ABSTRACT 2007. King David VS Thomas Sutpen: Faulkner’s Reconstruction of King David Story in the Bible as Reflected in Absalom, Absalom! Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Letters and Fine Arts. Sebelas Maret University Surakarta. This thesis is a literature research, which is formulated in two questions i.e.: how is the intertextual relation between King David story in the Bible and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and how does Faulkner reconstruct the story of King David in the book of Samuel in the Bible as seen in the story of Thomas Sutpen (the main character of Absalom, Absalom!) The purposes of this research are to reveal the intertextual relation between King David story in the Bible and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! and to explain the way Faulkner reconstructs the story of King David in the book of Samuel in the Bible as seen in the story of Thomas Sutpen (the main character of Absalom, Absalom!) This research belongs to library research and uses descriptive comparative method. The data are collected from the source books and other references such as Internet, which are closely related to the problems analyzed. This research employs Intertextuality theory of Julia Kristeva and Michael Riffaterre to achieve the objectives. Besides, this research is also focused on the intrinsic part of King David story in the Bible and William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! The analysis of the intrinsic part includes the story, characters, setting and theme. From the analysis, it is found that the intertextual relation between King David story in the Bible and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! is in the form of affirmations and negations. The absorption and transformation made by William Faulkner are shown by the hypogram. Through understanding the unity of King David story and Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! the researcher then finds the core meaning that binds the intertextual relation of both stories. The matrix of King David story and William Faulkner’s Absalom, Absalom! is a savage obsession, which brings the destruction in the family. William Faulkner has reconstructed the story of King David in his novel Absalom, Absalom! to deliver his message, which is pointed in the ending of this story.
