Impacts of Social Rejection on the Leading Character in Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera
ABSTRACT
Thesis entitled “Impacts of Social Rejection on the leading character in
Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” discusses about the cause and social impact of
the leading character that has teribble scar since he was born. This novel was written
by Gaston Leroux, a French author and this novel was written in 1907. The theory
that supports this thesis is sociology of literature by Sapardi Djoko Damono. This
thesis used qualitative descriptive method by Sandelowski. Writer read the novel,
collected the data, analyzed the data and concluded the data. The aims of this study
are (1) to explain the cause of social rejection on the leading character in novel The
Phantom of The Opera and (2) to explain the impacts of social rejection which
occurs on the leading character in novel The Phantom of The Opera. The finding
were the cause why the leading character was rejected by the society and the impact
of social rejection on the leading character.
Key words:
social rejection, leading character,sociologyof literature,
obsessive,avoidant disorder
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Universitas Sumatera Utara
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “Impacts of Social Rejection on the Leading Character in
Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” membahas tentang penyebab dan dampak
social dari karakter utama yang memiliki luka yang menjijikkan sejak lahir. Novel ini
ditulis oleh sastrawan Perancis yaitu Gaston Leroux dan ditulis pada tahun
1907.Adapun teori yang mendukung skripsi ini adalah teori Sosiologi Sastra oleh
Sapardi Djoko Damono.Skripsi ini menerapkan metode deskriftif kualitatif dari
Sandelowski. Penulis membaca novel, mengumpulkan data, menganalisis data, dan
menarik kesimpulan. Tujuan dari kajian ini meliputi (1) Untuk menjelaskan
penyebab penolakan sosialpada karakter utama dalam novel The Phantom of the
Opera dan (2) Untuk menjelaskan dampak dari penolakan sosial pada karakter utama
dalam novel The Phantom of the Opera. Hasil yang didapat adalah penyebab
mengapa karakter utama ditolak masyarakat dan dampak penolakan sosial pada
karakter utama.
Kata Kunci: penolakan sosial, karakter utama, sosiologi sastra, obsesif, avoidant
disorder
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Universitas Sumatera Utara
Thesis entitled “Impacts of Social Rejection on the leading character in
Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” discusses about the cause and social impact of
the leading character that has teribble scar since he was born. This novel was written
by Gaston Leroux, a French author and this novel was written in 1907. The theory
that supports this thesis is sociology of literature by Sapardi Djoko Damono. This
thesis used qualitative descriptive method by Sandelowski. Writer read the novel,
collected the data, analyzed the data and concluded the data. The aims of this study
are (1) to explain the cause of social rejection on the leading character in novel The
Phantom of The Opera and (2) to explain the impacts of social rejection which
occurs on the leading character in novel The Phantom of The Opera. The finding
were the cause why the leading character was rejected by the society and the impact
of social rejection on the leading character.
Key words:
social rejection, leading character,sociologyof literature,
obsessive,avoidant disorder
iii
Universitas Sumatera Utara
ABSTRAK
Skripsi ini berjudul “Impacts of Social Rejection on the Leading Character in
Leroux’s The Phantom of the Opera” membahas tentang penyebab dan dampak
social dari karakter utama yang memiliki luka yang menjijikkan sejak lahir. Novel ini
ditulis oleh sastrawan Perancis yaitu Gaston Leroux dan ditulis pada tahun
1907.Adapun teori yang mendukung skripsi ini adalah teori Sosiologi Sastra oleh
Sapardi Djoko Damono.Skripsi ini menerapkan metode deskriftif kualitatif dari
Sandelowski. Penulis membaca novel, mengumpulkan data, menganalisis data, dan
menarik kesimpulan. Tujuan dari kajian ini meliputi (1) Untuk menjelaskan
penyebab penolakan sosialpada karakter utama dalam novel The Phantom of the
Opera dan (2) Untuk menjelaskan dampak dari penolakan sosial pada karakter utama
dalam novel The Phantom of the Opera. Hasil yang didapat adalah penyebab
mengapa karakter utama ditolak masyarakat dan dampak penolakan sosial pada
karakter utama.
Kata Kunci: penolakan sosial, karakter utama, sosiologi sastra, obsesif, avoidant
disorder
iv
Universitas Sumatera Utara