Diana Rahmawati , 2211415075 (2020) REDEFINING POWER CONSTRUCTION OVER ADOLESCENTS WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME IN BETH REVIS’ NOVEL A WORLD WITHOUT YOU. Under Graduates thesis, Universitas Negeri Semarang.

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Abstract

Asperger’s most famous cases were patients described as having above-average intellectual and language abilities, with significant disturbances in social and affective communication. A World Without You novel depicts the power construction from the characters in the novel. This study aims (1) To analyze what conflict the young adolescent character in the novel experienced, (2) To identify what motives that stimulate the young adolescent character’s family in treating him differently as a mentally disordered adolescent, and (3) To explain how the character’s family’s discriminating parenting reveal power relation between family members. The method of this study is qualitative study analysis by using structuralism to identify the characterization in the novel; post-structuralism that is known for its effort to offer a critical review of normative concepts in classical philosophy; and power relation approach of Michel Foucault that said power relation can be associated with the relationship between superiors and subordinates or forms of social structures, whether they are formal or informal. Then, the method of data analysis is based on the story in A World Without You novel. Revis’ novel tells about the main character named Bo who has Asperger Syndrome and wanted to be treated as a normal person even though he saw the world differently from other people. The final finding of this study shows; first, the intrinsic elements reveal conflict that happened to Bo in the novel. Second, the power relations between Bo towards his family are described from binary oppositions and the reversal. Third, power relation among characters finally bring reconciliation through each other character’s affection and acceptance.

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