Open AccessOPUS DEI: BEYOND THE FICTION
Author(s) -
Abi Makarim Hidayatullah,
Lusia Kristiasih Dwi Purnomosasi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
english teaching journal/english teaching journal : a journal of english literature, languange, and education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-4738
pISSN - 2338-2678
DOI - 10.25273/etj.v2i2.760
Subject(s) - opus , contradiction , code (set theory) , representation (politics) , sociology , art , art history , law , humanities , philosophy , computer science , political science , epistemology , set (abstract data type) , politics , programming language
The purpose of this research is to describe the Opus Dei organization inside The Da Vinci Code movie and Opus Dei in reality. It is due to the controversies and much efforts to defend the truth against the movie. This research uses descriptive qualitative method. The researcher needs a sociology of literature by Alan Swingewood to get evidences the effect and goals of the author in creating a story. The analysis reveals that the representation of Opus Dei inside The Da Vinci Code confirms as dangerous organization, destructive mission, a killer, and corrupted members. It is contradiction facts far from reality that Opus Dei concerns on the serving people to keep devotion of Christian. Opus Dei is the open legal organization doing charity for better living which has mission and independent finance sources. The conclusion show that the controversies functions to get the movie’s rating raised since it deals with the mass demand in popular literature. The evidences confirm that the representation of Opus Dei inside The Da Vinci Code are negated from the reality.