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Plagiat Merupakan Tindakan Tidak Terpuji PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI HAPPINESS AS SEEN THROUGH THE SYMBOLS OF EATING, PRAYER, AND LOVE IN ELIZABETH GILBERT’S EAT PRAY LOVE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Felisia Fanny Kirana Student Number: 114214112 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI HAPPINESS AS SEEN THROUGH THE SYMBOLS OF EATING, PRAYER, AND LOVE IN ELIZABET GILBERT’S EAT PRAY LOVE AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By Felisia Fanny Kirana Student Number: 114214112 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 ii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI “Happiness is choice, choose it everyday.”– Anonymous vii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI FOR MY GOD WHO GIVES ME THE GREATEST FAMILY AND THE EXTREMELY BEAUTIFUL F R I E N D S viii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude to my greatest God for His blessings in my entire life. My deepest gratitude also goes to my advisor, Mr. Hirmawan Wijanarka, for guiding me from the start to the end in finishing this thesis. I thank him for always giving me the best advices while I got confused working on my thesis. To my co-advisor, Mr. Siswadi, I would like to express my gratitude for rechecking and improving this thesis in order to make it better. I also wish to express my gratitude to all the lecturers in English Letters Department for all the knowledge given during the last four years. To my greatest family, my father who calls himself Mr.Mid, I thank him for always being here when I desperately need for help and for never rushing me to finish this thesis, but always says ―You are beautiful, but you will be more beautiful if you graduate soon.‖ I thank him for his kind words, those supports me so much. I thank my mother, Angela Lies, who is never absent sending me her prayer to stay strong and texting me with her spiritual words. My one and only sister, Irene Dina, thank her for being mature enough to give me advices when I am in trouble. ix PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI I am also grateful to my best high school mates: Ajeng, Khanza, Novi, Evelyne, Rara, Titis, and Intan who are always being here through ups and downs. To my crazy friend, Ayut, who always asks me to send my thesis progress to her email, I thank her for always checking my life, making sure that I am fine. To my college friend, Vava, the one who gives me this Eat Pray Love novel, I thank her for introducing me to this novel. To Amanda, Ester, Dita, Jere, those who are struggling in thesis, I thank them for always accompanying me to finish this thesis together in our favorite coffee shop. My ‗Sarjana Sastra‘ friends, Monika, Nonon, Regina, Alind, Anita and all class D members, thank for encouraging me to finish this thesis soon. My biggest thanks also go to my boyfriend, Claudius Barly, who can be my best friend at the same time. Finally, I realize that it is not the end. This is only the beginning. I‘m just getting started to the real world and I would like to say, ―Hello, I‘m ready!‖ Felisia Fanny Kirana x PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE………………………………………………………………… ii APPROVAL PAGE…………………………………………………………. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE……………………………………………………… iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH.. v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY………………………………………... vi MOTTO PAGE................................................................................................ vii DEDICATION PAGE ………………………………………………………... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS………………………………………………… ix TABLE OF CONTENTS…………………………………………………… xi LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………….. xii ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………….. xiii ABSTRAK ……………………………………………………………………. xiv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION A. Background of the Study …………………………………………….. 1 B. Problem Formulation ………………………………………………… 5 C. Objectives of the Study …………………………………………….... 5 D. Definition of Term ……………………………………………………. 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW LITERATURE A. Review of Related Studies ………………………………………….... 8 B. Review of Related Theories …………………………………………… 10 C. Theoretical Framework ………………………………………………. 15 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY A. Object of the Study …………………………………………………… 17 B. Approach of the Study ………………………………………………... 18 C. Method of the Study ………………………………………………….. 20 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS A. The Analysis of Symbols ………….……………………………….. 22 1. Eating ……………………………………………………………….. 23 2. Prayer …………..…………………...……………………………… 28 xi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI 3. Love ….……………………………………………………………. 31 B. The Analysis of Happiness ………………………………………….... 35 1. Pleasure ………………………………………………………………. 36 a. Pleasure in Italy ..………………………………………………… 36 b. Pleasure in India .…………………………………………………. 38 c. Pleasure in Indonesia ….…………………………………………. 40 2. Engagement ………………………………………………………….. 42 a. Engagement in Italy ……………………………………………... 42 b. Engagement in India ………………………………...…………… 44 c. Engagement in Indonesia ……………………………………… 45 3. Meaning ……………………………………………………………… 45 a. Meaning in Italy …………………...…….……………………….. 46 b. Meaning in India …………..…….……………………………... 48 c. Meaning in Indonesia …………….……………………………... 50 CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION …………………………………………… 53 BIBLIOGRAPHY …………………………………………………………... 56 xii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRACT KIRANA, FELISIA FANNY. Happiness as Seen through the Symbols of Eating, Prayer, and Love in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2016. The object of the thesis is the novel Eat Pray Love. It was written by Elizabeth Gilbert in 2006 as a book of her spiritual journey. Eat Pray Love consists of 108 chapters and 445 pages. There are two objectives of this study. The first objective is to reveal the symbols of eating, prayer, and love in this novel. The second objective is to find how the symbols of eating, prayer, and love reflect happiness. The method utilized by the writer in analyzing this novel is library research. The primary source is the novel Eat Pray Love. The secondary sources are taken from books and articles related to the theory that the thesis uses which are theory about structuralism and theory about happiness. The other sources are taken from some websites that discuss several studies related with this thesis. The result of the analysis is that the symbols found which are eating, prayer, and love in this novel reflect happiness for Gilbert. Happiness is seen in the activities that Gilbert has done; eating, praying, and loving. Those three activities are related with Seligman‘s authentic happiness theory which is pleasure, engagement, and meaning. Thus, through the symbols of eating, prayer, and love during Gilbert‘s journey in the three countries; Italy, India, and Indonesia, happiness are found. xiii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRAK KIRANA, FELISIA FANNY. Happiness as Seen through the Symbols of Eating, Prayer, and Love in Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love. Yogyakarta: Jurusan Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma, 2016. Objek dari skripsi ini adalah novel berjudul Eat Pray Love. Novel ini ditulis oleh Elizabeth Gilbert pada tahun 2006 sebagai buku dari perjalanan spiritualnya. Eat Pray Love terdiri dari 108 bab dan 445 halaman. Ada dua tujuan dalam penulisan skripsi ini. Tujuan yang pertama adalah untuk menunjukan simbol eating, prayer, dan love dalam novel ini. Tujuan yang kedua adalah menemukan bagaimana simbol-simbol eating, prayer, dan love mencerminkan kebahagiaan. Metode yang digunakan penulis dalam menganalisis novel ini adalah studi pustaka. Sumber primer yang digunakan adalah novel Eat Pray Love. Sumber-sumber sekunder yang digunakan diperoleh dari buku-buku dan artikel-artikel terkait dengan teori yang digunakan dalam skripsi ini yaitu teori mengenai strukturalis dan teori mengenai kebahagiaan. Sumber-sumber lain yang digunakan diperoleh dari halaman web yang membahas tentang studi-studi yang terkait dengan skripsi ini. Hasil dari skripsi ini adalah simbol-simbol eating, prayer, dan love mencerminkan kebahagiaan bagi Gilbert. Kebahagiaan terlihat pada aktivitas yang Gilbert lakukan, yaitu makan, doa, dan cinta. Tiga kegiatan tersebut berkesinambungan dengan teori kebahagiaan oleh Seligman yaitu pleasure, engagement, dan meaning. Maka, melalui simbol eating, prayer, dan love selama perjalanan Gilbert di tiga negara; Itali, India, dan Indonesia, kebahagiaan tersebut ditemukan. xiv PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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