British, Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris Volume 10. No 1. Juni 2021 65 NEW HISTORICISM ANALYSIS IN SENSE AND SENSIBILITY NOVEL BY JANE AUSTEN Fitrianita Febrina Ali 1 Universitas Muhammadiyah Gorontalo febrinaali99@gmail.com Moon Hidayati Otoluwa 2 Universitas Negeri Gorontalo otoluwamoonhidayati@gmail.com Abstract This study focused on the use Stephen Greenblatt theory to analyze the novel “Sense and Sensibility” by Jane Austen. This study aims to determine the aspects of the novel by using New Historicism approach. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The data used is written data and the technique used is reading notes. Based on the results of the data analysis, researcher found several context of New Historicism in the “Sense and Sensibility”, namely historical context, social context, cult ural context, and biographical context. Historical context to find out how historical factors contained in the novel are then compared to non-literary texts in that era. Social context to find out how the social situation at that time. Cultural context to find out how the culture of society at that time, and biographical context to compare whether the novel describes the life of Jane Austen in the real life. Keywords: New Historicism, Novel, Sense and Sensibility. INTRODUCTION New historicism is literary criticism related to the historical, social, and cultural context of the writer at the time the literary work was produced. Seen from the time, place, and historical circumstances of the author. In addition, this literary critic assumes that a literary critic must understand the history of the author to analyze the literary text. New historicism adherents believe that themes and characterizations in each literary text develop due to the influence of social conditions in their time. In addition, literary works are also the work of humans and the results of history(Bano et al., 2005). The word New historicism was first used by Stephen Greenblatt in an introduction to the edition of the journal Genre in 1982, to offer a new perspective in the study of the Renaissance, namely by emphasizing the relevance of literary texts to the various social, economic and political forces that surround them. (Emphasizing the relationship between literary texts and non-literary texts.