Self as Reflected in Kahlil Gibran’s Four Prose Poetry: “The Prophet”

Abstract

The title of this thesis is ‘Self’ as Reflected in Kahlil Gibran’s Prose Poetry: The Prophet. In this thesis, there is analysis of ‘concept of self’ which has been written in Kahlil Gibran’s book ‘The Prophet’. This analysis is for explaining how the process of developing self by self-knowledge, talking, teaching, and pain where the main focus is how we must deal with ourselves. The method used in this thesis is descriptive method that analyzes and interprets the data to know Kahlil Gibran’s point of view about ‘the concept of self’ trough selected theme from the book “The Prophet”. This analysis is by using many sources as reference.

Skripsiiniberjudul ‘Self’ as Reflected in Kahlil Gibran’s Prose Poetry: The Prophet. Di dalamskripsiiniterdapatanalisismengenai ‘konsepidentitasdiri’ yang terdapatdalambukuThe Prophet yang ditulisolehKahlil Gibran.Analisisinibertujuanuntukmenjelaskanbagaimana proses pengembanganjatidirimelaluikonsepbelajar, bicara, pengetahuandiridan rasa sakit. Dimanafokusutamadalamsetiapkonsepadalahtentangbagaimanakitaberdamaidengandirikitasendiri. Adapunmetode yang digunakandalampenulisanskripsiiniadalahmetodeanalisisdeskriptif yang bertujuanmenggambarkanpandanganKahlil Gibran tentang ‘konsepindentitasdiri’ melaluibeberapatema yang terpilihdalambukuThe Prophet.Penggambaraninimemuatinterpretasi yang kemudiandianalisisberdasarkan data yang di dapatdariberbagaisumber.