ABSTRACT

PUJI ASTUTI, C1C1 12 062. The Fictional and The Historical Fact in “Agora” Movie by Alejandro Amenabar. Cultural Studies Faculty at Halu Oleo University. Under Advisor by Drs. Ansor Putra, M. Hum. (First Supervisor) and Muarifuddin, S.Pd., M.A. (Co. Supervisor).
The movie entitled '' Agora 'describes how is the condition of Egyptian society in 391 AD. Agora movie written by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil in 2009 narrates about the struggle of a female philosopher in an atmosphere of conflict between philosophy (at that time, philosophy also means science) against religion. Alejandro Amenabar retells the story of Agora in a different version. In Agora movie, there are similarities and differences with their history. These equations and differences are part of Henry H.H Remak comparative literature theory in analyzing texts. The formulation of the problem from this research is "What are the similarities and the differences of historical and fictional fact in Agora movie by Alejandro Amenabar?" The purpose of this study is to compare what are the similarities and differences of historical and fictional fact in Agora movie. The sources of data in this study was the data collected from the Agora movie that is written by Alejandro Amenabar and Mateo Gil in 2009. The data was collected through previewing, annotating and interpreting method to get complete analysis about the similarities and the differences of historical and fictional fact in Agora movie. In this study, the writer analyzed the Agora movie by using two stages of Henry H.H Remak theory, compare what similarities exist in historical facts and fictional facts in agora movies and compare what differences exist in historical facts and fictional facts in Agora movies. The Analysis shows that there are similarities and differences of historical and fictional fact in Agora movie. The Hypatia narrated in history is not much different from the one depicted in the movie, until his death. However, it does not change the outline or core of the story.

Keywords: Comparative Literature, Intertextuality, Obligatory.