The Need For Harmony Between One's Career And FamilyReflected In Avery Corman's The Old Neighborhood Novel (1980): A Sociological Perspective

• Main Authors: Dewi, Silvia (Author), , Drs. M. Thoyibi, M.S (Author), , Siti Fatimah, S. Pd, M.Hum (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2013.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Connect to this object online
• Notes: https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/18/JURNAL_PUBLIKASI.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/1/COVER.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/3/CHAPTER_I.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/6/CHAPTER_II.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/9/CHAPTER_III.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/11/CHAPTER_IV.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/12/CHAPTER_V.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/13/CHAPTER_VI.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/14/BIBLIOGRAPHY.pdf; https://eprints.ums.ac.id/26871/16/SYNOPSIS.pdf
• Keywords: PN Literature (General)

The problem of this study is how to keep harmony between career and family in social life is reflected in Avery Corman's The Old Neighborhood. The objective of this study is to analyze the novel based on the structural elements and to analyze the novel based on the sociological perspective. This study belongs to qualitative method. In this method, there are two types of data source, namely primary and secondary data source. The primary data source is the novel itself, meanwhile the secondary data sources are other materials related to the study. Both data are collected through library research and analyzed by descriptive analysis. Based on the analysis the researcher draws the following conclusions. First, based on the structural analysis of each element, it shows that the character and characterization, setting, plot, point of view, style, and theme are related to each other and form the unity into good quality of novel. It conveys a message about people needs to keep the harmony between their career and family .Second,based on the sociological analysis, there is a close relationship between the novel story and the reality of American life in the late twentieth century.