Plot, theme and characters in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Naked Face

Nafisah, Yumnrani (2016) Plot, theme and characters in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and The Naked Face. Diploma thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.

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Abstract

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon are the works that presents a detective story. The detective story of the two novels related to the problem of murder and how to solve a murder case. It because the detective story is related by the formula on literature, namely as a mystery formula. Mystery formula story is not a story that relates to things that are supernatural and creepy, but the stories relating to scenes suspenseful, full of conflict and puzzles and the existence of a case to be solved. There are two research questions that are related to the representations of plot in this research. How is the technique of plot in solving murder cases describe in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon and what the elements caused the similarities in detective theme and differences in detective characters in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie and The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon. Based on the research questions, in analyzing those two works, this research uses technique of plot theory that focuses on representation of solving murder cases itself. Besides that, the additional theory that is used in this research are comparative literature. And then the methodology of this research is descriptive qualitative and discourse analysis method. It is concluded from the research that, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie detective character and technique of solving a murder case is described differently with The Naked Face by Sidney Sheldon which is the used comparison in this research. The differences might be caused by the character detective contained in both these works, in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd solving the murder case described by a private detective who has retired, while in The Naked Face solving the murder case described by one who is not a detective but a profession as a psychoanalyst.

Item Type: Thesis (Diploma)
Uncontrolled Keywords: Plot; theme; characters; novel;
Subjects: English Literatures
English Fiction
Divisions: Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Program Studi Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Rizal Mohamad Sihabudin
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2020 06:17
Last Modified: 11 Aug 2020 07:43
URI: https://digilib.uinsgd.ac.id/id/eprint/32464

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