SOCIAL CRITICISM IN WLADYSLAW SZPILMAN’S NOVEL THE PIANIST

Abstract

This study aimed to discover and explained the types of social criticism and the social condition in Wladyslaw Szpilman’s novel entitled ‘’The Pianist’’ and this study was hope to be utilized by further researcher. The data sources used in this study was the novel ‘’The Pianist’’. In analyzing the data, the writer used descriptive qualitative research method through sociological approach. Data were obtained by using the techniques of reading, noting and analyzing. While in classifying the data, the writer used Marx’s theory of nine concepts of social criticism and used Alan Swingewood’s theory sociological of literature. After analyzing the data, the writer found that the novel of Wladyslaw Szpilman entitled ‘’The Pianist’’ contains 50 data divided into 8 parts consists of 9 data of social criticism of political problems, 7 data of social criticism of economic problems, 2 data of social criticism of educational problems, 8 data of cultural problems, 17 data of social criticism of moral issues, 3 data of social criticism of family problems, 3 data of social criticism of religious problems and 1 data of social criticism of technology problems. From the data it can be said that the most dominant data were social criticism of moral issues. The data of moral issues showed that many people live the difficult time during the war because of the suppression of the Germans action lead by Hitler.