The Representation of Animalism Issue in Sewell's Black Beauty

ABSTRACT

According to Taine (1987), literary work is not only centered on imaginative and personal facts, rather it is also a reflection or cultural record of specific ideas. [...]the author's biography and social background are a way to decipher whether it is based on a true-life story or imagination. Learning literature is not only limited to the reading of books. Indonesia is a large country with many people from diverse ethnicities who live together as a society. Besides humans, animals are also reared as either pets or livestock. [...]relates them to concrete historical and social conditions, groups, and classes associated with the writer's vision.