LOUISA MAY ALCOTT'S WORLDVIEW IN THE MAIN CHARACTER OF LITTLE WOMEN NOVEL
Abstract
Worldview is the result of the social condition which was faced by the subject or the author. The historical background and social fact are the reason behind the author’s worldview that was presented in the literary work. In accordance, the aim of this study is to find out how Josephine as the main character of Little Women novel presents the worldview of Louisa May Alcott. This study applies the genetic structuralism theory by Lucien Goldmann. Besides, this study uses a descriptive qualitative method. The study finds that life principle of the main female character who is Josephine is the embodiment of Louisa May Alcott’s worldview on her perspective to put her family as her priority and also her perspective that women have their freedom to determine their life path in marriage while her surrounding says that women have to marry someone. Then, Alcott’s worldview also shows the reflection of the social condition around Alcott in the nineteenth century.References
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