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Tesis ini membahas bagaimana sikap Jepang terhadap ajaran Katolik pada PerangDunia kedua ditampilkan dalam novel Kiiroi Hito karya Endo Shusaku. Denganmemanfaatkan analisis struktur naratif dan intertekstual, ditemukan bahwa teksKiiroi Hito menampilkan perbedaan kekristenan Jepang dan Barat. Selain itudiperlihatkan pula kehadiran Endo Shusaku di dalam teks Kiiroi Hito yangmenjelma sebagai dua tokoh utama yang memiliki spiritualitas yang bertolakbelakang. Kajian intertekstualitas menghasilkan temuan bahwa sinkretisasi ajaranKatolik di dalam novel Kiiroi Hito dikarenakan kondisi politik pada masa Perangdan hal tersebut relevan dengan fakta sejarah maupun latar belakang EndoShusaku.

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ABSTRACT
This thesis examines Japan‟s reception towards Christianity during World War IIwhich represented on Shusaku Endo‟s novel, Kiiroi Hito. By using narrative andintertextuality approach I found that Kiiroi Hito reveals the differences inChristianity between Japan and West. It also reveals that Endo appeared as twocharacters‟ parallelism and whose spiritualities are different to each other.Analysis on Kiiroi Hito‟s Intertextuality reveals that the religion syncretization inthe novel is influenced by Japan‟s political condition in WWII and it is relevantwith historical facts and Endo‟s background., This thesis examines Japan‟s reception towards Christianity during World War IIwhich represented on Shusaku Endo‟s novel, Kiiroi Hito. By using narrative andintertextuality approach I found that Kiiroi Hito reveals the differences inChristianity between Japan and West. It also reveals that Endo appeared as twocharacters‟ parallelism and whose spiritualities are different to each other.Analysis on Kiiroi Hito‟s Intertextuality reveals that the religion syncretization inthe novel is influenced by Japan‟s political condition in WWII and it is relevantwith historical facts and Endo‟s background.]