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AN ANALYSIS OF THE ED STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN JAVANESE AND WESTERN MYSTICISM CONCEPT
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Aulfiando Setianda
112004167
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2011
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AN ANALYSIS OF THE ED STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN JAVANESE AND WESTERN MYSTICISM CONCEPT
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Aulfiando Setianda
112004167
Approved by:
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A
Christian Rudianto, M.AppLing
Supervisor
Examiner
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course
or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of
my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by
any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2010. Aulfiando Setianda and Danielle D. Sims, M.A
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Aulfiando Setianda:
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This thesis would not have been done completely without the help and
support from many people. Therefore, I would like to express my sincere appreciation
to the following people who have assisted me in completing this thesis. First of all, I
would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Lord. I would also like to express my
huge appreciation to Mrs. Danielle, my supervisor, for her patience and kindness in
supervising me for the last three month, Pak Rudi, the examiner of my thesis, for his
willingness to examine my thesis and giving suggestions for my improvement.
Next, I would like to acknowledge and deepest sincere to my beloved parents,
Budi Sunoko and Siti Rondiyah, for every thing that they have done for me and the
endless love in giving me their support morally and financially all through this year.
I also want to share a big hug for my beloved Timun, Celina, and Jovan as my
spirits to never give up finishing this thesis. Also thanks to my brother, Rizky that
support me anyway.
Thanks to my whole big family that each also helps me in their own way. All
of my friends that I can not mention one by one.
Thank you for everyone who’s filling the parts of my life in English
Department: EDVenturers period 2004-2007, ED Touring-ers, Eleveners period 20042006, EDFL. My special appreciation to 2004ers…no other way than fight!!...you are
my inspiration.
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE …………………………………………………………………………
i
APPROVAL ………………………………………………………………….
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT...……………………………………………….
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.…………………………………………………....
iv
TABLE OF CONTENT.……………………………………………………....
v
ABSTRACT .........………………………………………………………….…
vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………
1
A. Background of the Study …………………………………………..
1
B. Statement of the Problem ………………………………………….
4
C. Research Question(s) ………………………………………………
5
D. Objective of the Study ……………………………………………..
5
E. Scope of the Study …………………………………………………
6
F. Definition of Term …………………………………………………
6
G. Significance of the Study …………………………………………..
7
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE …………………………………..
10
A. Definition of Culture ………………………………………………..
11
B. Definition of Mysticism …………………………………………….
12
C. Mysticism Concept ………………………………………………….
14
C.1. Javanese Mysticism Concept …………………………………..
14
C.2. Western Mysticism Concept …………………………………...
17
D. Conclusion ………………………………………………………..
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18
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ……………………………………………
20
A. Type of Research ………………………………………………….
20
B. Subject …………………………………………………………….
20
C. Data Collection ……………………………………………………
21
D. Data Analysis ……………………………………………………...
23
E. Research Procedure ……………………………………………….
23
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS ……………………………………………
25
A. Summary of the Movie …………………………………………….
25
B. The Concept of Western Mysticism Reflected in the Movie ……...
26
C. The Concept of Javanese Mysticism Believed by ED Students …...
27
D. Comparison of Students’ Javanese and the Movie’s Western Mysticism
Concepts …………………………………………………………...
30
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION ………………………………………………..
34
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………..
36
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ABSTRACT
Mysticism might be just considered as an illusion for some people, but it does
exist in our life. Basically, mysticism in general was aimed as a medium to
communicate with God, but in today’s reality it is growing differently from the main
purpose and has become a dark mysticism. This study attempts to find out the mindset
of ED students about mysticism; does the knowledge about western culture they got in
ED influence their insight about mysticism. The study used the movie “Amity Ville
Horror” as the representative of western mysticism and three students each from 2006
and 2010 as the participants. The different entering years here aimed to represent the
longer and shorter exposure to western culture especially through some academic
experiences though it is not the only factor that might influence one’s mindsets. The
analysis of the data shows that most of the subjects believe in mysticism and the
Javanese concept of mysticism is not influenced by the knowledge they got in ED.
