3 religious aspects, etc, appear in those poems. Thus, the uniqueness makes the
poems worth studying. India and Indonesia have similar history in terms of history as the colony of
other country. This situation affects their education system and ideology. For that reason, this study has the significance to Indonesian education. First, the
Indonesian can study Tagore’s view of education as a comparison to Indonesian
education.
Second, Tagore’s view may inspire the Indonesian education of today. The third, Tagore’s struggle in education and his spirit in developing education
also similar to some Indonesian education figures, such as Ki Hadjar Dewantara, R. A Kartini and so on. Thus,
the today’s Indonesian educator can learn from them.
B. Problem Formulation
The study intends to answer the following questions. 1. What is the explication of Tagore’s poem, entitled The Child Angel, When
and Why and Benediction? 2. What Tagore’s views of education are as reflected in his three poems, The
Child Angel, When and Why and Benediction?
C. Problem Limitation
This part affirms limitations of the study in order to avoid broader focus. The study focuses on Tagore’s view of education. His view will be seen only in
4 his three poems, they are The Child Angel, When and Why and Benediction. This
study focuses on Tagore’s biography to find his views of education.
D. Objectives of the Study
Based on the problem formulation above, the objectives of the study are stated as follows.
1. The goal of the study is to observe the explication of Rabindranath Tagore’s three poems, namely The Child Angel, When and Why, and Benediction.
2. The study is aimed to observeTagore’s views of education as reflected in his three poems, The Child Angel, When and Why, and Benediction.
E. Benefits of the Study
The study has some benefits. The readers are able to get more knowledge of someone’s view on education, especially Tagore’s view. The study presents
Tagore’s biography, hopefully his biography arise reader’s motivation, especially in education. For the English Education Language Study Program, especially the
students, of Sanata Dharma University, this study may enrich the study program with some education views from Tagore. The implementation of this study in
language teaching will be presented in the lesson plan to teach reading.
F. Definition of Terms
The writer states some terms in order to avoid misconception. The terms are stated as follows.
5 1. Education
Education has many interpretations, but in this study, education means to lead out”. The word “education” came from Latin e-ducere. Education was about
drawing out what was already within the students. So, it means that education just develops the talent which has been acquired by the students. Education, according
to Hornby 369, is “the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction,
especially at a school or university ”.
Other definition comes from Driyarkara 126-128. He states that “education and to educate are fundamental problem”. They are activities which
changes human life, including the students and the educator. In addition from his thought
, education is a process to “born” a new human being. Mayer 11, quoted from John Dewey, regards that
“education is a reconstruction of experience which gives meaning to our existence and which aids us in the direction of subsequent
experience ”.
In this study, education’s goal is a way of making a full human being.
There are many aspects to concern in achieving the goal but this study only grasps only to some aspects. The first is about how to treat the students. The second,
there must be religious aspect included in an education. The third, an educator needs a willingness for a long life learning, where she can study from many
sources including his or her students and environment. 2. View
According to Hornby1327, “view is a personal opinion or attitude; a
thought or comment on something ”. Nevertheless, view has other interpretation.
6 Philosophically, view defines as someones way to understand and to think about
things happening
around him
in present
or in
past www.swami_krishnanendra.orgphilphil_ola.html. Then, it will be resulted in
wisdom. Here, in this study, view is considered as someone’s opinion or thought
about a topic. However, such opinion is implemented in such a way so that people around him can also learn from him.
3. Explication According to Barnet, Berman, Burto 1258,
“explication is a line-by- line commentary on what is going on in a texts
”. However, it is different from pharaphrase. This kind of analysis is more detail. The detail includes allutions,
denotations and connotations of words, symbols, sounds and rhythms, irony and other particular. Kennedy Gioia 609 states that
“explication tries to examine and unfold all the details in a poem that a sensitive reader might consider
”. In this study, the writer regards explication as the analysis of the poem in
certain detail. There are many details can be seen. The details which is included in this study are symbols, rhythms, connotations and irony.
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