| dc.description.abstract | The Graveyard Book , a novel written by Neil Gaiman tells the story about a boy
named Bod whom is raised by monsters live in the graveyard such as vampire,
werewolf, ghouls and ghost. The story not only tells about Bod's life but also the
difference representation of the monsters. The monsters in the novel are the same as
the monsters exist in gothic literature such as vampire, werewolf and ghouls. The
role of monster in gothic era is made to spread terror while monsters in The
Graveyard Book have the opposite role. They are pictured as helper, harmless and
kind. It leads to the three main questions to be problem to be discussed, the monsters
as the significant element in horror fiction, the representation of monsters in
preceding novels and the changing role of the monsters.
The research uses inductive method to analyze the data. First, the writer reads
the The Graveyard Book novel as the primary data. Secondly, the writer chooses the
data relating to the research topic. The writer also reads the other references to add
the data about the topic. The writer applies the postmodern theory by Linda
Hutcheon to analyze the transformation of the monsters representation. Finally, the
writer comes to the conclusion.
From this analysis, it can be concluded that the representation of monsters
reflected to the society. Monsters in Gothic era are created to spread horror and terror
while monsters in postmodern society try to fit into human society. It by means that
the postmodern marks rely on the monsters exists in The Graveyard Book. | en_US |
