The Influences of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970) on the Readers' Perspective towards Racial Differences: A Reader-response Analysis

Rachma Wijaya, Hebrian and -, Dr. M. Thoyibi, M.S. and -, Dr. Phil. Dewi Candraningrum, M.Ed. (2019) The Influences of Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye (1970) on the Readers' Perspective towards Racial Differences: A Reader-response Analysis. Thesis thesis, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta.

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Abstract

The aim of this study is to inspect the influence of The Bluest Eye novel on the readers’ perspective toward racial differences. The theories used in this study are Reader-response by Richard Beach and attitude in social psychology by Eagly & Chaiken. This study used qualitative method. The data of this study consist of two kind namely primary data and secondary data. Primary data is the response from the readers to the novel on Goodreads website. While the secondary data obtained from other sources like journal, article, internet and another that related to the study. The technique to collect the data is using document review by applying random population sampling from Goodreads website. The technique of analyzing data is using descriptive approach by categorizing the data, exposing the issue in details using reader-response theory and some supporting theories, and making conclusion to get the final result and using method from Miles & Huberman to show the result by reducing data, displaying data, and drawing conclusion. The result of this study shows that the influence of The Bluest Eye novel on the readers’ perspective toward racial differences is in term of attitude change. It consists of three aspects namely affective, behavioral, and cognitive. In affective, the readers’ attitudes toward racial differences are sadness, anxiety, and hatred. In behavioral, the attitudes are respectability, acceptability, and awareness. And in cognitive, the readers have two kinds of attitude namely negative perspective toward racism and positive perspective toward racial differences.

Item Type:	Karya ilmiah (Thesis)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Reader-response, Racial differences, Attitude change.
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PR English literature P Language and Literature > PS American literature
Divisions:	Fakultas Pasca Sarjana > Magister Pengkajian Bahasa
Depositing User:	HEBRIAN RACHMA WIJAYA
Date Deposited:	12 Feb 2019 03:36
Last Modified:	12 Feb 2019 03:36
URI:	http://eprints.ums.ac.id/id/eprint/70614

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