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The study on the main character of Sinclair Lewis' Main Street
Get PDFLiterature is the expression of life and the representation of human action
and experience. The literary works are able to reflect the problem of life and
also criticize a certain social condition. The writer is interested in analyzing a
novel in her thesis because a novel tells a long story and is full of details since it
tries to be realistic.
The writer chooses Sinclair Lewis' novel Main Street because she is
interested in the story which tells about a woman who is ambitious to change a
town and the inhabitants of the town. In the novel, the novelist emphasizes the
details of the mediocrity of the American small town and the narrow-mindedness
of its inhabitants.
Using qualitative analysis and evaluation parameters, techniques and
procedure aided with the principles of discourse analysis, content analysis and
literary analysis whenever necessary, this study tries to find out the basic
qualities of the main character which cover physical qualities, social
relationship and mental qualities. This study also tries to find out the way the
main character sees herself, the way the other characters see the main character,
the way the author presents the main character, and whether or not the main
character is able to embody the theme.
The data analysis results show that :
1. Carol Kennicott as the main character of main is described as an
attractive woman in her middle-twenties with her black hair, beautiful skin
and eyes, and her slim body. She, however, is described as a woman who is
not successful in making nice relationship with her society.
2. Carol is a woman who has strong self confidence.
3. The other characters see Carol as an idealistic, ambitious, and arrogant
woman.
4. Carol is presented by the author in dramatic and descriptive presentation and the combination of the two two technique. She is also presented as a
'round' character, and the author treats her sympathetically.
5. Carol is able to embody the theme.
Finally, by studying Lewis' novel Main Street, the writer expects that the
other students will be able to understand the whole content of a literary work and
to develop their understanding of people's character
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Hubungan Durasi Parkir dengan Karakteristik Operasional Angkutan Barang menggunakan Analisis Regresi Linear
Get PDFRetno Widowati, 2015. Hubungan Durasi Parkir dengan Karakteristik Operasional Angkutan Barang menggunakan Analisis Regresi Linear. Skripsi, Jurusan Teknik Sipil Fakultas Teknik Universitas Sebelas Maret. Angkutan barang memiliki perananan penting dalam hal distribusi barang untuk memenuhi kebutuhan. Dalam operasionalnya, pengemudi angkutan barang akan parkir untuk beristirahat maupun untuk mengecek kondisi kendaraannya. Berdasarkan survei pendahuluan, pengemudi menyatakan bahwa kebutuhan waktu parkir dapat dipengaruhi oleh operasional kendaraan antara lain usia sisa ban, jarak tempuh dari lokasi terakhir parkir serta rasio muatan dan kapasitas kendaraannya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui karakteristik angkutan barang serta mengetahui hubungan antara durasi parkir dengan karakteristik operasional angkutan barang yang parkir di pinggir jalan pada ruas Jalan Ki Mangun Sarkoro, Jalan Sumpah Pemuda, dan Jalan Ring Road Surakarta. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode survei dengan cara pengisian kuesioner yang diperoleh dari wawancara terhadap pengemudi angkutan barang yang parkir di pinggir jalan pada ruas Jalan Ki Mangun Sarkoro, Jalan Sumpah Pemuda, dan Jalan Ring Road Surakarta. Metode analisis dalam penelitian ini adalah analisis regresi linear berganda dengan durasi parkir (Y, menit) sebagai variabel terikat dan variabel bebas antara lain usia sisa ban (X1, bulan), jarak tempuh dari lokasi terakhir parkir ke lokasi penelitian (X2, km) serta rasio muatan dan kapasitas (X3). Model persamaan hubungan antara durasi parkir dengan karakteristik operasional angkutan barang yang dihasilkan adalah Y= 177,781 – 13,104X1 + 0,195X2 + 28,092X3, dengan nilai koefisien korelasi masing – masing variabel bebas dengan variabel terikat (r) < 0,25 dan nilai koefisien determinasi (r2) = 0,029. Dari model persamaan diketahui bahwa karakteristik operasional angkutan barang tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap durasi parkir dikarenakan nilai korelasi dan determinasi yang dihasilkan sangat lemah. Kata Kunci : durasi parkir, angkutan barang, operasional, muata
PENGARUH BUDAYA ORGANISASI, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, DAN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TERHADAP EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE PADA PR TUNAS MANDIRI DI KABUPATEN PACITAN
Get PDFIt is important for all managers to understand that employees are a form of organizational resource that can enhance the organization's comparative advantage. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of organizational culture, Transformational Leadership, and Employee Engagement on Employee Performance at PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan district. The sample consisted of 67 production division employees from PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan Regency using a purposive sampling technique. The analysis used in this study uses multiple linear regression analysis. The results of this study indicate that: 1) Organizational Culture variables have a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance at PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan Regency, 2) Transformational Leadership variables have a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance at PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan Regency, 3 ) Employee Engagement variable has a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance at PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan Regency, 4) Organizational Culture, Transformational Leadership, and Employee Engagement variables jointly have a positive and significant effect on Employee Performance at PR Tunas Mandiri in Pacitan Regency
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