INTERRELIGIOUS FRIENDSHIP REFLECTED IN JOHN GREEN S AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES (2006): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH RESEARCH PAPER Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree in English Education Department By: DWIEKE WINDYA PUTRI REZQIANA A320130034 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH EDUCATION SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA 2017
MOTTO To get a success, your courage must be greater than your fear. A pessimist see the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. Sir Winston Churchill- Do the best and pray. Allah will take care of the rest. Sesungguhnya sesudah kesulitan itu ada kemudahan. Maka apabila kamu telah selesai (dari sesuatu urusan), kerjakanlah dengan sungguh-sungguh (urusan) yang lain. Dan hanya kepada Tuhanmulah hendaknya kamu berharap. (QS. Al-Insyirah, 6-8) v
DEDICATION This research is dedicated to all people who always pray and give support in finishing this paper, they are: 1. My beloved Allah SWT and Nabi Muhammad SAW who always guide me and take care of me to be a good person. 2. My beloved father and mother who always has honesty sincerity to grow me up and pray for me. I love you more than anything. 3. My beloved sister (Kiky). Thanks for your help, support, and pray for me. 4. My grandmother. Thanks for your love and support me. 5. My beloved best friends (Ahmad, Osa, Rizka, Elya, Rida, Yusti, Firda, Alvi, Okta). Thanks for praying me and helping me. I learn so much from you, guys. And all my classmate in class A. You are the best. vi
ABSTRACT Dwieke Windya Putri Rezqiana/ A320130034, INTERRELIGIOUS FRIENDSHIP REFLECTED IN JOHN GREEN S AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES (2006): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH. Faculty of Teacher Training and Education, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta, August, 2017. This study explains interreligious friendship in An Abundance of Katherines novel. This study clarifies the indicators of interreligious friendship. This study also shows how interreligious friendship is depicted in the novel, and shows the reason of John Green why he took interreligious friendship in the novel. This research is qualitative research. This research was analyzed by using sociological approach. The primary data source was taken from An Abundance of Katherines novel by John Green. The secondary data source was other source that related to the primary data. The result of the study showed the following conclusions. First, there were four indicators of interreligious friendship such as shared identity, ethical obligation, mutual trust, and generosity. Second, interreligious friendship was depicted in the novel through character and characterization and through events. Third, the reason why John Green raised interreligious friendship in his novel was reflect as well as to criticize the social society in that era. Keywords: an abundance of katherines, interreligious friendship, sociology vii
ABSTRAK Dwieke Windya Putri Rezqiana/ A320130034, INTERRELIGIOUS FRIENDSHIP REFLECTED IN JOHN GREEN S AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES (2006): A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH. Fakultas dan Ilmu pendidikan, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Agustus, 2017. Penelitan ini menjelaskan pertemanan antar agama pada novel An Abundance of Katherines. Penelitian ini menjelaskan indikator dari pertemanan antar agama. Penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bagaimana pertemanan antar agama tergambarkan pada novel, dan untuk menunjukkan alasan John Green mengapa dia mengambil pertemanan antar agama di novel. Penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian ini dianalisis menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi. Sumber data utama yaitu dari novel An Abundance of Katherines oleh John Green. Sumber data kedua yaitu dari sumber lain yang berkaitan dengan data utama. Hasil dari penelitian ini memberikan kesimpulan. Pertama, ada empat indikator dari pertemanan antar agama seperti identitas bersama, kewajiban beretika, saling percaya, dan murah hati. Kedua, pertemanan antar agama tergambarkan pada novel melalui karakter dan perwatakan, dan melalui peristiwa. Ketiga, alasan mengapa John Green mengangkat pertemanan antar agama pada novelnya yaitu untuk refleksi sekaligus kritik sosial masyarakat pada masa itu. Kata Kunci: an abundance of katherines, pertemanan antar agama, sosiol viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE... i PRONOUNCEMENT... ii APPROVAL... iii ACCEPTANCE... iv MOTTO... v DEDICATION... vi ABSTRACT... vii ABSTRACT... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS... x CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study... 1 B. Problem Statements... 5 C. Objective of the Study... 5 D. Limitation of the Study... 6 E. Benefits/ Advantage... 6 F. Paper Organization... 6 CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW A. Underlying Theory... 8 1. Notion of Sociology of Literature... 8 2. Major Principle of Sociology of Literature... 9 3. Interreligious Friendship... 11 B. Previous Study... 15 C. Novelty... 16 CHAPTER III. RESEARCH METHOD A. Type of the Study... 17 B. Object of the Study... 17 C. Type of the Data and the Data Source... 17 D. Method of Data Collection... 18 E. Technique of the Data Analysis... 18 CHAPTER IV. FINDING AND DISCUSSION A. The Indicators of Interreligious Friendship... 19 1. Shared Identity... 19 2. Ethical Obligation... 24 3. Mutual Trust... 29 4. Generosity... 32 B. How Interreligious Friendship Depicted in An Abundance of Katherines 33 1. Through Characters... 33 2. Through Events... 35 C. The Reason Why Interreligious Friendship Addressed in x
An Abundance of Katherines... 38 D. Discussion... 40 CHAPTER V. CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION A. Conclusion... 43 B. Suggestion... 44 C. Pedagogical Implication... 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIX xi