PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ELOISA JAMES’ VIEWS TOWARDS BRITISH SOCIAL CONDITION IN THE 19TH CENTURY AS REFLECTED IN A KISS AT MIDNIGHT AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By DILA NURROHMAH Student Number: 094214049 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2015 PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ELOISA JAMES’ VIEWS TOWARDS BRITISH SOCIAL CONDITION IN THE 19TH CENTURY AS REFLECTED IN A KISS AT MIDNIGHT AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By DILA NURROHMAH Student Number: 094214049 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAMME DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2015 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 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. Yogyakarta, August 10, 2015 Dila Nurrohmah v PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma: Nama : Dila Nurrohmah Nomor Mahasiswa : 094214049 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul: ELOISA JAMES’ VIEWS TOWARDS BRITISH SOCIAL CONDITION IN THE 19TH CENTURY AS REFLECTED IN A KISS AT MIDNIGHT beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data, mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta izin dari saya maupun memberikan royalty kepada saya selama tetap mencatumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal 10 Agustus 2015 Yang menyatakan (Dila Nurrohmah) vi PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI Verily never will Allah change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (with their own souls). (Ar-Ra’d, ayah 11) vii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI For my beloved father, Subagya, S.Pd. viii PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First, let me pray my praise and gratitude to Allah SWT who gives me strength to finish this thesis. This thesis is dedicated to my father, Subagya who gives me great support to my education. I also thank my mother, Painem for all her love and support. I would like to express my greatest gratitude to my advisor, P. Sarwoto, S.S., M.A., Ph.D., for all guidance and advice that helped me in finishing this thesis. I also thank my co-advisor, Drs. Hirmawan Wijanarka, M.Hum., for giving me advice and suggestion for my thesis. I would like to thank all my lecturers in English Letters Department, the secretariat staff, and the library staff who helped me during my study. I would like to thank my friends who helped me doing this thesis, Dominika Restu for all the love and support, and Helen Marta Sari for her opinion and suggestion. I thank my sister, Ida Nurmila is the best sister in the world, and my brother, Rohmad Fauzi who gave me great support. My special thanks go to my friends, Siti Fatimah, Nurrohmah Fithriya, and Rina Mei. Finally, I thank Forum Keluarga Muslim BUDI UTAMA USD for the friendship and chance to study. Dila Nurrohmah ix 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......................... v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY.............................................................. vi MOTTO PAGE ............................................................................................. vii DEDICATION PAGE .................................................................................. viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................... ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. x ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... xi ABSTRAK........................................................................................................ xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................. 1 A. Background of the Study .................................................................. 1 B. Problem Formulation ........................................................................ 3 C. Objectives of the Study .................................................................... 3 D. Definition of Terms .......................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ............................................. 5 A. Review of Related Studies ............................................................... 5 B. Review of Related Theories ............................................................. 7 C. Theoretical Framework .................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ............................................................ 17 A. Object of the Study ........................................................................... 17 B. Approach of the Study ...................................................................... 19 C. Method of the Study ........................................................................ 20 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS ......................................................................... 22 A. The Characters ..................................................................................22 B. The Social Condition of 19th Century British Depicted as Settingggk in the Novel .......................................................................................30 C. Eloisa James’ Views toward British Social Condition in the 19th Century.............................................................................................. 38 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ................................................................... 46 BIBLIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................... 47 APPENDICES ............................................................................................... 49 Summary ............................................................................................... 49 Biography............................................................................................... 50 x PLAGIATPLAGIAT MERUPAKAN MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TIDAK TERPUJI TERPUJI ABSTRACT NURROHMAH, DILA. Eloisa James’ Views Towards British Social Condition in the 19th Century as Reflected in A Kiss At Midnight. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2015. This thesis discusses Eloisa James’ views in the novel A Kiss at Midnight. A Kiss at Midnight is a historical romance novel. This novel was written in 2010 but the setting is in the 19th century British. This study is to understand the author’s views that states in the novel. There are three objectives in this study. The first objective is to see the characters in Eloisa James’ A Kiss at Midnight. The second objective is to see Social Condition of 19th Century British depicted as setting in the novel. The third objective is to understand the characters and setting in Eloisa James’ A Kiss at Midnight that reflect James’ views toward British Social Condition in the 19th Century. In order to achieve the aims of the study, the writer uses library research. The main source of this study is a novel, A Kiss at Midnight novel. The secondary sources are obtained from several books and the internet sites that support this study. The approach used in analyzing this study is sociocultural-historical. Sociocultural-historical is suitable in analyzing this novel because this study investigates the civilization in the 19th century. The analysis of this study shows that there are four important characters in this novel, Katherine Daltry, Prince Gabriel, Mariana Daltry, and Victoria Daltry. The setting in the novel A Kiss at Midnight is British in the 19th century. The novel states that the society is divided into classes;