THE ROLES OF MENTOR IN THE HERO’S JOURNEY IN C. S. LEWIS’ THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE HORSE AND HIS BOY

Nisrina Aditya Putri, English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia

Abstract


Abstract

This research aimed to (1) reveals the types and roles of mentor in the hero’s journey in Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy and (2) to reveal the influence of the mentor to the hero in completing his journey. To answer the objectives, the researcher used Jung’s theory of archetypes and Vogler’s theory of mentor character archetypes.

This research is a qualitative research. The main data of this research were sentences, expressions and paragraphs taken from Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy. To analyze the data, the researcher used textual analysis. To ensure the data trustworthines, peer debriefing was used in this research.

This research reveals two findings. The first finding is that there are four types of mentor and five roles of mentor in Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy. The four types of mentor are Fallen Mentor, Multiple Mentors, Mentor as Shaman, and Inner Mentor. Meanwhile, the five roles of mentor are Teacher, Gift Giver, the Hero’s Conscience, Motivator, and Planter. The second finding is that the mentors whom Shasta met influence him in the three aspects in his Hero’s Journey. Those three aspects are the hero’s decision-making, the duration of the stages in hero’s journey, and the forging team.

 

Keywords: mentor, archetypes, hero’s journey, influence, Narnia.

 

Abstrak

Penelitian ini memiliki dua tujuan. Tujuan pertama adalah mengidentifikasi peran mentor dalam novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy karangan C. S. Lewis. Tujuan kedua adalah untuk mengungkapkan pengaruh Mentor kepada hero dalam menyelesaikan perjalanannya dalam novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy. Teori Jung tentang arketipe dan teori Vogler tentang karakter mentor adalah dasar analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini.

Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif. Data utama dari penelitian ini adalah kalimat, ekspresi dan paragraf yang diambil dari novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy. Untuk menganalisis data, peneliti menggunakan analisis tekstual. Untuk memastikan data yang dipercaya, peer debriefing digunakan dalam penelitian ini.

Penelitian ini mengungkap tiga temuan. Temuan pertama adalah bahwa ada empat jenis mentor dan lima peran mentor dalam novel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy. Empat jenis mentor tersebut adalah Fallen Mentor, Multiple Mentors, Mentor as Shaman, dan Inner Mentor. Sementara itu, lima peran mentor adalah Teacher, Gift Giver, the Hero’s Conscience, Motivator, dan Planter. Temuan kedua adalah bahwa para mentor yang membina Shasta mempengaruhi dia dalam tiga aspek dalam Hero's Journey. Ketiga aspek tersebut adalah kemampuan hero dalam pengambilan keputusan, durasi tahapan dalam hero’s journey, dan pembentukan tim. ketiga adalah mentor sebagai salah satu arketipe dan bagian dari collective unconscious dapat ditemukan dalam orang-orang yang ada di kehidupan sehari-hari.

 

Kata kunci: mentor, arketipe, hero’s journey, pengaruh, Narnia.


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