Social reality representation in Karen Mcmanus’s One Of Us Is Lying

Karismawan, Dava Adi (2024) Social reality representation in Karen Mcmanus’s One Of Us Is Lying. S1 thesis, Universitas Ahmad Dahlan.

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Abstract

This research is titled “Social Reality Representation in Karen McManus’s One Of Us Is Lying" The study aims to understand the forms of social reality present in the novel One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus using George Lukacs' social realism theory. Therefore, the research focuses on three main questions: (1) Forms of defense and resistance employed by the characters in the novel "One of Us Is Lying," (2) Forms of oppression in the novel “One of Us Is Lying” by Karen McManus, and (3) Strategies, cheating, and traps found in the novel “One of Us Is Lying” by Karen McManus. The objective of this research is to determine the efforts of the four main characters, namely Bronwyn, Addy, Nate, and Cooper, to prove that they are indeed innocent of the murder accusation against the character Simon.
This research employs a qualitative method. The novel One Of Us Is Lying by Karen McManus serves as the primary data source. The data is then analyzed using a sociological approach with George Lukacs' social realism theory to address the research questions.
The results of this study show the forms of defense carried out by the characters Bronwyn, Addy, and Nate and the resistance carried out by the characters such as self-defense, cooperation, facing personal secrets, seeking the truth then forms of oppression experienced by characters such as cyberbullying, blackmail, social violence blackmail and the strategies, cheating, and traps committed by Simon who makes gossip applications, Nate's cheating on drugs, cheating committed by Brownwyn on exams and false evidence.

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Keyword: Social realism, defense and resistance, strategies
Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General)
Divisi / Prodi: Faculty of Letters (Fakultas Sastra) > S1-English Letters(S1-Sastra Inggris)
Depositing User: userperpus2 userperpus2
Date Deposited: 18 May 2024 01:20
Last Modified: 18 May 2024 01:20
URI: http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/63466

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