1.2 The Aim of the Study
The first objective of this study is to find out how women inferiority reveals in the life of Lorna and Mas Nganten. It tries to give a clear description of
treatment toward woman in past time, both in western area and culture, and in eastern area and culture. The second objective is to find out whether different
culture may result in different influence toward Lorna’s and Mas Nganten’s inferiority. It tries to give a clear description if western culture and society
influence women inferiority differently from how eastern culture and society do.
1.3 Problem Formulation
Based on the aim of the study, the questions to be answered in this study can be formulated as fo llows:
1. How is woman inferiority revealed in the life of Lorna and Mas Nganten?
2.
How does culture influence Lorna’s and Mas Nganten’s inferiority?
1.4 Benefits of the Study
There are benefits that we can obtain from this study for both readers and those who are interested in a literary work. By reading this study readers
can understand more about the treatment on woman as inferior both in western and eastern areas. The other advantage is that the readers are able to
reflect on how woman independence nowadays derives from a long and very hard history and struggle. For example, in this study, readers can see and
learn that as a human being, we have the right of freedom, and we have to PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
struggle to be able to get or defend it. Moreover, this study can be such an enjoyment and pleasure.
This study also helps the reader to understand more about the novel, so that the readers are able to enjoy reading the novel.
1.5 Definition of Terms
In this study, some terms are used. In order to have a clear understanding of this study, I include the definition of some terms used in
this thesis.
A Comparative Study
According to Levin 1966: viii, comparative literature already sets its discipline which has tended to focus its interest on interrelationships-traditions
and move ments, the intellectual forces that find their logical termination in –ism – rather than on the contemplation of individual masterpieces. So, comparative
study here means to compare two or more people or things. This study seeks for the interrelationships between two different society and culture, and seeks for the
difference and similarities among them.
Woman Inferiority
According to Hornby 1987, inferiority is defined as feeling that you are not as good, important, etc. as other people. In this thesis, inferiority means
feeling of having no control and right on your own life. Therefore, woman inferiority means the condition in which woman is weak and totally controlled by
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The American and the Javanese
This study compares the practicality of a certain issue from two different areas. The areas are American and Java. The American area refers to Minnesota,
which is the setting of place of the first novel, November of the Heart. While, the Javanese area refers to Rembang and the north coast of Central Java which is the
setting of place of the second novel, The Girl from the Coast.
Culture
According to Geertz 1973:4, in Mirror for Man, Clyde Kluckhohn defines culture in 11 definitions. Four of them states that culture is the total way
of life of people, the social legacy the individual acquires from his group, a way of thinking, feeling, and believing, and an abstraction of behaviour.
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CHAPTER 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
This chapter consists of two sections. The first section is the Theoretical Review. The second section is the criticism of LaVyrle Spencer
and her work November of the Heart, and Pramoedya Ananta Toer and his work The Girl from the Coast, and the theoretical framework.
The first section, that is the theoretical review, consists of two theories. Those theories are theory of literature, and the feminist literary
criticism. The theory of literature itself consists of three parts. They are theory of character, theory of characterization, and the theory of critical
approaches. The theory of character and characterization are used to find out the clear and detailed description of the characters in the two stories. It helps
us to understand more about what happens to the two main characters in the stories. The theory of critical approaches are used to find the appropriate
approach I am going to use in this study to analyze the two novels. This study uses sociocultural- historical approach. Rohrberger and Woods 1971: 12 –
13 state that this approach enables us to investigate the place and society. Using sociocultural- historical approach, I can analyze women inferiority in
the two stories in deep. The feminist literary criticism is used to enrich the analysis by giving a keen analysis on the subject matter.
The second part is the criticism of LaVyrle Spencer and her work November of the Heart
, and criticism of Pramoedya Ananta Toer and his PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
work The Girl from the Coast. Most of the criticisms are stated by comparing the works with what happen in the real life, and also by considering the
values that revealed through the work. I also include the context of the two novels to provide a clear background about the two novels.
2.1 Theoretical Review
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