Asma Azizah , 2211415074 (2020) HORIZON OF EXPECTATION OF CHILDREN’S IDEAL FUTURE IN 1946 REPRESENTED IN ENID BLYTON’S MALORY TOWERS. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

1946 was a recovery year after Second World War ended. This year also called as the wind of change by Great Britain. The big impact of the war, take them off to the early modern era. At the beginning of modern era, children were taught the basic attitude of well manners and respecting others. The social attitudes into children, also the notion of childhood started in Europe. Adults give more attention to children as separate beings, innocent, and need of protection by adults around them. On the other hand, the writer in the early modern era reveals that they try to come out from the era of romanticism and realism and write any works based on social context. Thus, the problem arises when people, who read novel, Malory Towers, only see the description of the life of children in the dormitory. They, especially children, neglect the wider message about the expectation of adults hidden behind the story. This study aimed to explain (1) what British expectation toward children’s future described on Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers (2) children’s characters in Enid Blyton’s Malory Towers formed by the participation of British role of ideal future and (3) today’s perspective of British ideas in 1946. The material object is a novel entitled Malory Towers, written by Enid Blyton. This qualitative descriptive study employed Reader-Response approach especially a theory from Hans Robert Jauss of “Horizon of Expectation” in analyzing the data. The findings of the study are as follows: As illustrated in Malory Towers, British were expected their children to be kind, good-hearted, loved and trusted, and reliable child. In addition, parents, school, and friend’s role are important to forming children’s character. They teach some values such as discipline, responsible, politeness, caring, loyal and understanding, respectful, mental strength, steady and wise attitude to reach the ideal future. On other hand, in 1946, education aims to change the society to fit the ideas of the ruling government or to create the utopian society through education. The researcher concluded that there are some similarities and differences of British ideas in 1946 and today’s perspective. The ideas in this research are the idea of British education system and boarding school. Furthermore, all the ideas have a good aims for children’s future.

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