A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BLACK MAGIC POWER IN ROGER LANCELYN’S NOVEL KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE AND ANDREA HIRATA’S NOVEL SIRKUS POHON A THESIS BY REGINA GOELA STEVANIE DEPARI REG.NO. 150705028 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, REGINA GOELA STEVANIE DEPARI DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : May 20th, 2019 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : REGINA GOELA STEVANIE DEPARI TITLE OF THESIS : A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BLACK MAGIC POWER IN ROGER LANCELYN’S NOVEL KING ARTHUR AND HIS KNIGHT OF THE ROUND TABLE AND ANDREA HIRATA’S NOVEL SIRKUS POHON QUALIFICATION : S1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : May 20th, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENT Firstly, all praise to the Almighty God, the most gracious and merciful, the lord of the world, who has been giving me His compassions and blessings, so due to those, this thesis is finally finished. My gratitude goes to the Rector of University of Sumatera Utara, Prof. Runtung Sitepu, S.H, M.Hum and the Dean of the Faculty Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. Then, I would like to thank to the Head and the Secretary of English Department, Prof. Dra. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, S.S, M.A, Ph.D. and all the lecturers and the staff of English Department for the facilities and opportunities given to me during my study in this faculty. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum., as my supervisor for his kindness, knowledge, patience, motivation and great advice for me to write and finish this thesis. Also, I would like to thank Dra. Swesana Mardia Lubis, M.Hum., as my co-supervisor for her kindness, great, knowledge, and excellent advice to help me overcome problems I have encountered. vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA My sincere gratefulness is devoted to my parents, Fabian Depari and Rita Vat Nova Br. Ginting. They are the best parents that I have ever had who has been fighting so hard for the sake off my college. I do really thank you that you always support me in every condition, for giving me advices everytime I get lost, giving me motivation everytime I am down, reminding me everytime I do wrong things, and giving me endless loves no matter how often I annoyed you. I am so grateful to have such amazing people that support me from the beginning until now. I dedicate my deepest gratitude to my beloved friends, The members of ―LFH‖ Widi, Rara, Srik, Audry and Miftach, and other friends Anna and Haura. Thank you so much who had been my crazy friend, second family, and always being my energy when I fall down and fell sad. My greatest thanks to all of English Literature students especially for the students of class B 15, who always support me during the process of writing this thesis. Thank you for all the support you have shown me, especially during the college process. I am grateful to have you all in my life. Last but not least, I would like to thank to my dear one Nicolas Bram, the one who often cheers me up, and always understand me in every condition during finishing my college. Thank you for filling out my days, and listening to my whole story. Hopefully we can make our dreams come true. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA In writing this paper, I realized that this thesis is far from being perfect though I have done my best, so I hope suggestion for this thesis. Without any helps and support from all parties, this thesis would not be completed. Finally, may this thesis gives benefits for the readers and future researchers, may the grace, the bless and the love of the Almighty God always be with us forever, and may we always be in the protection of the Almighty God. Amen… Medan, May 20th, 2019 Regina Goela Stevanie Depari Reg. No. 150705028 ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis entitles "A Comparative Study of Black Magic Power in Roger Lancelyn's Novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table and Andrea Hirata's Novel Sirkus Pohon". This thesis discusses about black magic power by elements of magic power. There are two problems that focused in this thesis; the black magic power portrayed in the novel King Arthur and his knights of the round table by Roger Lancelyn Green and Sirkus Pohon by Andrea Hirata and the similarities and the differences of black magic power portrayed in the novel King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green and Sirkus Pohon by Andrea Hirata. The method of research that is used in this thesis is qualitative method. Novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table by Roger Lancelyn and Novel Sirkus Pohon by Andrea Hirata are the primary source of data by using theory elements of magic power by Kanisius and theory comparative literature which is will be compare in this study. The purpose of this thesis are to find out how black magic power and how the similarities and the differences of black magic power are portrayed in the novel King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green and Sirkus Pohon by Andrea Hirata. From this research it is found that the black magic power can be prove from the element of magic power are, subject, object and intermediary that portrayed in both of novels. Keyword: black magic power, comparative, literature x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Tesis ini berjudul "A Comparative Study of Black Magic Power in Roger Lancelyn's Novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table and Andrea Hirata's Novel Sirkus Pohon". Tesis ini membahas tentang kekuatan sihir hitam oleh unsur-unsur kekuatan sihir. Ada dua masalah yang difokuskan dalam tesis ini; kekuatan sihir hitam digambarkan dalam novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table oleh Roger Lancelyn Green dan Sirkus Pohon oleh Andrea Hirata dan persamaan dan perbedaan kekuatan sihir hitam yang digambarkan dalam novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table oleh Roger Lancelyn Green dan Sirkus Pohon oleh Andrea Hirata. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam tesis ini adalah metode kualitatif. Novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table oleh Roger Lancelyn Green dan Novel Sirkus Pohon oleh Andrea Hirata adalah sumber utama data dengan menggunakan elemen-elemen teori kekuatan sihir oleh Kanisius dan teori perbandingan literatur yang akan dibandingkan dalam penelitian ini. Tujuan dari tesis ini adalah untuk mengetahui bagaimana kekuatan sihir hitam dan bagaimana persamaan dan perbedaan kekuatan sihir hitam digambarkan dalam novel Novel King Arthur and His Knight of The Round Table oleh Roger Lancelyn Green dan Novel Sirkus Pohon oleh Andrea Hirata. Dari penelitian ini ditemukan bahwa kekuatan sihir hitam dapat dibuktikan dari unsur kekuatan sihir adalah, subjek, objek dan perantara yang digambarkan dalam kedua novel. Kata kunci: kekuatan ilmu hitam, komparatif, sastra xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION………………………………………………………….. v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION………………………………………………………... vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS……………………………………………………………….. vii ABSTRACT………………………………………………………………………….…… x ABSTRAK………………………………………………………………………………... xi TABLE OF CONTENTS………………………………………………………………... xii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 1 1.1 Background of the Study................................................................ 1 1.2 Problems of the Study…................................................................ 6 1.3 Objectives of the Study.................................................................. 7 1.4 Scope of the Study......................................................................... 7 1.5 Significance of the Study............................................................... 7 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE........................................................... 8 2.1 Novel.............................................................................................. 8 2.1 A Brief Description of Comparative Literature............................. 9 2.2 Motif............................................................................................... 11 2.3 A Brief Description of Black Magic Power................................... 12 2.4 Previous Researches....................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY............................................................. 17 3.1 Research Design............................................................................. 17 3.2 Data and Data Source..................................................................... 18 3.3 Data Collecting Procedure............................................................