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1. How is the representation of Victorian Women in Sherlock Holmes
Stories? 2.
How is the position of Women character on Sherlock Holmes stories?
D. Significances of The Study
The significance of this study is classified into two parts, academic and practical significance of study. Academically, the study is to fulfil one of the
requirements for Bachelor Degree to the Faculty of Adab and Humanities of Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. Practically, the study is
to broaden up the researcher’s knowledge regarding to representation theory by Stuart Hall and cultural studies.
E. Research Methodology
1. Objectives of the study
Based on the problem statements above the objectives of the studies are:
a. To know the characteristic of Victorian women character in Sherlock
Holmes stories. b.
To know the representation of Victorian women in Sherlock Holmes stories.
c. To know the position of Victorian women character on Sherlock
Holmes stories.
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2. Method of the Research
In the research, the writer uses a qualitative method. By using this method, the writer will do research by explaining, describing, analyzing
the representation of Victorian women who appeared on Sherlock Holmes selected stories which published in the Victorian era by Arthur Conan
Doyle.
3. Research Instrument
The instrument used in this research is the writer herself to collecting the qualitative data about the representation theory, Victorian
women and life, and analyze the representation of Victorian women in Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.
4. Technique of Data Analysis
The collected data will be analyzed by using Representation theory by Stuart Hall. Therefore, the study begins by explain the Victorian
women values, analyzing Sherlock Holmes stories, describing and represent the women characters, finding the position of women character
in Sherlock Holmes stories.
5. Unit Analysis
The unit analysis in this research are seventeen selected short stories which women characters appeared in Sherlock Holmes stories by
Arthur Conan Doyle. These are A Scandal in Bohemia 1891, A Case of Identity 1891, The Adventure of the Speckled Band 1892, The
Adventure of the Beryl Coronet 1892, The Adventure of the Copper
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Beeches 1892, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor 1892, The Adventure of the Crooked Man 1893, The Adventure of the Cardboard
Box 1893, The Adventure of the Dancing Men 1903, The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist 1903, The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
1904, The Adventure of the Abbey Grange 1904, The Adventure of the Second Stain 1904, The Adventure of the Red Circle 1911, The
Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 1911, The Adventure of the Three Gables 1926, and The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place 1927
6. Place and Time of The Research
