5 narratives, and settings in the novel. The orientalism used as the basis of
theoretical review in this research is taken from Edward Said’s theory. Moreover, people have their own point of view, so this limitation also reduces
misinterpretations which possibly appear.
1.6 The Goal of The Study
This study should be achieved to have some goals. The first goal is to provide a description about how the West and the East constructed in narrative
structure of the novel. The second is to describe the ideological interest beyond orientalism in the novel. Besides, I do hope that my research could help the other
students who are interested in writing about Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and doing research in the field of orientalism. Significantly, this research contributes
to enlarge our thought about the equal position of the West and the East in humanity aspect. This research is used to inform the readers about human right
equality. In fact some communities have different religions, cultures, and backgrounds of history. They actually should have an equal position.
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CHAPTER 2. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
The theoritical framework is used to support the analysis and to make the whole discussion easy to understand. This chapter contains the previous research
and theory used to analyze the data. Theory of orientalism by Edward Said is used to analyze the construction of orientalism in The Alchemist. Those previous
researches were written by Mohamad Jawad and Nawang Wulan. Besides, the theory of orientalism which is explained in this chapter and the previous research
about The Alchemist are useful to analyze the subject matter in this thesis. Blaxter 1996: 111 says that “the main functions of literary review are to discuss relevant
research carried out on the same topic or similar object”. On the other hand, the theoretical framework of this thesis is the explanation concerning to the subject
matter, the theoretical concept and the preceding researcher.
2.1 Previous Researches
Previous research is important because it will show some references that are related to the chosen topic in the thesis. By explaining them, the whole
discussion will help the writer get better understanding about subject matters. Besides, the readers will acknowledge this thesis as a different research from the
other previous researches. Ultimately, I have chosen two works that are related to my research. The first is Mohamad Jawad’s thesis 2014 entitled “Misconception
of the West towards the East in Paul Bowles’ The Sheltering Sky and the second is Nawang Wulan’s thesis 2010 entitled “Mendengar Hati, Mengejar Mimpi Dan
Realitas Dunia: Interpretasi Makna Simbol Dalam Novel The Alchemist Karya Paulo Coelho“. So that, I explain of each previous research as follows.
