Humand/Daemon: the role as human alter ego depicted in Daemon of the Golden Compass / Mahardi Eka Putra - Repositori Universitas Negeri Malang

Humand/Daemon: the role as human alter ego depicted in Daemon of the Golden Compass / Mahardi Eka Putra

Putra, Mahardi Eka (2009) Humand/Daemon: the role as human alter ego depicted in Daemon of the Golden Compass / Mahardi Eka Putra. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.

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Abstract

It is often asserted that reading is an important skill. It helps improve the reader s minds assists with works and pleasures. For every reader there comes a time when they want something new and different so they branch out into other areas of fiction. Trying a new genre can bring new ideas and entertainment to enjoy. Fantasy is one of the many genres of narrative fiction that include mystery romance and science fiction. It is one of the oldest genres. Most fantasy comes from the mythology of Greek and other ancient civilizations. Some of the first Fantasy stories are Gilgamesh from Babylonia The Iliad and Odyssey by Homer of Greece and the Aeneid by Virgil from the Roman Empire. The common basic patterns that form the genre are stories of quests heroes magic gods mythical creatures and adventures. In order to have an appreciation toward the genre of fantasy fiction it is important to try to understand what a fantasy is. Fantasy is a commercial and literary genre of fiction which is a made up story about unreal characters with its own themes and elements. The fiction has realistic plots and characters on the contrary the fantasy deals with the impossible. As Todorov points out that fantastic literature involves an unresolved hesitation between a supernatural (or otherwise paranormal or impossible) solution and a psychological (or realistic) one. Fantasy is a genre that mostly has magic secondary worlds mythical creatures quests and great battles between good and evil. Common elements in the genre are dragons wizards elves trolls and other imaginary characters. Some might have minimal fantastic elements but anything that is not possible in the real world is considered fantasy. It is hard to disagree that in fantasy there is a lesson of understanding the differences of others and there is a lesson of tolerance toward other people which brings new experiences. This statement above might be the suitable line to explain the importance of fantasy. Speaking personally fantasy literatures help the readers to gain understanding or comprehension about being human and to explore the human soul by taking the readers out of the real world. The idea of educating the readers with moral or philosophical lessons through the elements of fantasy arouses my interest to begin this very study.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Subjects: ?? ??
Divisions: Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
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Date Deposited: 30 Dec 2009 04:29
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2009 03:00
URI: http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10752

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