A New Song - An Analysis of the Characteristics of Main Characters in Jan Karon’s Novel

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Research focuses on describing the characteristics of main characters and identifying character types in Jan Karon’s novel A New Song. Data were collected through library research using the novel as the primary data source, supported by secondary materials including related articles, books, and internet sources. The study applies a descriptive method to present the findings. Key results show that the main characters are a priest and his wife, drawn from the protagonists, and that Jan Karon characterizes them using indirect characterization. Conflict centers on the main characters defeating their ego.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLiterature

FormatPDF

Pages10

Reading Time15 min

AccessFree to download

Background

Literature, prose, and novel

Character and characterization

Types of characters

Journal An Analysis of The Characteristics of Main Characters in Jan Karon’s Novel ANew Song Presented as a partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Pendidikan of the English Education By M. RIFQI FADLI E1D 108 036 FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION ENGLISH EDUCATION PROGRAM UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM 2015 ABSTRACT This research aims at describing the characteristics of main characters, and types of each character in the novel A New Song by Jan Karon. The purpose of this research is to find out the characteristics of the main characters. The data of this research were gathered through library research from the novel A New Song by Jan Karon as a primary resource of the data and secondary data also taken from other resources such as some articles and books that related to the topic and also from internet. The writer used descriptive method to describe the data. Some important results were found in this research that the main characters in the novel are a priest and his wife. The main characters in the story are taken from the protagonist. Jan Karon characterized the characters in the novel using an indirect characterization method. The conflict in the story is how the main characters defeating their ego. Keywords: Main characters, Characteristic, Character, Types of characters. ABSTRAK Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menjelaskan karakteristik dari karakter utama dan tipe-tipedari masing-masing karakter pendukung dalam novel A New Song karya Jan Karon. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menemukan beberapa karakteristik dari tokoh utama. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini dikumpulkan dari novel A New Song karya Jan Karon sebagaisumber utama dari data yang dikumpulkan dan data tambahan diambil dari berbagai sumber seperti beberapa artikel dan buku-buku yang berhubungan dengan topic pembahasan dan jugadari internet. Penulis menggunakan metode deskriptif dalam memaparkan data-data dalampenelitian ini. Beberapa hasil penting yang ditemukan dalam penelitian ini adalah tokoh utamadalam novel ini adalah seorang pendeta dan istrinya. Tokoh utama dalam cerita adalah tokoh protagonis. Jan karon menggambarkan tokoh dalam cerita ini menggunakan metode penggambaran tokoh secara tidak langsung. Konflik yang dihadapi dalam cerita ini adalah bagaimana tokoh utama dalam cerita mengalahkan ego dalam diri mereka sendiri. Kata Kunci: Tokoh Utama, Karakteristik, Tokoh, Tipe-tipe tokoh I. Background Based on The Great Muslim Scientist and Philosopher - Imam Ja’far Ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq(a.s.) states that Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq (702-765 AD), a Muslim scholar and philosopher, defined literaturesas follows “Literatures is the garment which the writer puts on what he says or write so that it may appear more attractive”. Therefore, the aim of literature is to attract one’s attention in the work itself. Literature is also an expression which reflects our social life and interaction, and therefore, we could not set aside between literature and social aspect. It means that literature could not be separated from the human social life. One genre of literature is prose. Prose can be classified into novel, novelette, and short story. Among them, novel is the longest and the most complex form of prose fiction. It isone of popular literary works; it describes the writer’s thought and imagination about the complete of various worlds. There’s no hard or fast rule about what a short story is, what is a novella and what is a novel. It’s largely a subjective matter for which editors and publishers assign arbitrary numbers based on their needs and available space. To avoid confusion, this site follows the word count used in the Hugo and Nebula contests:Short story 7,500 words or less,Novelette 7,501- 40,000 words, andNovel - 40,001 or more words. Some stories are better told in one category rather than another. So when deciding how long the story will be, writer should thinks about the advantages and disa

FAQs

What is the aim of the research on A New Song?

The research aims to describe the characteristics of the main characters and determine the types of each character in Jan Karon’s A New Song.

How were the research data collected?

The study collected data through library research, using A New Song as the primary source and adding secondary sources such as related articles, books, and internet materials.

Who are the main characters in the novel?

The main characters are a priest and his wife, treated as the protagonists in the story.

Aug 29, 2026

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