Literary Criticism: Publish and Flourish Together

Semester Genap 2022 2023

English Literature 2021
Meeting 0: Monday, 30 January 2023

TABLE FOR MEETING 1: Students must present their research frame.

BEFORE UTS: One student one table.

Name Naura Fitri Amanda

Literary Howl’s Moving Castle, A Novel by Diana Wynne Jones

Work
Literary Semiotics
Theory
Research To analyze the characters and the sign that they brought using Saussure Theory in Sophie’s travel
Topic with Howl and his moving castle, also of every miracle which assumed that they also have
meaning behind each of their occurrences in the novel.
Research In the novel, there are some things that can happen to have a meaning behind it, mainly the
problem main characters which are Sophie, Howl, the Fire, and the Witch. and also every miracle
occurrence, such as Sophie’s transformation into an old woman, the walking castle, the Fire who
is holding all of the castle together, and Howl’s constant transmogrification into raven.
Research To examine and decipher the symbolic matters and their meaning that occurred throughout
Purpose Sophie’s journey using Saussure Semiotic theory..
Research 1) What are the characters in the novel that can be considered as a signifier-the sound
Question(s) pattern?
2) What are the miracle occurrences in the novel that can be considered as a signifier-the
sound pattern?
3) What are the signified or the interpretations from each of the main characters in the
novel?
4) What are the signified or the interpretations from each of the miracle occurrences that
happened in the novel?

AFTER UTS: One student one table.

Name Naura Fitri Amanda

Literary Children of Blood and Bone, A Novel by Tomi Adeyemi

Work
Literary Postcolonial Feminism
Theory
Research The prejudice and bigotry from a higher and more powerful class towards the weaker class
Topic which lead to disparity-based violence and brutality, and also the portrayal of empowered
women in the novel that want to fight against those discrimination.
Research The bigotry and prejudice that a higher status of society does to a more lower status society in
problem the novel, which can be a mirror of the commonly encountered occurrence in real life, such as
the racism-based violence and brutality. Also, the character of empowered women and their
willingness to fight the oppression, while also proving the false of preconceived ideas of women
which can be analyzed through the frame of feminism.
Research To examine and configure the racism-based prejudice, hatred and violence and the portrayal of
 Purpose empowered women in the novel which the concept itself might be related to everyday
occurrence in real life.
Research 1) What are the occurrences in the novel that portray the prejudice, hatred, and brutality
Question(s) in which a higher status or rank community does toward the weaker one? And how is
that related to the real concept of racism and discrimination to particular status or
position in real life?
2) What are the occurrences in the novel that portray feminism and emancipated women
in the novel? and how their willingness to break free from being oppressed and
empower the community can be a good representation of women in reality?