Journal of Linguistics, English Teaching and Education Vol 2, No 1, Maret 2021, pp. 1-4 ISSN 2721-0707 (media online) Putri Astri Silalahi, Copyright © 2020, JLEE |Page 1 Social Canges in Romanticism Period in Jane Austen’s Novel Pride and Prejudice Putri Astri Silalahi, Vera Kristiana, Ayu Melati Ningsih * Fakultas Sastra, Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Universitas Muslim Nusantara Al Washliyah, Medan, Indonesia Email: 1 verakritiana@umnaw.ac.id , 2,* ayumelati@umnaw.ac.id Abstract−The purpose of this study (1) to determine the social changes that occurred in the romanticism period by Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. (2) and to find out how social changes can cause someone to opposing the social status in that occurs in the novel Pride and Prejudice. In this case the research method used is descriptive qualitative method. To identify and analyze data. The data sources of this study were novel, journals and web articles related to social changes It can be concluded that social change occurred during the romanticism period as created in the novel Pride and Prejudice. That writer hope this research can benefit all students who learn novel and become a learning resource. Keywords: Social Change; Romanticism; Social Life; Opposing; Social Status 1. INTRODUCTION Literature has been widely known by many people and experts. The word ‘Literature is derived from the word ‘littera’ in Latin which means letter. It refers to the written or printed words. However, now, the term “literature” or more focused on restricted to merely imaginative works, which comes up from the imaginative mind of the story writers. Klarer (2004:1) says that in most cases, literature is referred to as the entirety of written expression, with the restriction that not every written document can be categorized as literature in the more exact sense of the world. The definition therefore usually include additional adjectives such as newspaper, scientific textbooks, magazines, legal documents, brochures, and so on. Literature then can be said as a creative writing by an author with aesthetic values which makes literature regarded as an art. Literature as a writing from differentiates its form from other art products, and its aesthetic or artistic values make it different from other writings. Fananie (2000:132) said that literature is a work of art which is an expression of human life. From the over all definition of literature above, it is based on each person’s perceptions and their descriptive nature, opinions differ from one another.Each expert is certain aspects, but clearly the definition is stated with the same principle, namely humans and the environment. Humans use art as an expression of aspect of life. This is a capable human creativity that is able to present thoughts and life experiences with literary art forms. Novel is the further development of romance. A novel is defined as fientitious prose narrative of considerable length and complexity. Portraying characters and usually presenting organization of actions and scenes. Sayuti (2000:10) Novel are often opposed to short stories, the difference being that short stories focus on intensity, while novels tend to be “expands”. A good novel tend to focus on the emergence of complexity, which is the ability to convey complex problems in full, create a world that is “so”, different from the short story that is implicit, namely to tell a problem briefly. Pride and Prejudice is novel. It is one of the literary works of British realist prose writer, Jane Austen. This work was brought his name into the row of English Literature. The novel was born in this 19 th century: describe social changes society in the modern era. People are beginning to believe that with the advancement of the industry and economy will lead to happiness. Pride and Prejudice published on January 1813. This novel tells the story of love of the middle upper class British family at the end of the 19 th century in Long Bourn, English. This classic work describes an aspiration that represents luxury, excessive and prosperity in the 19 th century. The main of figure is Elisabeth Bennet as a cheerful, polite and has sharp intelligence and refuses to be intimidate by anyone. Social change in general can be defined as a process of shifting or changing structure in society, including a more innovative mindset, attitudes, and social life to get more dignified livelihood. The life of Jane Austen was marked by as much romanticism and tragedy as could be found in his novels and stories. Jane Austen is one of the well-known novelist whose novels have a district modern characters through the treatment of ordinary people everyday life. From artistic view, her novels are interesting, because Jane Austen is very good at using her language to describe reality, expressing her ideas. Besides, her being an ironist in using language and realist in depicting life adds their being artistic. This is an interesting novel, there are several social changes can be comprehended by all student. 2. METHODOLOGY Research method is the important to make a research on analysis to an object. In the implementation of the research paper, as this research is concentrated on textual materials, therefore, descriptive method is recommended. According to Jennifer Swenson (2000:10) in her book entitled Thesis Writing : A Guide for Students describes that descriptive research method is a process of building a complex and holistic pictures of the phenomenon of interest, conducted in natural setting which aims to create a picture systematic, factual and accurate information on