Review: literary study research

Interpret means to discover new meanings.

Research means to find new realities.

A survivor should be adaptation (as a way to survive) with all creatures.

Adaptation > mind > generates imagination > form of human imagination. Form of human imagination = language, literature, science, and culture.

Names are created productively by Adam.

Started from

Words Such as, Testimony Wills Prayers Oath (sumpah) Swearing Promise curse

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Reality

Words are important because of words to communicate with others.

     

Convention

Oral literature

Written literature

Visual & Audio media (rarely use)

Oral tradition > Written / Reading tradition (science) > Visual / Audio tradition (electronic technology development)

Communication by your English (open your world)

Distinctive activities of literature and literary study research.

Literature > creative arts > need imagination.

Literary study research > scientific work > base: science method theory (object) characteristics: 1. Five senses, 2. Empirical, 3. Qualitative and quantitative.

The requirement of research papers:

To collect and interpret evidence

Evidence means supporting the truth/reality/argument.

Strong evidence = hard evidence

How to collect the evidence? The existing evidences are widespread, so they should be gathered.

Criticism is different from Research because research is objective.

So, what are the differences between criticism and research?

Criticism	Research
Tends to contain resume personal (opinion)	Not only scholar’s opinion but also evidence and the researcher’s thought (judgment)
Subjective	Objective

Research can be a tedious and frustrating.

Result of research: 1. A sense of victory, 2. At having studied thoroughly and conclusion which seem objective, irresistible, temporally.

Material source divides into two: 1. Primary materials, 2. Secondary materials.

In literary research object, we oriented the author, text and reader.

For example,

Author oriented:

Primary material that is an author itself whereas secondary material that is a reader.

Text oriented:

The primary material of course text itself and the secondary materials are author, reader an article, books which are related to text.

Reader oriented:

The primary material is a reader itself and the secondary materials are text, author, articles, books that related to readers.