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Power Relation in Intercultural Marriage: Analysis of Power in Good Chinese Wife Memoir (2014) by Susan Blumberg-Kason
Full text linkThe issue of power is prevalent in society today. Focusing on analyzing power issues in an intercultural marriage, Raven’s (2008) bases of power are applied in this research to investigate the matter. The issue is analyzed in a memoir by Susan Blumberg-Kason entitled Good Chinese Wife (2014) which tells about the conflicts in an intercultural marriage. This research aims to identify the types of power proposed by Raven (2008) used by the husband, to exercise his power over his wife and how it is exercised. The only visible types of power in the memoir are expert power, referent power, and coercive power. In addition, the conflict that is caused by superiority becomes the main conflict in their marriage life since it occurs in every three types of power. The husband can exercise his power over his wife because he takes advantage of her love for the husband’s culture, which in this case is Chinese culture. The results of the study show that power can be constructed in the name of love. Keywords: culture; intercultural marriage; memoir; power; superiority
An Analysis of Power Dynamics in Leigh Bardugo's Six of Crows (2015)
Full text linkThis research aims to analyze the portrayal of power dynamics in Leigh Bardugo’s young adult novel Six of Crows. The study uses qualitative descriptive method to analyze how power dynamics is portrayed in the novel. Data was collected through textual evidence that showcases the exercise of power and analyzed based on Foucault’s (1982) theory of power. The study finds that power dynamics is portrayed through a series of conflicts between the six main characters. These conflicts are mostly verbal. Power is exercised in the form of arguments and bickers, in which of the six characters attempt to constantly gain authority and power over one another. Among the six characters, conflicts and exercise of power can be found in four notable character pairings. The power that is exercised is seen through exploitation of one’s desires, expressions of judgment and hatred, as well as physical conflict in some cases.Keywords: Characters, Foucault, Power, Power dynamics, Six of crows, Young adult
Humor Analysis of Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Full text linkThis study entitled Humor analysis of Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) aims to analyzes humor that exists in a British comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), which is directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones, to understand the humor and what the humor implied. Employing textual analysis, this study uses Vandaele's (2002) humor mechanism and film form proposed by Bordwell, Thompson, and Smith (2017) as the tools of analysis. The study indicates that the humor is constructed based on the four contexts as described by Vandaele (2002): (1) (De-) normalization, (2) solution, (3) conditioning, and (4) evaluation. Furthermore, the humor signifies the film author’s credibility to deliver humor that is enjoyable to many people, especially those who have been exposed to western culture. Keywords: film, humor, humor mechanism, incongruity, Monty Python and The Holy Grail
The Hero’s Journey of Kamado Tanjirou in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba
Full text linkDue to globalization, the popularity of manga and anime have increased remarkably. Manga refers to Japanese comic books, the series of which are often made into Japanese cartoons, usually called anime. Although several academic studies have used manga as data source for their research studies, it appears that not much has been done to examine the traits of the hero’s journey in manga. Hence, the aim of this study is to identify the stages of the hero’s journey in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and to discover the inner transformation that the main character undergoes as a result of his journey. In order to accomplish this, two theories were adopted: the theory of hero’s journey proposed by Vogler (1992) and Weiland’s (2016) theory of character arc. The findings indicate that Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba somewhat follows the stages of the hero’s journey described by Vogler’s (1992). Furthermore, the analysis of Tanjirou’s journey leads to a revelation of the inner transformation that he experiences, which is the positive change arc, and thus, making him as a willing hero.Keywords: Character arc, hero’s journey, manga, willing her
Humor functions and flouting of conversatiomal maxims: A case study of humor in Indonesian academic lectures
Full text linkThis case study explored the unlikely phenomenon of the use of humor in academic lectures. The previous studies in this area have shown that, though traditionally unlikely, humor is commonly used as a linguistic strategy in academic discourse. Therefore, this case study aims to contribute to the literature of Indonesian academic discourse by examining the creation and functions of humor in Indonesian academic lectures. Through the descriptive qualitative method, this study analyzed five classroom lectures of English Literature major in Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. After the lectures were transcribed according to Jefferson’s (2004) transcription convention, the question of the creation of humor was answered based on Grice’s (1975) conversational maxim theory. This analysis discovered that there was a slight inclination to create humor by flouting the Maxim of Quality in the data, which implies that the lecturers tend to rely on untruthfulness to create jokes. Afterward, the function is analyzed based on Nesi’s (2012) theory of functions of humor in academic contexts, and it was found that the lecturers mostly used humor to build rapport with the students.Keywords: Academic context, Conversational maxims, Cooperative principles, Humor, Functions of humor, Pragmatic
