give some short explanations on how we will do for our country as a civil society to achieve peace as many civil wars or internal conflicts tend to occur in our country
easily. The other advantageous is how we view something from other different point of view. This study will lead us to know that not all American people are in same
opinion in viewing the terrorism that happened in America.
1.3 Statement of the Problems
There are problems that I will focus on this study of genetic structuralism of
Iron Star novel. I draw the problems into as follows:
1. How is the relation among structures intrinsic elements of Iron Star novel by
Brian Kelleher which reflect character‟s conflict in relation with other characters?
2. How is the historical background or social event of American people
consolidating the birth of Iron Star novel? 3.
How is the vision du monde author‟s world view of seeing terrorism reflected in Iron Star novel?
1.4 Objective of the Study
The objective of the study is as follows:
1. To analyze the structures of Iron Star novel, the work of Brian Kelleher,
reflecting the problematic characters due to inter-character relationship or environment.
2. To analyze the historical background or social event of American people
consolidating the birth of Iron Star novel. 3.
To explain the Kelleher‟s world view vision du monde of seeing terrorism reflected in Iron Star novel.
1.5 Significance of the Study
This study is expected to give some advantages for the following sides: 1.
To enrich the literary research especially the sociological research in literature
by using genetic structuralism approach. 2.
To analyze the view of Americans in facing terrorism issues through world view of author as a part of society reflected on Iron Star novel.
3. To enrich reader‟s perspective and creativity in doing a literary research.
1.6 Scope of the Study
The scope of this study focuses on literary research of Iron Star, a novel by Brian Kelleher by using sociological approach developed by Lucien Goldmann,
which is called genetic structuralism. This study includes analyzing the structure of the work concerning with the intrinsic elements of the novel reflecting problematic
characters, analyzing social condition of the author‟s society that consolidating the
birth of the work. After that, both are combined to interpret the novel dialectically to achieve the ideology or vision du monde world view of the author.
1.7 Outline of the Report
