Halaman

Selasa, 08 April 2008

THE BEAUTY OF AMERICAN INDIAN NATURE AS REFLECTED IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER’S THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS : A MIMETIC ANALYSIS

BY
Dwi Ani Fitriah
03004046



ABSTRACT

One of James Fenimore Cooper master pieces is The Last of the Mohicans. One of the interesting things of this work is the beauty of American Indian nature as reflected to the novel. This research entitled “The Beauty of American Indian Nature as reflected in James Fennimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans” to describes the beauty of American Indian nature in North America found in the novel.

The researcher used mimetic approach to analyze this thesis. A part of the description is also related to the historical event in North America around 1700-1800. The reason for using the approach is the most suitable, because this approach is able to analyze the condition of American Indian nature. The type of the study is library research. The object of this research is the novel The Last of the Mohicans. Then the research objects that will be analyzed in this research are the beauty of American Indian nature as reflected to the novel. The researcher uses the library method to collect the data needed, that is observation method and documentation method. After collecting the data, the researcher examining the story of the novel to find the beauty of American Indian nature as reflected to the novel. The researcher uses literary research by descriptive qualitative method under the mimetic approach developed by Abrams.

The result of the study can be concluded as follow. In the novel The Last of the Mohicans found that Cooper is able to describe (1) The beauty landscape in North America (2) the beauty prairie in North America, (3) the American Indian, (4) plantation (5) the wild forest in North America, (6) the social condition of American Indians.

Tidak ada komentar: