Theory of Setting Review of Related Theories
The primary source was the book itself. The title was Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York
by Gail Parent. The secondary source was the theories that supported this study and the reviews of related studies that related with this work.
The theories was taken from some books of theories such as A Glossary of Literary Terms
by M.H. Abrams, Reading and Writing about Literature by Mary Rohrberger and Samuel H. Woods, Aspect of the Novel by E.M. Foster, A Handbook to
Literature by Hugh Holman and William Harmon, An Approach to English
Literature by E. Van Laar and Schoonderwoerd, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of
Literary Terms written by Christ Baldick.
The writer also took the reviews of related studies from the undergraduate thesis. First one was The Reflection of Twentieth Century American Woman as seen
in Gail Paren’s Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in New York by Siti Sulasmi. Second was taken from The Motivation of Sheila Levine in Committing Suicide as
seen in Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in new York by Windy Wirdhoningrum.
This work needed some steps for analyzing. First, the writer read and re- read this work itself Sheila Levine is Dead and Living in new York repeatedly and
carefully to understand the work itself. Then, the writer decided the elements that was going to be used. Only then, the writer found the intrinsic elements such as
characteristics of the character and the setting. Furthermore, the writer identified every element carefully.
Second, the writer was finding and collecting reviews of studies. Then, the writer was collecting theories book related with this work. The writer found some
theories book through library research by borrowing the books. Another way that
the writer chooses was also copying the important page from the books. Besides, the writer found the theories from webs and online books to collect important data
to support this work. Next, the writer applied the theories and reviews of studies to this work in
the analysis. It started by explaining this work completely. Then, it was answering the problem formulations. Then, the writer was able to conclude the analysis to be
the sort and clear conclusion.