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Download (2MB) PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SUSAN TRINDER’S SELF-DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTING HER SEXUALITY AS A HOMOSEXUAL IN AISLING WALSH’S FINGERSMITH AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Submitted as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AMALIA FILDZAH KUSUMA PUTRI Student Number : 174214124 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2021 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI SUSAN TRINDER’S SELF DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTING HER SEXUALITY AS A HOMOSEXUAL IN AISLING WALSH’S FINGERSMITH AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Submitted as Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By AMALIA FILDZAH KUSUMA PUTRI Student Number : 174214124 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2021 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis. March 14, 2021 Amalia Fildzah Kusuma Putri v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama : Amalia Fildzah Kusuma Putri Nomor Mahasiswa : 174214124 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul SUSAN TRINDER’S SELF DETERMINATION OF ACCEPTING HER SEXUALITY AS A HOMOSEXUAL IN AISLING WALSH’S FINGERSMITH beserta perangkat yang deperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharna hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal 14 Maret 2021 Yang menyatakan, Amalia Fildzah Kusuma Putri vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “IF YOU’RE GONNA HIT IT, HIT IT UNTIL IT BREAKS!” Oikawa Tooru vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THIS UNDERGRADUATE THESIS IS DEDICATED FOR MYSELF WHO HAS BEEN STRUGGLING ENOUGH THROUGH MANY THINGS SINCE DAY ONE, MY BELOVED PARENTS, AND MY BELOVED BROTHER viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express biggest and deepest gratitude to my thesis advisor, A. B. Sri Mulyani, Ph. D., for her patience guidance and understanding all the time during my process of writing this thesis, and my thesis co-advisor Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum., my thesis examiner, Dr. Gabriel Fajar Sasmita Aji, M.Hum., for their suggestions and feedback for my thesis’s progress. I am very grateful that I finally can finish this thesis. I would like to thank my family for always supporting me unconditionally. For my parents Riswati, and Agus Irwanto, you are the best thing that I have ever had. For my beloved sibling, Akhmad Faizal Kurniawan, thank you for being born as my little brother. Finally, my thesis would not have been completed without my friends’ help and support. I would like to thank Femi, Ratih, Lita, Vania, Agatha, and Irine for the days, suggestions, and discussions we had, also for always supporting and listening to me. I am so blessed to have you all in my life. You are all my daily dose of happiness. I also would like to thank to my favourite singer, Taylor Swift, as her songs accompany me in writing this thesis morning, noon, and night. Next, also for my favourite shows; Attack on Titan and Haikyuu!! Fly High! Volley Ball! and all my comfort characters in it, thank you for comforting me whenever I had no motivation to do anything (watching them makes me happy). Last, for those all who I do not mention in here, thank you. Amalia Fildzah Kusuma Putri ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ........................................................................................................ ii APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ......................................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ..................................................................... v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ... vi MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE ....................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... x LIST OF FIGURES ............................................................................................ xii ABSTRACT ......................................................................................................... xiv ABSTRAK .............................................................................................................. xv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ......................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ............................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation ................................................................................... 4 C. Objectives of the Study ................................................................................ 4 D. Definition of Terms ...................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ..................................................... 7 A. Review of Related Studies ........................................................................... 7 B. Review of Related of Theories ................................................................. 10 1. Theory of Characterization .................................................................... 10 a. Characterization through Appearance ............................................... 10 b. Characterization through Dialogue .................................................. 11 c. Characterization through External Action ........................................ 11 d. Characterization through the Reaction of Other Characters ............. 12 e. Characterization through Contrast: Dramatic Foils .......................... 12 f. Characterization through Caricature and Leimotif .......................... 13 g. Characterization through Choice of Name ....................................... 13 2. Self-Determination Theory .................................................................... 14 3. Queer Theory .......................................................................................... 16 C. Social Class, Gender, and Sexuality in Victorian Britain .......................... 17 1. Social Class ............................................................................................ 17 2. Gender .................................................................................................... 19 3. Sexuality ................................................................................................. 20 D. Theoretical Framework .............................................................................. 21 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 23 A. Object of the Study .................................................................................... 23 B. Approach of the Study ............................................................................... 24 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................... 25 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ................................................................................ 26 A. The Portrayal of Susan ‘Sue’ Trinder’s Characterization .......................... 26 a. Kind ........................................................................................................ 29 b. Coward ................................................................................................... 33 c. Dishonest ................................................................................................ 41 d. Foolish .................................................................................................... 48 e. Tricky ..................................................................................................... 51 B. Sue’s Self-Determination of Accepting Her Sexuality as A Homosexual ................................................................ 54 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ........................................................................... 66 REFERENCES ..................................................................................................... 70 xi PLAGIAT
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