Social Problems of England in the Beginning of 20th Century in Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”

ABSTRACT

Sriyani. 2018. Social Problems of England in the Beginning of 20^th Century in Bernard Shaw’s “Pygmalion”. Study Program of English Literature. English Department, Faculty of Languages and Literatures, Universitas Negeri Makassar. (Supervised by Sultan and Abdul Halim)

            This study aimed at finding out the social condition, kinds of social problem, and the way the author criticizes the social problems of England in the beginning of 20th century in Pygmalion (1912). This study applied the descriptive method and used genetic structuralism approach to analyze the social problems of England and related it to the drama. The source of data was the Pygmalion drama and the social condition of England in the beginning of 20th century. The data were collected by; 1) Read the Pygmalion drama, 2) Read the social conditions of England in the beginning of the 20th century, and 3) Read the biography of the author. This study found several social problems of England in the beginning of 20th century in Pygmalion : poverty, education problem, gender inequality, and social class gap. The writer also found the way the author criticizes the social problems of England in Pygmalion in the beginning of 20^th century.

Keywords: Social Problems, Sociological approach, Poverty, Social Class, England, 20^th century.