COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S

THE TIDES OF MEMORY NOVEL (2013): A FEMINIST APPROACH

RESEARCH PAPER

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment Requirements

for Getting Bachelor Degree in English Education Department

by:

Ayuni Anasyafitri

A320130192

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION FACULTY

OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA

2016

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MOTTO

All your dreams can come true,

if you have the courage to pursue them (Walt Disney)

Remember Allah (The Writer)

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DEDICATION

This research paper is specially dedicate to:

Allah SWT atas segala nikmat dan karunianya

My beloved mother

(Purwanti)

My beloved father

(Suliyo)

My beloved sister

(Rini Setyowati and her husband)

(Shirly Annastasya)

My beloved grandmother and grandfather

The researcher

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Bismillahirrohmanirrahi,

By saying the name of Allah, the most powerful. His goodness can be calculated, so

the researcher can finish this research paper entitled ”COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE

VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S THE TIDES OF MEMORY

NOVEL (2013)” this research paper is one of requirement to finish the study in

English Department of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta. This research paper

cannot be finished without many helps from many people. So, the resarcher would

like to express big thanks to:

1. Prof. Dr. Bambang Setiaji, the rector of Muhammadiyah University of

Surakarta.

2. Prof. Dr. Harub Joko Prayitno, M.Hum, the Dean of School Teacher Training

and Education of Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

3. Mauly Halwat Hikmat, Ph.D, the head of of English Department of

Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta.

4. Dr. Phil Chandraningrum, M.Ed, as the consultant, who has given knowledge,

guide and nice suggestion to finish the research paper.

5. All lecturer on English Department of Muhammadiyah University of

Surakarta.

6. Her beloved parents and family , who always praying, love, support, motivate,

guide, and everything that can not delivered by the word , so the reseearcher

can finish this research paper.

7. Her best friends, who are always together from beginning the semester, to

playing, and to get consultation and to finish this research paper (Devica Hps)

8. Her friends, who are always together from beginning the semester, to

playing, to get consultation (Sri).

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9. Her beloved friends, who has given motivate and guide to always study hard

(Retno and Fitria)

10. Her beloved boyfriend, Zainal Aripin, who has given love, and support if the

researcher feeling down.

11. Her beloved friends in Department of English education.

12. Everybody who has helped the researcher.

13. Big thanks for all kindness and support. The writer hopes that this research

give advantages for all of people.

Surakarta, 01 February 2017

The Writer

Ayuni Anasyafitri

A320130192

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COURAGE OF ALEXIA DE VERE REFLECTED IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S

THE TIDES OF MEMORY (2013): A FEMINIST APPROACH

Ayuni Anasyafitri

A320130192

Department of English Education, School of Teacher Training and Education

Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta

Email: Ayuni.anasyafitri@gmail.com

ABSTRAK

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan keberanian Alexia De Vere sebagai tokoh

utama dalam novel The Tides of Memory(2013) karya Sidney sheldon’s

menggunakan pendekatan Feminism. Novel The Tides of Memory (2013) dianalisis

dengan mengacu pada dua objek, diantaranya: pertama, analisis berdasarkan

structural elemen pada novel, dan yang keduayaituanalisis courage

menggunakanpendekatan Feminism. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan

kualitatif.Penelitian ini menggunakan dua sumber data: pertama, novel The Tides of

Memory novel (2013) karya Sidney Sheldon’s sebagai sumber data utama.

Kedua,sumber data diambil dari buku, biografi penulis, jurnal, sumber internet yang

berhubungan dengan penelitian. Dua jenis data diperoleh melalui perpustakaan yang

dianalisis menggunakan analisa deskriptif. Berdasarkan penelitian, peneliti

menyimpulkan beberapa kesimpulan. Pertama yaitu structural elemen pada novel

yang diperoleh melalui karakter dan karakerisasi, setting tempat dan waktu, plot,

sudut pandang, dan tema yang tersusun menjadi satu dalam novel.Kedua,

berdasarkan pendekatan Feminism yang partisipasi wanita, peran wanita, hak

wanita, posisi wanita,dan keberanian yang dimiliki tokoh utama dalam menghadapi

bahaya dari masa lalunya dalam novel The Tides of Memory(2013).

