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1.4 Scope of Discussion

It is necessary to limit the sense of focus study to make a deep research. The focus of research was existentialism related to the elements of novel The Trial by Franz Kafka.

1.5 Research Method

Research method refers to the method of study in a research. This study was data source, method and technique of collecting data and method and technique of analysing data.

1.5.1 Data Source

Data source is the source subject in a research. The source of the story is novel The Trial or Der Prozess in German by Franz Kafka. It was a novel published in 1925. The novel is consisted of 271 pages. The Trial was later translated by Willa and Edwin Muir in 1937. The story was revolved around a financial chief bank named Josef K. In his thirtieth birthday, two policemen came and arrested him. Despite being arrested, he was still able to carry his job and his usual free life. The story continued as Josef met a lot of different person related to the law and court to finish his case. The data was chosen because there were few writing explains the connection between Franz Kafka’s novel The Trial with existentialism. The Trial was related to absurdity but there is a little research about it. Another reason is because there is few writing about existentialism.

1.5.2 Method of Technique and Collecting Data

The paper used documentation method of technique and collecting data. Documentation is a method which analysed existing document in written form. There are several advantages in documentation. The advantages were availability of document, give better background for research, data source of history research and the data validity can be checked. There were some steps to collect the data. First, there was comprehensive and intensive reading to know the idea of The Trial. Next, the main character of The Trial was analysed. The other step was to find the component of novel and later related it to existentialism.

1.5.3 Method and Technique of Analysing Data

There were two technique in analysing data; quantitative and qualitative analysis. The technique used for this paper would be qualitative analysis. Qualitative analysis is a method providing information to understand the process of result. The technique was divided into several steps to analysis the data. The first step was to learn about the story of novel “The Trial”. The second step was to interpret the story