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THE INTERTEXTUALITY OF KURT VONNEGUT’S SHORT STORY HARRISON BERGERON AND SCOTT WESTERFELD’S NOVEL UGLIES
This research discussed about the intertextuality in Kurt Vonnegut’s short
story Harrison Bergeron and Scott Westerfeld’s novel Uglies, which aimed to
describe the horizontal and vertical axis in the short story and the novel. This
research focused on the horizontal and vertical axis based on Julia Kristeva’s
theory of intertextuality. The data were analyzed using descriptive qualitative
method. The researcher applied note taking as the instrument to get valid data.
This research used note taking as the instrument to get the valid data. This
research was conducted in order to explain the horizontal and vertical axis of the
short story and the novel. The findings revealed the horizontal axis that the
Uglies’s author was influenced by the Harrison Bergeron’s author. Both of the
writer were inspired by what was happened in that time. Then in vertical axis,
relationship of both of the texts were presented the characteristics of dystopia by
Phillip Kendrik Dick. And after revealed the vertical axis, the researcher can
conclude the beauty dystopian issue as the highlight of the genre.
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