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SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF A DESPERATE WOMAN REFLECTED IN RYAN MURPHY’S EAT,PRAY AND LOVE : AS A READER RESPONSE STUDY

Amalia, Reni Silfiana (2016) SPIRITUAL JOURNEY OF A DESPERATE WOMAN REFLECTED IN RYAN MURPHY’S EAT,PRAY AND LOVE : AS A READER RESPONSE STUDY. Undergraduate thesis, UNIVERSITAS STIKUBANK.

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Abstract

This research paper presents the movie entitled Eat, Pray, and Love. The story tells about Elizabeth Gilbert. Liz as the main character is described as at 32 years old, educated, has a home, a husband, and a successful career as a writer. However, she is unhappy in her marriage and initiated a divorce. The analysis focuses on describing the main character‘s spiritual journey, Liz‘s activity during the journey, and effect of the spiritual journey experienced by the main character. The researcher is interested to analyze them by using reader-response theory. The library research method is applied to make scientific discussion. Meanwhile, the reader-response approach is used to get better understanding in the characters‘ spiritual journey. After analyzing the movie, the result indicates that Liz has spiritual journey in India and Bali after she decides to find a spiritual guidance to solve her problem and depressed situation. In the movie, Liz is categorized as a spiritual person. She also believes her journey to India is also blessed by Jesus Christ. During the meditation, she always stares the picture of David‘s Guru. Then, she decides to find a spiritual journey to Ashram, India. Furthermore, she also continues her journey to Bali, Indonesia. She a lot of many knowledge not only from Guru in Ashram, but also from Ketut Liyer in Bali.. There are some impact of the journey: the spiritual journey brings happiness to herself, she becomes a more positive person, Liz can feel her own strength and balance, and she believes that God is obstacle remover.

Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Additional Information: NIM:12.03.52.0021 SKR.III.05.01.0566
Uncontrolled Keywords: Spiritual Journey,Ryan Murphy‘s, Eat, Pray ,and Love, Reader Response.
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History
Faculty / Institution: Fakultas Bahasa dan Ilmu Budaya
Depositing User: Ani Mariawati
Date Deposited: 14 Nov 2017 05:30
Last Modified: 14 Nov 2017 05:30
URI: https://eprints.unisbank.ac.id/id/eprint/3592

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