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3.3 Method of the Study
In completing the analysis of this study, the writer used library research. According to George 2008, library research is an investigation involving
accepted facts, unknown, speculations, logical procedures rigorously applied, verification, evaluation, repetition, and ultimately an interpretation of findings
what extends understanding. The writer chose the library research because the writer believed the library research is fit for this study. The library research helped
the writer to analyze the poems. George 2008 also suggested that in library research there are some
important words, which have to be understood. They are to find, source, and tool. To find means to discover the facts about, to identify the existence of anything. It
means that in library research, we are in pursuit of discovering the facts about the things that we want. In here also, source means the evidence that supplies at least
a partial answer to our research question. Finally, tools are anything that either encapsulates common knowledge or points you to a source.
There would be some steps that had to be done by the writer. The writer should do some steps. The first step was choosing the three selected poems. The
writer read the poems for several times in order to get better understanding. The writer also read the original version of the poem since the poems were written
originally in Bahasa Indonesia. The second step was the writer was making some notes of the poem. Third, the writer had to find and read the related theories.
Fourth, the writer analyzed the symbolic meaning of the ‘pants’ based on the
23 theories. Fifth, in the analysis, the writer also gave the analysis of the whole
poems, since the poems were related each other. The last one, the writer made conclusion based on what the writer found on the analysis.
Some sources were used in this study. The primary source of the study was the three selected poems taken from the anthology of “Trouser Doll” by Joko
Pinurbo. They are “Pants 1”, “Pants 2” and “Pants 3”. The writer also read the original version of the anthology entitled “Celana”. The secondary sources were
used to help the writer to reveal the symbolic meaning of trouser in those poems. The writer also read some books of Sartre to understand more and deeper about
existentialism. They are Being and Nothingness: a phenomenological essay on Ontology
1968, Existentialism and Human Emotion 1987 and Existentialism is Humanism 2007
and some of journals in which the writer downloaded from the internet.
3.4 Validity and Reliability
A set of triangulating steps were taken in order to maintain the high degree of validity or trustworthiness of data analysis. Upon the completion close readings
on the selected poems, the writer conducted systematic analytical activities. At the very early stage of the analysis, the writer’s interpretations were heavily drawn
from the readings. However, the writer found the early interpretations was underwent some revisions throughout this interpretive stage. Early interpretations
were frequently sketchy, incomplete and thus immature. A personal self-reflection on the interpretive results led the writer to seek more feedback, comment and
24 insight from other significant people. First, the writer did some discussions about
the early interpretations with Christina Kristiyani Then, the writer also had some discussions with Henny Herawaty about some theories that can be used in
consolidating the interpretations. The writer also had some consultations on existentialism with Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang and Antonius Herujiyanto.
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