Suranto , 2211411049 (2016) IDEOLOGICALRESISTANCE TOWARDMATERIALISMAS REPRESENTED IN WILDE’S THE NIGHTINGALE AND THE ROSE ANDTHE HAPPY PRINCE. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Literary work frequently brings ideological messages. An author sometimes write introduces his ideology, or even delivers a criticism toward certain ideology through his works. In this final project, I reveal the Wilde’s world vision toward materialism which are reflected in Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince. The objectives of the study are; 1) to find out the structure of the stories, 2) to find out the structure of Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince and the social structure when the stories was created,and 3) to find out the author’s personal experience and world vision toward materialism reflected in Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince. The writer used qualitative analysis in which the data needed were taken from Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince as the objects of the study. In analyzing the data the writer used genetic structuralism approach to analyze the author’s personal view toward materialism, the writer also employed the concept of structure in Levi‘Strauss’ structuralism which focuses on the concept of binary opposition to find out what the author’s world vision toward materialism in Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince. The object of this study is a novel entitled The Happy Prince and Nightingale and The Rose. The data needed for this study were taken from the two short stories entitled Nightingale and The Rose and The Happy Prince, the author’s biography, and the other sources related to materialism. The results of this study are; first, the structure of the stories is represented through the opposition of the human characters vs nonhuman characters that imply a criticism. Second, the social structure when the stories was created was the real condition of society in the late Victorian era. Third, the world view that guides Wilde in writing the stories is assumed a resistance toward materialism. The resistance is proved through the criticism that is represented through the opposition of the human characters vs non-human characters. Based on the results, several suggestions can be offered. Doing a research in literature with the topic related to social problems is recommended for the students to open up their minds about realities that happen in the society. Genetic stucturalism can be an alternative approach to conduct reserch in literature. Reading any kind of literary work can improve skill in literary criticism.

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