Kata Kunci:Keberanian, structural elemenpada novel, pendekatan Feminism.

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ABSTRACT

This study has purposed to describe the courage of Alexia De Vere as the main

character in the novel The Tides of Memory (2013) by Sidney Sheldon's using

Feminism approach. The Tides of Memory (2013) novel analyzed with reference to

two objects, such as: first, the analysis is based on a novel structural element, and the

second is courage analysis based on Feminismapproach. This study used a

qualitative approach. This study uses two data sources: first, the novel The novel

Tides of Memory (2013) Sidney Sheldon's works as the main data source. Second, the

data source is taken from the book, author biographies, journals, Internet resources

related to the research. Two types of data taken from libraries were analyzed using

descriptive analysis. Based on the study, researchers concluded some conclusions.

First, the structural elements of the novel gained through character and

characterization, setting the place and time, plot, point of view, and the theme is

arranged into a novel. Second, based on the approach Feminism is the participation

of women, the women’s role, women's rights, the position of women, and courage on

the main character in the face of danger from his past in The Tides of Memory novel

(2013).

Keywords: Courage, structural elements of the novel, Feminism approach.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

COVER..........................................................................................................................i

APPROVAL.................................................................................................................ii

ACCEPTANCE..........................................................................................................iii

DECLARATION....................................................................................................... iv

MOTTO........................................................................................................................v

DEDICATION............................................................................................................vi

ACKNOWLEDMENT..............................................................................................vii

ABSTRACT................................................................................................................xi

TABLE OF CONTENT..............................................................................................x

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................... 1

A. Background of the Study...................................................................................1

B. Previous Study...................................................................................................4

C. Problem Statement.............................................................................................5

D. Limitation of the Study......................................................................................5

E. Objective of the Study.......................................................................................5

F. Benefit of the Study...........................................................................................6

G. Paper Organization............................................................................................6

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW...................................................................7

A. UNDERLYING THEORY................................................................................7

1. Notion of Feminism.....................................................................................7

2. Notion of Courage.......................................................................................8

3. Structural Element of the Novel ...............................................................10

B. Theoritical Application....................................................................................16

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD..................................................................18

1. Type of the Study ............................................................................................18

2. Object of the Study .........................................................................................18

3. Type of the the Data and Data Source............................................................18

4. Technique of the Data Collection ...................................................................18

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5. Technique of the Data Analysis .....................................................................19

CHAPTER IV STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS.......................................................... 20

A. Structural Analysis...........................................................................................20

1. Character and Characterization..................................................................20

a. Major Character...................................................................................20

b. Minor Character...................................................................................24

2. Setting........................................................................................................33

a. Setting of Place....................................................................................33

b. Setting of Time....................................................................................37

3. Plot.............................................................................................................39

4. Point of View.............................................................................................40

5. Style ..........................................................................................................41

a. Grammatical Sentence.........................................................................41

b. Sentence Construction.........................................................................41

6. Theme........................................................................................................42

B. DISCUSSION..................................................................................................43

CHAPTER V FEMINIST ANALYSIS....................................................................47

A. Feminist Approach...........................................................................................47

1. Women’s Position......................................................................................47

2. Women’s Role...........................................................................................49

3. Women’s Right..........................................................................................51

4. Women’s Participation..............................................................................51

B. Courage Analysis ............................................................................................53

C. Discussion........................................................................................................56

CHAPTER VI CONCLUSION................................................................................61

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A. Conclusion.......................................................................................................61

B. Suggestion........................................................................................................63

C. Pedagogical implication...................................................................................63

BIBLIOGRAPHY......................................................................................................64

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