PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MAIN CHARACTER’S MANAGEMENT OF GRIEF AS REFLECTED IN HELEN FIELDING’S BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Sarjana Sastra In English Letters By NURADHA TRIYANINGTIAS Student Number: 114214061 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2017 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI THE MAIN CHARACTER’S MANAGEMENT OF GRIEF AS REFLECTED IN HELEN FIELDING’S BRIDGET JONES: MAD ABOUT THE BOY AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Sarjana Sastra In English Letters By NURADHA TRIYANINGTIAS Student Number: 114214061 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2017 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI iii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI iv PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI vi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “Without action, you aren’t going anywhere.” ─Mahatma Gandhi vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI I dedicated this thesis to my parents and my big families. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This page is dedicated for those who help and support me in writing this undergraduate thesis. First of all, I would like to thank my Allah SWT for all the blessings in the process of my research and for the strength during the difficulties in writing this study. My second gratitude is sincerely addressed for my thesis advisor, Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani, M.Hum, for all her guidance and advice so that I can complete this undergraduate thesis. Besides, I also thank my co-advisor Maria Ananta Tri Suryandari, S.S., M.Ed for her willingness to correct my thesis. I would also give thank my all lecturers who help me during my study in Sanata Dharma University and all staff in Secretariat of English Letters. Then my gratitude goes to my parents, Ibu and Bapak, who never stop to support me to finish this study, for all the call day and night to remind me to do my obligation. Also for my brother, Mas Ary, and my sisters, Putri and Mbak Mita for the support along the way to finish this study. Also, my special thanks are given to my high school friends in Balikpapan, my best friends Deasy, Ika, Ikhsan, Tony, Nuri, Noa, Nabil, who never get tired to remind me for finishing my thesis. For Jumva, thank you for answering all my questions before I submit this paper, you are truly my 24 hours non-stop emergency calling. I thank my kost best mates Bella and mbak Ratih for always there beside me, for always cheer me up and for always let me be me. For Nana, thank you for always be my partner for sharing all my problems. For Hanif, thank you for becoming my partner for mid-night food hunting. I thank Indah, Lynka, ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI Ayu, Oksa, Indah, Ardian, Intan, for the friendship and all the memories during my study in Sanata Dharma University. String Movie Maniacs, thank you for let me be a part of you. Last but not least, I also thank all my hiking partners from Jakarta, Bandung, Malang, Semarang, and Lombok for guided me wherever I go during my college break, for all the sincerity to help me on difficult tracks and also for always provided the safety equipment for hiking. For my KKN group, Bu Dukuh, Pak Dukuh, and all the member of her families, thank you so much for all the experiences we have been through, thank you for the good atmosphere, thank you for becoming my second family. Nuradha Triyaningtias x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK 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 ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................ xii ABSTRAK ............................................................................................................. xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study .......................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ............................................................................... 5 C. Objective of The Study ............................................................................ 5 D. Definition of Terms .................................................................................. 6 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ....................................................... 8 A. Review of Related Studies ....................................................................... 8 B. Review of Related Theories ................................................................... 12 1. Theory of Character and Characterization ................................. 12 2. Theory of Stage of Grief ............................................................ 14 3. The Relation between Psychology and Literature ..................... 18 C. Theoretical Framework .......................................................................... 19 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ..................................................................... 21 A. Object of the Study ................................................................................. 21 B. Approach of the Study ........................................................................... 22 C. Method of the Study ............................................................................... 23 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .................................................................................. 25 A. The Description of Bridget Jones ........................................................... 26 B. The Management of Grief of Bridget Jones ........................................... 38 1. Stage of Denial ................................................................................. 39 2. Stage of Anger .................................................................................. 42 3. Stage of Bargaining .......................................................................... 44 4. Stage of Depression .......................................................................... 47 5. Stage of Acceptance ........................................................................ 50 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 54 BIBLIOGRAPHY .................................................................................................. 57 APPENDIX ............................................................................................................. 59 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT TRIYANINGTIAS, NURADHA. The Main Character’s Management of Grief as Reflected in Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones: Mad about The Boy. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2017. Bridget Jones: Mad about The Boy tells about the life of the main character, Bridget Jones, in managing her grief after the death of her husband, Mark Darcy. She has two children, Billy and Mabel, to be taken care of and it is not easy as she holds double roles on parenting. This research focuses on revealing the process of the main character’s management of grief through a psychological approach. In this research, there are two questions related to the topic. The first question is how the characterization of the main character and the roles of Bridget Jones are described in Bridget Jones: Mad about The Boy after losing her husband and the second question is how she manages her grief. This study uses the theory of character and characterization by M.H Abram and M. J Murphy, the theory of relation between literature and psychology by Wellek and Waren, Reichert, Stanton, Crow and Crow, Rohrberger dan Woods and the last is the theory of stages of grief by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler. In this study, it uses the library research method as the primary source. Besides, it also collects the data from the internet and some theoretical books to support the study. The approach used in this study is psychological approach. This approach is used as this study highlights how Bridget Jones as a single parent with two children manages her grief after the death of her husband. In the analysis, it shows that the description of Bridget Jones is divided into three parts in order to better