POWER ABUSE IN CHARLES DICKENS’S DAVID COPPERFIELD: A MARXIST APPROACH

摘要

Power abuse is one of the social problems in the society. It is happen udbecause there are two social class namely upper classes and lower class. Power udabuse can be used as subject in literary work because literary work is a picture of udhuman life. One of the literary work that use power abuses as subject is David udCopperfield. The author of David Copperfield is Charles Dickens, a famous udauthor at Victorian era. Power abuse is also related to the oppression so that so udthat it can be analyze by using Marxist Approach. udMarxist Approach is one of the literary, which based on economic and udpolitical theories or Karl Marx. Literary work is picture of human. It means that udthe society influences literary work in many aspects such as social aspects, udeconomic aspects, political aspects, science and technological aspect, cultural udaspects, and religious aspects. In this novel, power abuse can be seen from udcharacters and characterization, plot, style, and theme. udThis novel also analyzed based on Marxist approach. Dialectical udmaterialism can be seen from characters and characterization, and plot. Historical udmaterialism can be seen from character and characterization, plot, style, and udtheme. Alienation can be seen from character and characterization, plot, and udsetting. Revolution can be seen from character and characterization, and setting. udClass struggle can be seen from character and characterization and plot. udRevolution can be seen from character and characterization, setting, and plot. udIn this novel, power abuse is portrayed in many aspects such as social udaspects, economic aspects, and politic aspects. In social aspects, power abuse can udbe seen from character and characterization, plot, style, and theme. In economic udaspects, power abuse can be seen from character and characterization, plot, and udtheme. In politic aspects, power abuse can be seen from character and udcharacterization. ud