AN ANALYSIS OF REALISM FOUND IN DANIEL DEFOE S NOVEL ROBINSON CRUSOE A THESIS BY: SATRIA NOVA AGESTA Reg. No. 030705001 FACULTY OF LETTERS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT NORTH SUMATERA UNIVERSITY MEDAN 2008
ACKNOWLEDGENTS First of all, I would like to thank to Allah SWT for giving me His blessing, mercy, guidance, and love through the whole life during the study in Faculty of Letters University of North Sumatera, and especially during the competition of this thesis. During the process of writing this thesis, the writer has a lot of help from many people. First of all, she would like to thank to my Supervisor, Drs. Razali Kasim, M.A and my Co-Supervisor Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M. Hum, for their generous support, advice, constructive and suggestion and precious time they have given during the completion of this thesis. The writer would like to thank to the Dean of Faculty of Letters Drs. Syaifuddin, M. A., PhD. And the Head of English Department Dra. HJ. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M. Hum, as well as the Secretary, Drs. Yulianus Harefa, M. Ed. TESOL, for their help and administrative support. My only sincere thank to my family especially my parents, Aniati and Zainal, my sister, uniang, onang, my little sister ipit, my brother Anton, my nephew, Cindy, Dedek, Nisa, and Cefi. And for my grandmother, for their support during my study. My greatful and special thank to my beloved person, Denny who faithfully supports
and encourages me in any time until I finish this thesis. And to my friends, lizah, diah, lina, nurul, kak ika, and especially vera. Last but not the least, I present this thesis those who are interested in reading this thesis. I hope that this paper will be a worthwhile contribution to the readers. And I also receive any constructive criticism to develop this thesis. Medan, December 2008 SATRIA NOVA AGESTA REG. NO 030705001
ABSTRAK Skripsi ini membahas tentang Realisme yang terdapat dalam novel Robinson Crusoe karya penulis Inggris, Daniel Defoe. Dalam novel ini penulis menjabarkan mengenai aliran realisme yang terdapat didalam novel Robinson Crusoe berdasarkan character, plot structure, and setting. Skripsi ini terdiri dari empat bab. Pada bab pertama menjabarka secara singkat mengenai sastra. Selain itu penulis juga memaparkan latar belakang permasalahan, tujuan pembahasan, pembatasan masalah, metode yang digunakan dalam analisis dan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan pembahasan dalam skripsi ini. Pada bab kedua menjabarkan secara singkat tentang realisme, dan characteristic tentang realisme, dan terakhir tentang kemunculan dan perkembangan realisme. Bab ketiga merupakan penjabaran dari seluruh isi skripsi yang mengkaji realisme yang terdapat di dalam novel Robinson Crusoe. Dan bab keempat sebagai kesimpulan dan saran. Pada akhir skripsi, penulis menceritakan secara singkat tentang Robinson Crusoe yang bertujuan memudahkan pembaca dalam memahami topic yang akan dibahas dan sedikit tentang kehidupan pribadi pengarang novel Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... i ABSTRACT... iii TABLE OF CONTENTS... iv CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION... 1 1.1 Background of Analysis... 1 1.2 Scope of Analysis... 4 1.3 Objective of Analysis... 4 1.4 Significance of Analysis... 4 1.5 Method of Analysis... 5 1.6 Review of Literature... 5 CHAPTER II A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF REALISM... 7 2.1 Definition of Realism... 7 2.2 Characteristics of Realism... 8 2.3 The Rise of Realism... 9
CHAPTER III AN ANALYSIS OF REALISM IN DANIEL DEFOES NOVEL ROBINSON CRUSOE... 12 3.1 Realism In The Description of Characters... 12 3.2 Realism In Plot-Structure... 37 3.3 Realism In Setting... 39 CHAPTER IV CONCLUSION... 43 4.1 Conclusion... 43 4.2 Suggestion... 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX I BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR II SUMMARY OF THE NOVEL