THE NEED FOR PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS IN DANIEL DEFOE’S ROBINSON CRUSOE: A SOCIOLOGICAL APPROACH
The major problem of this study is how problem solving skills are reflected in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The objective of this study is to analyze the novel based on the structural elements and to analyze the novel based on the sociological approach. This study belongs to qualitativ...
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2007
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| Résumé: | The major problem of this study is how problem solving skills are
reflected in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. The objective of this study is to
analyze the novel based on the structural elements and to analyze the novel based
on the sociological approach.
This study belongs to qualitative methods. In this method, they are two
data types of data source, namely primary and secondary data source. The primary
data is the novel itself and secondary data is the theory of sociological approach,
which is proposed by Alan Swingewood and Diana Laurenson, and other books
that are related to the research. The study uses library research of descriptive
analysis.
The outcome of this study shows that problem solving skills are resulted
from social conflicts in the society among the characters. The structural elements
of the novel that consist of character and characterization, setting, plot, point of
view, style and theme also influence the major character in facing the problem
using problem solving skills. Besides that, the sociological perspective become
the main aspect in examine the need for problem solving skills in the novel that is
suitable with the society in England at late seventeenth and early eighteenth
century. |
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