vii
BETWEEN JAVANESE AND WESTERN MYSTICISM CONCEPT
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Aulfiando Setianda
112004167
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2011
i
AN ANALYSIS OF THE ED STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON THE CONFLICT
BETWEEN JAVANESE AND WESTERN MYSTICISM CONCEPT
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Aulfiando Setianda
112004167
Approved by:
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A
Christian Rudianto, M.AppLing
Supervisor
Examiner
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course
or accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of
my knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by
any other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2010. Aulfiando Setianda and Danielle D. Sims, M.A
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Aulfiando Setianda:
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This thesis would not have been done completely without the help and
support from many people. Therefore, I would like to express my sincere appreciation
to the following people who have assisted me in completing this thesis. First of all, I
would like to express my sincere gratitude to the Lord. I would also like to express my
huge appreciation to Mrs. Danielle, my supervisor, for her patience and kindness in
supervising me for the last three month, Pak Rudi, the examiner of my thesis, for his
willingness to examine my thesis and giving suggestions for my improvement.
Next, I would like to acknowledge and deepest sincere to my beloved parents,
Budi Sunoko and Siti Rondiyah, for every thing that they have done for me and the
endless love in giving me their support morally and financially all through this year.
I also want to share a big hug for my beloved Timun, Celina, and Jovan as my
spirits to never give up finishing this thesis. Also thanks to my brother, Rizky that
support me anyway.
Thanks to my whole big family that each also helps me in their own way. All
of my friends that I can not mention one by one.
Thank you for everyone who’s filling the parts of my life in English
Department: EDVenturers period 2004-2007, ED Touring-ers, Eleveners period 20042006, EDFL. My special appreciation to 2004ers…no other way than fight!!...you are
my inspiration.
iv
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE …………………………………………………………………………
i
APPROVAL ………………………………………………………………….
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT...……………………………………………….
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.…………………………………………………....
iv
TABLE OF CONTENT.……………………………………………………....
v
ABSTRACT .........………………………………………………………….…
vii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ………………………………………………
1
A. Background of the Study …………………………………………..
1
B. Statement of the Problem ………………………………………….
4
C. Research Question(s) ………………………………………………
5
D. Objective of the Study ……………………………………………..
5
E. Scope of the Study …………………………………………………
6
F. Definition of Term …………………………………………………
6
G. Significance of the Study …………………………………………..
7
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE …………………………………..
10
A. Definition of Culture ………………………………………………..
11
B. Definition of Mysticism …………………………………………….
12
C. Mysticism Concept ………………………………………………….
14
C.1. Javanese Mysticism Concept …………………………………..
14
C.2. Western Mysticism Concept …………………………………...
17
D. Conclusion ………………………………………………………..
v
18
CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY ……………………………………………
20
A. Type of Research ………………………………………………….
20
B. Subject …………………………………………………………….
20
C. Data Collection ……………………………………………………
21
D. Data Analysis ……………………………………………………...
23
E. Research Procedure ……………………………………………….
23
CHAPTER IV DATA ANALYSIS ……………………………………………
25
A. Summary of the Movie …………………………………………….
25
B. The Concept of Western Mysticism Reflected in the Movie ……...
26
C. The Concept of Javanese Mysticism Believed by ED Students …...
27
D. Comparison of Students’ Javanese and the Movie’s Western Mysticism
Concepts …………………………………………………………...
30
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION ………………………………………………..
34
REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………..
36
vi
ABSTRACT
Mysticism might be just considered as an illusion for some people, but it does
exist in our life. Basically, mysticism in general was aimed as a medium to
communicate with God, but in today’s reality it is growing differently from the main
purpose and has become a dark mysticism. This study attempts to find out the mindset
of ED students about mysticism; does the knowledge about western culture they got in
ED influence their insight about mysticism. The study used the movie “Amity Ville
Horror” as the representative of western mysticism and three students each from 2006
and 2010 as the participants. The different entering years here aimed to represent the
longer and shorter exposure to western culture especially through some academic
experiences though it is not the only factor that might influence one’s mindsets. The
analysis of the data shows that most of the subjects believe in mysticism and the
Javanese concept of mysticism is not influenced by the knowledge they got in ED.
vii