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attempts to explore the phenomenon around him to his literary work. Furthermore, the literature becomes an object which is created by an individu author to reveals
hisher group behaviour in which he experiences and involves. In his group, the author attempts to elaborate the collective ideas of his group into his work that
makes him to be a transindividual subject who mediate the literature with society. The author belongs as the collective subject for his group, and also transindividual
subject for himself as the author. As the transindividual subject, he represents the ideas through the fictitious characters within his literary works.
Faruk 2010 states that Goldmann specifies the collective subject, based on marxist perspective, which is closely related to social class where this group
has an effect to the development of social history through their views. The literature can represent those kind of social class which also can produce a social
history. By the author conciousness toward the dominant social class in his society, it makes him realize to the spirit of those group. Furthermore, the author
represents those spirit and world view of a certain group through an imaginary world within his literature. The world view is the aspect that mediate the literature
and society which is constructed by the author as the mediator.
c. World View
The most fundamental concept of genetic structuralism theory focuses on the product of collective subject which is called as the world view. Goldmann
1977:17 defines the world view as something which is comprehensive and complex of ideas, concepts, aspiration which is aimed to unite the members of a
certain group simultaneously, and also to distinguish a group to the other social group. World view becomes the result of a certain social class toward social
situation in a certain time. The world view arises amongst individu within a certain group which elaborate a collective consciousness toward society. The
world view arises as something fungtional within a certain group to solve some problems in society. The subject
’s consciousness that reconstructs the world view as the historical product is determined by a certain situation. It makes them have
an equal spirit and power in society in order to get a certain purpose. By this
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world view, a certain social group can be differentiated with other group thus can create an identity for those social group.
Goldmann in Faruk 2010 states that the existence of world view is unconcrete but rather it just as the theoritical expression of a certain group which
later become a possible or impossible conciousness about the relation between human being with others and nature. It means that the world view exists as an
abstract aspiration consists of expression and ideas of social group resulted by their relation between human and environment that the existence can be realized
based on a certain situation. Literature as a product of collective subject can becomes the medium where the author, as the agent of social group, represents the
world view of his group. It can be concluded that the author does not represent the social facts but rather the world view within his literary works.
d. Significant structure
