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Self-Efficacy of Motivation of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut in Margaret Landons’ Anna and the King of Siam SELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2008 S ELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 Approved By Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum June 26, 2008 Advisor Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S. M. Hum July 22, 2008 Co- Advisor ii A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis SELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 Defended before the Board of Examiners on October 27, 2008 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairman : Dr. Fr B Alip M. Pd., MA ............................. Secretary : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum …………………. Member : M Luluk Artika W S.S ............................. Member : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum …………………. Member : Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S. M. Hum …………………. Yogyakarta, October 27, 2008 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr I Praptomo Baryadi, M. Hum iii You cannot prevent the birds of worry and care from flying over your head. But you can stop them from building a nest in your head (Bandura) iv For My beloved Mother v SELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2008 S ELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 Approved By Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum June 26, 2008 Advisor Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S. M. Hum July 22, 2008 Co- Advisor ii A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis SELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM By ROSALIA KUSUMANINGSIH Student Number : 024214007 Defended before the Board of Examiners on October 27, 2008 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Signature Chairman : Dr. Fr B Alip M. Pd., MA ............................. Secretary : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum …………………. Member : M Luluk Artika W S.S ............................. Member : Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum …………………. Member : Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S. M. Hum …………………. Yogyakarta, October 27, 2008 Faculty of Letters Sanata Dharma University Dean Dr I Praptomo Baryadi, M. Hum iii You cannot prevent the birds of worry and care from flying over your head. But you can stop them from building a nest in your head (Bandura) iv For My beloved Mother v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA IL MIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma: Nama : Rosalia Kusumaningsih Nomor Mahasiswa : 024214007 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul: “SELF-EFFICACY OF MOTIVATION OF ANNA LEONOWENS AND KING MONGKUT IN MARGARET LANDONS’ ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM” beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma 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 dari saya maupun memberikan royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini yang saya buat dengan sebenarnya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal : 24 Juli 2009 Yang menyatakan (Rosalia Kusumaningsih) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Hallelujah. Finally I have finished my undergraduate thesis. My grateful thank goes to Jesus Christ who has loved and protected His child. I am most grateful to all of those who have given helpful suggestions, advices, guidance and patience, in particular, my major advisor Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka M. Hum. Thank you for the time in correcting my mistakes. To my co-advisor Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani S.S, M.Hum thanks for the advice. My best gratitude mostly goes to my beloved mother, Lucia Sumaryani, S.pd. and my grandmother, Seminuk Pairodiharjo, for the longing, patience and also the tears. I am sorry, I have disappointed you. Thank you for the prayer. I dedicate this thesis for them. I thank my sister, Asteria Ekaristi for the laughter and my brother, Benidektus Risandra Riswan, for being friend instead of family. There will be a brighter future for us. I would like to express my delayed gratitude to all English Letters 2002 classmates especially Dahliya (Thanks for understanding me), Yani (Thanks for encouraging me), Lira (Thanks for the moment), Galang, Sunu, Dodi Adi, Nana, Swesty, Andi, Fena, etc. It is nice to know you all and thanks for questioning my graduation day. vi I thank all Purikids staff, especially for all English Kids teachers, Rikko, Eni, Rita, Deta, Selly, Santi, for the thesis-writing sharing moment. Petra, thanks for the advices. I also would like to thank my beloved best friends, Nining (for the moment we have spent together), Melonita (for being my friend since High School) and Menuk (although you are in Malaysia, it seems you are close to me). I fully thank Maz Wawan, Thanks for being my long-life advisor, for the smile and laughter. Thanks for lending your shoulders when I am down. To Sigit, for the laughter and the pain, thanks for letting me go away from your life and keep supporting me. My great gratitude goes to Yohannes Jatmiko Yuwono thank you for the best moments of laughers and tears. Thanks for rechecking and editing my undergraduate thesis. At last but not the least, I sincerely thank all my friends, thanks for continuously encouraging and motivating me to finish my undergraduate thesis. I Love you all. Rosalia vii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page TITLE PAGE ...…………………………………………………………… i APPROVAL PAGE ………………………………………………………. ii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ............................................................................... iii MOTTO PAGE ........................................................................................... iv DEDICATION PAGE ................................................................................. v ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....…….……………………………………….. vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ……..…….…………………………………….. viii ABSTRACK …...…………………….………………………………….... x ABSTRAK …….……………………….…………………………………. xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ………………………………………. 1 A. Background of the Study ...………………………………….... 1 B. Problem Formulation ....……………………………………….. 5 C. Objectives of the Study ……………………………………....... 5 D. Definition of Terms…………………………………………….. 6 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW ....................……………… 8 A. Review of Related Studies …………………………………...... 8 B. Review of Related Theories ………………………………….... 11 1. Theory of Characterization …………………………………….. 11 2. Theory of Self-efficacy ………………………………………... 12 C. 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 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ….………………………………………… 27 A. The Description of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut ......… 27 1. The Description of Anna Leonowens ……………….................. 27 2. The Description of King Mongkut ……………………............... 30 B. The Influence of Self-efficacy in Anna Leonowens and King 34 Mongkut towards their Motivation …..…………………………… 1. The Source of Self-efficacy in Anna Leonowens …..………….. 33 2. Anna Leonowens’s Self-efficacy Process ………………….…... 39 3. The Source of Self-efficacy in King Mongkut ...………………. 46 4. King Mongkut’s Self-efficacy Process ………………………… 48 viii CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ……………………………………….... 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………………….. 57 APPENDIX : Summary of Margaret Landon’s Anna and the King of Siam 60 ix ABSTRACT Kusumaningsih, Rosalia. (2008). Self-efficacy of Motivations of Anna Leonowens and King Mongkut in Margaret Landon’s Anna and the King of Siam. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. This thesis will analyze deeper on the influence of self-efficacy in Anna Leonowens’ and King Mongkut’s character in Margaret Landon’s novel entitled Anna and the King of Siam. Written in 1862, the novel illustrated the Western expansion in Siam, which was known as colonization era, focused on the encouragement to adapt the behavior and culture in the new society, moreover in the arrival of Anna Leonowens as a teacher and the Siamese condition. Furthermore, the novel described Anna Leonowens’ and King Mongkut’ self- efficacy toward problems. Anna Leonowens is a tough woman and also a mother of her two children. After the loss of her beloved family, Anna Leonowens moved to Siam to teach. There she passed a lot of challenging activities which influenced her confidence to tackle some difficult activities, moreover to free the slaves in Siam. She had to decide to imitate others by encouraging herself
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