AN ANALYSIS OF EDUCATIONAL VALUES IN TETSUKO KUROYANAGI’S NOVEL ENTITLE TOTTO-CHAN: THE LITTLE GIRL AT THE WINDOW

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE .................................................................................................................... i
STATEMENT OF CERTIFICATION .................................................................. ii
DECLARATION .................................................................................................. iii
ATTENTIVE COUNSELOR NOTES .................................................................. iv
MOTTO ................................................................................................................ v
DEDICATION ...................................................................................................... vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .................................................................................... vii
ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...................................................................................... x
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION
A. Background of Study .............................................................. 1
B. Statements of The Problem ..................................................... 3
C. Objectives of the Study ........................................................... 3
D. Benefit of the Study ................................................................ 4
E. Clarification of key Terms ...................................................... 4
F. Review of Previous Researches .............................................. 6
G. Graduating Paper Outline ........................................................ 7
CHAPTER II : METHODOLOGY OF THE RESEARCH AND CERTAIN
ELEMENT OF THE NOVEL
A. Methodology of the Research …………………… ................ 10
B. Certain Element of the Novel .................................................. 11
CHAPTER III : THEORITICAL REVIEW OF EDUCATIONAL VALUES
A. Education ................................................................................. 34
B. Values ...................................................................................... 36
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C. Definition of Educational Values ............................................. 31
D. Relation between Literature and Education ............................. 41
CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION
A. Intrinsic Elements of the Novel Totto-chan: Little Girl at
the Window ............................................................................... 44
B. Educational Values of the novel Totto-Chan: Little Girl at
the window ................................................................................ 56
C. The Implication of the novel in Relation to Family
Education .................................................................................. 62
CHAPTER V : CLOSURE
A. Conclusion ................................................................................ 65
B. Suggestion ................................................................................. 67
BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

A. Background of the Study

People have many reasons to study literature. Some people say they study literature because they want to get new knowledge and some moral or education values from the literary work. On the other hand, people study literature to get pleasure because they will feel happy and comfortable while reading or studying it. By reading literature we would get much benefit, especially something that has a relation with our life.

Mariam Webster (1981: 1321) states that literature is writing in prose of verse, especially; writing having excellence of form of expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest (literature stands related to man as science stand to nature).

Novel is one form of literary work. It reflects the condition and situation of human in real life then illustrated by the author of the novel in a written form. Novel is combination of real life experiences and the imagination of the author. Most of the aspects in the real life of human are presented in the novel that the author conveyed through the novel.

Novel is a fictional story in writing and has intrinsic and extrinsic elements. It usually tells about human life in its interaction with the environment and each other. In a novel, the author makes every effort to direct the reader to the descriptions of reality life through the stories contained in the novel.

According to Robert Stanton (1965: 44), novel is a long story. It presents in detail the development of a character or a large complex or a social situation involving many characters relationship or a complicated event covering many years or a complex relationship among a few characters. Totto-Chan:‖The Little Girl at the Window” is written by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi. It tells a story about of a six years girl who lives during the

Second World War. Her name is Totto-chan. In her daily life, everything that she does or she asks is always approved by her parents. Her attitudes as girl are different from other children in Nogisaka. In her old school, she always makes mistakes, makes some unusual activities, likes standing on the window while the teacher was teaching, etc. This unusual behavior makes the teacher frustrated and Totto-chan has to be expelled from her school. Then, she en-rolled at Tomoe Gakuen. The unique school was headed by Sosaku Kobayashi, a teaching method that is different from the conventional school. Tomoe school emphasizes a child's curiosity, and there are many varieties of interesting things there; like wagon trains classes, beautiful gardens, and a method of teaching where students can choose what lessons they want to learn today on an individually, etc. Each student from one class can have different activities and different interests. The novel Tottochan: The Little Girl at the Window is really interesting to explore deeply.

In this study the writer will search the educational values in the novel Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window. The writer hopes that this research can give solution to the problems of education in our life. Moreover, the writer hopes this novel is good for everybody to apply this value in daily life, especially for parents and teacher.

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