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American Dreams on the Frontiers Community in Cather's My Antonia

ELS Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities · Vol. 7 No. 2 (2024) · pp. 348–355

DOI
10.34050/elsjish.v7i2.35083
ISSN
2621-0835, 2621-0843
Published
2024-06-16
Publisher
Hasanuddin University
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstract

Literature is a space to express sociological issues that are absorbed by the author in the society around him/her as a social phenomenon. The research in this article is a sociological literary research which aims to present the issue of American Dreams values in the novel My Antonia which are absorbed from Willa Cather's sociological experience in American frontier communities in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. American Dreams is a spirit that binds common ideals in order to unite the heterogeneity of the American people into a superior nation in various aspects of life. The issue of American Dreams in the novel My Antonia is analyzed using a scientific method called the Literary Sociology Approach. It emphasizes the author's imagination to literary works have genetics in human sociological life to document certain phenomena in certain societies. Researchers found 7 out of 10 American Dreams values in the spirit of frontier people in the western region of America as documented in the novel My Antonia by Willa Cather, namely Liberty, Democracy, Equality, Opportunity, Education, Progress, and Peace. Liberty is the freedom to determine one's own destiny, Democracy is the right to express one's desires as an independent person, Equality is equal treatment before the law, Opportunity is taking advantage of opportunities for the nation progress, Education is the spirit of seeking knowledge to create new discoveries, Progress is actualizing all potential to achieve prosperity, and Peace is the upholding of human rights to maintain the universal security of humanity.

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  • Hasanuddin University
  • Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan Yayasan Pendidikan Ujung Pandang
  • Universitas Islam Negeri Palopo
  • Universitas Halu Oleo
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Muhammad DarwisHasanuddin University2
NahliahHasanuddin University1
Abdul Hakim YassiHasanuddin University1
Bachriani BachrianiHasanuddin University1
Fitri ArniatiSekolah Tinggi Ilmu Keguruan Dan Ilmu Pendidikan Yayasan Pendidikan Ujung Pandang1
Nurhayati RahmanHasanuddin University1
Herawaty AbbasHasanuddin University1
Desy Nur IndrasariHasanuddin University1
Nasmilah NasmilahHasanuddin University1
Sitti Nur Aisyah RitongaHasanuddin University1
Burhanuddin ArafahHasanuddin University1
Martin L. MandaHasanuddin University1
Magfirah ThayyibUniversitas Islam Negeri Palopo1
Yusriadi YusriadiHasanuddin University1
Lukman LukmanHasanuddin University1
Aziz AzizHasanuddin University1
M. DalyanHasanuddin University1
KaharuddinHasanuddin University1
Munira HasjimHasanuddin University1
Mardi Adi ArminHasanuddin University1
Muliyani MuliyaniHasanuddin University1
Rahmawati AziUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Bahmansyur BahmansyurHasanuddin University1
Tadjuddin MaknunHasanuddin University1
Karim KarimHasanuddin University1
Hasria Riski SHasanuddin University1
Andjarwati SadikHasanuddin University1
H RahmawatiHasanuddin University1
Ikhwan M. SaidHasanuddin University1
Mustafa MakkaHasanuddin University1
Muhammad Fadhly ThahirHasanuddin University1
Gusnawaty GusnawatyHasanuddin University1
Muhammad Syahruddin NawirHasanuddin University1
Muhaammad HasyimAffiliation unknown1
Eva RiaHasanuddin University1

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