 2008 states that “The Crescent Moon is one of
Tagore’s sensational works”. It is also one of his works which is translated into English. His other books are Gitanjali, Sadhana, The Hungry Stones and many
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