The Relation between Writer’s Social Background and Characterization of Antagonist in Short Story “Sepasang Hati Berseteru” by Fauziyah Kurniawati based on The Sociology of Writer

Abstract

This study aims to describe the writer’s social background, to explain the antagonist characterization in “Sepasang Hati Berseteru” by Fauziyah Kurniawati, and to understand the relation between writer’s social background and the antagonist character. This study uses descriptive qualitative. The data collections used are interview, reading, and noting. The technique of data analysis used are reducing data, displaying data, and drawing conclusion. The research result from this discussion are: 1) writer’s social background is a student who failed in love, 2) the antagonist characterization in the writer’s work is a slicky, troublemaker, jealousy, arrogant, and playboy one who wants to ruin the other people’s relationships, 3) the relation of writer’s social background with antagonist character is jealous of her ex-crush’s relationship. Keywords—short story; social background; sociology of literature; writer