Hartanto, Fardhian. 2012. An Analysis of Educational Values in Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi’s Novel Entitle
Totto-chan:
The
Little
Girl
at The
Window. Graduating Paper.
English Department of
Education Faculty
State Institute
for Islamic
Studies Salatiga.
Counselor: Dr. Sa’adi, M. Ag.
There are four research problems proposed from the novel Totto-chan: The Little Girl at The Window ; What are the intrinsic literary elements of the
novel Toto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window, What are the educational values of the novel, How
are
the educational values presented in
the novel, What is the implication of the
novel in relation to family education. The method used in analyzing the novel Totto-chan: The Little Girl at The Window is descriptive method. The writer expects that the result of the study can give the advantages as follows: Contribute the development of literary study, particularly
among students of STAIN Salatiga who are interested in the literary study, to enlarge our knowledge about the education, to remind the reader about the importance of education
in our life. The contribution from this research is that the
other researcher can read this paper to improve their ability to appreciate the values of
education the novel. The writer hopes this paper
can be a reference for future research.
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
A. Background of the Study
People have many reasons to study literature. Some people say
they study literature because they want to get new knowledge and some moral or education values from the literary work. On the other hand, people study
literature to get pleasure because they will feel happy and comfortable while
reading or studying it. By
reading literature we would get much benefit,
especially something that has a relation
with our life.
Mariam Webster (1981: 1321) states that literature is writing in prose
of verse, especially; writing having excellence of form of expression and
expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest (literature
stands related to man as
science stand to nature).
Novel is one form of literary work.
It reflects the condition and
situation of human in real life then illustrated by
the
author of the novel in a
written form. Novel is combination of real life
experiences and the imagination of the author. Most
of the aspects in the real life of human are presented in the novel that
the
author conveyed
through the novel.
Novel is a fictional story
in writing and has intrinsic and extrinsic elements. It
usually tells
about human life
in its
interaction with the environment and each other. In a novel, the author makes every effort to direct
the
reader
to
the
descriptions
of
reality life
through
the
stories contained in the novel.
According
to Robert Stanton (1965: 44), novel is a long story. It presents in detail the development of a character or a large complex or a social
situation involving many characters
relationship
or a complicated event covering many
years or a complex relationship
among a few characters.
Totto-Chan:‖The
Little Girl at the Window” is written by
Tetsuko
Kuroyanagi. It tells a story about of a six years girl who lives during the Second World War.
Her name
is Totto-chan. In
her
daily life,
everything that
she does or she asks is always approved by
her
parents. Her attitudes as girl are
different from other children in Nogisaka. In her old school, she always
makes mistakes, makes some
unusual activities, likes standing on the window while the teacher was teaching, etc.
This unusual behavior
makes the teacher frustrated and Totto-chan has to be expelled
from her school.
Then, she en-rolled at Tomoe Gakuen.
The unique school was headed
by Sosaku Kobayashi, a teaching method that is different from the
conventional school. Tomoe
school emphasizes a child's curiosity, and there are many
varieties of interesting things there; like wagon trains classes, beautiful gardens, and a method of
teaching where
students can choose what lessons they want to learn today on an individually, etc. Each student from one class can have different activities and different interests.
The novel Totto-
chan: The Little Girl at the Window is really interesting to explore deeply.
In this study
the writer will search the educational values in the novel Totto-Chan:
The
Little Girl at the Window. The writer
hopes that this research can give solution
to the problems of education in our
life. Moreover,
the writer
hopes this novel
is good
for everybody to
apply this value in daily life, especially for parents and
teacher.
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