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An Analysis of Surrealism in Haruki Murakami's Novel 1Q84 a Thesis by M. Randy Utama Srg Reg. No. 130705089 Department of Engl AN ANALYSIS OF SURREALISM IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NOVEL 1Q84 A THESIS BY M. RANDY UTAMA SRG REG. NO. 130705089 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara Universitas Sumatera Utara AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, M. RANDY UTAMA SRG DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : October20th, 2017 v Universitas Sumatera Utara COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : M. RANDY UTAMA SRG TITLE OF THESIS : AN ANALYSIS SURREALISM IN HARUKI MURAKAMI’S NOVEL 1Q84 QUALIFICATION : S-1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : October 20th, 2017 vi Universitas Sumatera Utara ACKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Allah SWT, the Almighty God and Most Beneficial for His Blessing, Grace, Guidance, and Mercy that have made this Thesis come to its completion. I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the Rector of University of Sumatera Utara, Prof. Dr. RuntungSitepu,S.H., M.Hum., Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono,M.S., the Head of English Department Dr. Deliana,M.Hum., and the Secretary of English Department, RahmadsyahRangkuti,M.A., Ph.D., who have given a great opportunity and fully supported to complete this thesis. I give much of gratitude to my advisor, Dr. Siti Norma Nasution,M.Hum and my co-advisor Dra. DiahRahayuPratama, M.Pd. who have given brilliant supervision, generous guidance, advise, encouragement and patience to shape the ideas into the thesis and I give thanks to all lecturers of English Department who have already taught me previously. I would also like to give much appreciation to BapakSukirno as the staff of English Department for his contribution in accomplishing the administration matters. Especially, I would like to give my power of love to my beloved parents, Alm. Abdul Hayat Siregar, I know you cannot be by my side, but you are always in my heart. May Allah give you the best place in the heaven, and also UpiHajra who always cheers me up in every situation and supports both material and spiritual contribution, continuous prayer and patience that will never be forgotten. vii Universitas Sumatera Utara I would like to thank for togetherness of my friends in English Department, especially for your helping, support, and care for this four years. Also I express much gratitude to my all-time favorite partner, SitiHartinaHarahap,S.S. who always has her way to support me in completing this thesis. Finally, I fully realize for everything the weakness of this thesis. Therefore, constructive criticism, advice, and suggestion aimed for this thesis will be warmly welcomed and most appreciated. I hope this thesis be able to give some contribution as a good reference Medan, October 20th, 2017 M. Randy UtamaSrg 130705089 viii Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRACT This thesis analyses surrealism in Haruki Murakami’s novel 1Q84. This thesis identifies the characteristic that builds the idea of surrealism in the novel along with explaining how surrealism works to resolve the idea of reality and dream in the novel. The writer uses Surrealism theory, which focusing on Automatic Writing with Juxtaposition as its characteristic to build the surrealism idea and Surrealist Imageas a result of Automatic Writing itself to resolve the idea of reality and dream in the novel. The method of this study is qualitative. The data are words, phrases, sentences, actions, dialogue between characters, or some quotations that are related to surrealism in 1Q84 novel. In analyzing the data, the writer uses intrinsic approach to the novel. The result of the study shows that the juxtaposition as a characteristic that builds the surrealism idea is portrayed in the novel as the event of character’s dream or subconscious mind becomes in one line and also affects with reality which is normally and logically unrelated. Murakami creates the surrealist image such as two moons to build the idea of parallel world in the novel to resolve the idea of reality and dream. The two moons gives the idea of creating another world, 1Q84. Murakami uses the idea of another world to resolve the contradiction of reality and dream in the novel by giving a mindset the reader that in a parallel world of 1Q84, anything can happen. Keyword: Surrealism, Automatic Writing, Juxtaposition, Surrealist Image. ix Universitas Sumatera Utara ABSTRAK Skripsiinimenganalisistentang surrealism pada novel Haruki Murakami, 1Q84.Skripsiinimengidentifikasikarakteristik yang membangun ide surealismepada novel bersamadenganmenjelaskanbagaimanacarasurealismebekerjauntukmenyatukan ide realitadanmimpi di dalam novel.PenulismenggunakanteoriSurealisme yang focus padaAutomatic Writing denganJukstaposisisebagaikarakteristik yang membangun ide surealismedanGambaranSurrealissebagaihasildariAutomatic Writingitusendiriuntukmenyatukan ide realitadanmimpi di dalam novel. Metodepenelitian yang digunakanadalahmetodekualitatif. Data yang digunakanberupa kata, frasa, kalimat, tindakan, dialog antarkarakterataukutipan- kutipan yang terkaitmengenai surrealism pada novel 1Q84. Dalammenganalisis data, penulismenggunakanpendekatan intrinsic terhadapnovel.HasilanalisismenunjukkanbahwaJukstaposisisebagaikarakteristik yang membangun ide surrealism tergambar di dalam novel sebagaiperistiwadimanamimpiataualambawahsadarkaraktermenjadisatudanmempeng aruhirealita yang padadasarnyatidakberhubungan.Murakami menciptakanGambaranSurrealisyaituduabulanuntukmembangun ide adanyaduniaparalel di dalam novel untukmenggabungkan ide realitadanmimpi.Duabulanmembawakan ide munculnyadunialain, 1Q84. Murakami menggunakan ide dunia lain untukmenggabungkan ide kontraakanrealitadanmimpi di dalam novel denganmemberikanpolapikirkepadapembacabahwa di dunia parallel 1Q84, apasajabisaterjadi. Kata Kunci: Surrealisme,Automatic Writing, Jukstaposisi, GambaranSurrealis. x Universitas Sumatera Utara TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION .................................................................................. v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ............................................................................. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................... vii ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAK .................................................................................................................. x TABLE OF CONTENTS .......................................................................................... xi CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1 1.1 Background of the Study ............................................................................ 1 1.2 Problems of the Study ............................................................................... 4 1.3 Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 5 1.4 Scope of the Study .................................................................................... 5 1.5 Significance of the Study ........................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ......................................................... 6 2.1 Surrealism .................................................................................................. 6 2.1.1Automatic Writing ................................................................................... 9 2.2 Juxtaposition ............................................................................................ 10 2.3 Surrealist Images ...................................................................................... 11 2.4 Novel ........................................................................................................ 13 2.5 Relevant Studies ....................................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III: METHOD OF RESEARCH ........................................................ 16 3.1 Research Design ....................................................................................... 16 3.2 Data and Source of Data ......................................................................... 16 3.3 Data Collecting......................................................................................... 17 3.4 Data Analysis ........................................................................................... 17 xi Universitas Sumatera Utara CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS ...................................................... 18 4.1 Juxtapositions in 1Q84 ............................................................................. 18 4.2 Surrealist Image in 1Q84 ........................................................................
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