THE RELATION BETWEEN BEING ORPHANS AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIAL STATUS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA AS REFLECTED IN A LITTLE PRINCESS NOVEL

YULIAWATI, ELLYA (2023) THE RELATION BETWEEN BEING ORPHANS AND ITS EFFECT ON SOCIAL STATUS IN THE VICTORIAN ERA AS REFLECTED IN A LITTLE PRINCESS NOVEL. Undergraduate thesis, UNIVERSITAS ISLAM SULTAN AGUNG.

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Abstract

This study is motivated by the existence of the phenomenon of conditions experienced by Victorian era children, especially those who being orphans. Furthermore, this study is examined more broadly regarding the relationship between social class stratification and being orphans that causes the effect of social inequality in the Victorian era. This study used a novel entitled A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Meanwhile, Sara Crewe, the main character in the novel, became the focus point in this study to explore how social class differences affect the treatment of a person, especially as an orphan character. This study used a Victorian era background to examine the issues in this study. Qualitative descriptive methods were used in this study to analyze data collected from monologues, dialogues, and narrations in the novel. Furthermore, several steps of data collection were conducted, include; reading the novel, identifying data, classifying data, and reducing data from the novel. Primary data were obtained from the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett, while secondary data were obtained from journals, books, and articles related to the topic. As the results, this study found that the social class stratification in the Victorian era in the novel A Little Princess were divided into three class stratifications, namely the upper-class, the middle-class, and the working-class. Furthermore, Sara’s life after being an orphan changed into adoption, and lived in a workhouse. Finally, the result of being an orphan was the social inequality experienced by Sara Crewe because of the shift in her social class stratification. Keywords: Social Class Stratification, Orphans, Social Inequality, Victorian Era

Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Divisions:	Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Komunikasi > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Pustakawan 3 UNISSULA
Date Deposited:	11 Oct 2023 04:26
Last Modified:	11 Oct 2023 04:26
URI:	http://repository.unissula.ac.id/id/eprint/31469

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