Construction of Dystopia in Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation
Full text linkIn this early emergence, dystopia is not only built by authoritarian oppression but it can be constructed by every individual in the society. This paper intended to analyze how dystopia is constructed through equal power in James Hawes’s 2016 series entitled Black Mirror, particularly in Hated in the Nation episode. A number of issues in this episode are analyzed by Foucault’s power relation theory. In order to determine whether the power network in the society creates dystopia or not, critical dystopia theory is presented by Booker (1994) and Moylan (2000). Since the main causes of dystopia in this episode are technology and social media, theory about technology progress and human regress is proposed by Jonas in Durdan (2013). The data were collected by sorting out some frames and dialogs throughout the episode. It is found that the vicious cycle of hatred is difficult to break so it creates a deteriorating society. The analysis is expected to contribute other elements in postmodern dystopia narrative.Keywords: Black Mirror, Dystopia, Mass Media, Postmodern Dystopia, Power Relation
Students’ attitudes towards South Jakarta’s youth language
Full text linkThis study presents the results of a qualitative survey of 56 English Language and Literature study program at Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. It highlights their attitudes towards the code-switching practices in Bahasa Jaksel. The data were obtained through questionnaire with the students from batch 2015 to 2019 The study employed theories on language attitudes by Crystal (1997) to analyze the data. The findings demonstrated that the students show different attitudes. Overall attitudes of the students were unanimously negative towards the code switching practice in Bahasa Jaksel. The study also found that these attitudes can be related to a number of factors/reasons, i.e. Comprehensibility, appropriateness, language threat, education, intelligence and perception. The findings suggest that the students felt the use of code-switching in South Jakarta is not suitable to be used in real life situations.Keywords: Bahasa Jaksel, code-switching, language attitudes
Translation shift analysis of thematic structure in printed political news reports of Indonesian local newspaper
Full text linkThis study aims to investigate translation shifts of textual metafunction in printed news reports of the Pikiran Rakyat newspaper. This study used a descriptive-qualitative method to investigate the consistency of the alignment from the news writers in translating articles. The data were taken from five printed political news articles along with its translation published from 19th March to 21st March, 2018. The data were analyzed by using Hallidayan framework of Systemic Functional Grammar and Newmark’s Translation Shift. The findings show that in terms of thematic structures, there were found 29.1% theme shifts of 79 clauses. It is found that the translators are manage to maintain the objectivity in the news reports. Further, this study discovers that the combination of structure and unit shift recurred frequently for 49.5% in translation. Then, it is followed by unit shift 21.5%, structure shift 10.2%, and the combination of class and unit shift 8.7%. The translation shift from the data shows that almost 50% of structure and unit shift are used frequently. It is concluded that Pikiran Rakyat tried to translate the contextual meaning in the source text, both in aspects of language and its content, so that readers can accept and agree with what being delivered. Keywords: Media, newspaper, translation shifts, alignment, political news, structures, thematic structures
Cohesion in Kecil-Kecil Punya Karya
Full text linkChildren need to create cohesion in their writings since it is an important aspect of good writing. Thus, this study aims to analyze cohesion in children’s writing in terms of the use of cohesive devices. Using Halliday and Hasan’s (1976) theory of cohesion, this study analyzes the type of cohesive devices used in stories written by children and describe the function of the cohesive devices. The data were collected from three stories written by three different children in a book titled ‘Rahasia Cempaka’. It is a collection of short stories included in Kecil-Kecil Punya Karya project published by Mizan. The three stories are ‘Sejuta Maaf Tebusan Perjanjian’, ‘Isi Hati Seorang Siswa’, and ‘Solusi Terbaik untuk Anak Paling Baik’. In terms of the type of cohesive devices used, there are four out five types of cohesive devices found in the stories. The types of cohesive devices used are reference, conjunction, substitution, and ellipsis. Personal Reference came out as the most dominant cohesive devices used by children in their writings with 52.73%, while nominal subtitutions came out as the least with 0.15% occurrences. In addition, in terms of its function, the cohesive devices found in the stories show that children use the cohesive devices in accordance with their functions to create a cohesive and a comprehensible text. It may indicate the children have good writing abilities and have awareness regarding creating cohesive text.Keywords: children’s writing, cohesion, cohesive device
Trauma in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
Full text linkThis research aims to analyze trauma in short story "The Black Cat" (1843) by Edgar Allan Poe. Trauma in a way can be described as a recollecting memory of unpleasant events that may harm the mind of the one who suffers it. Studies on trauma in Poe's story are mentioned in Journal The Edgar Allan Poe Review (2019) as part of its further study on Poe's works. To fill the gaps in the research on "The Black Cat", this study aims to analyze the construction of trauma in the story and its effect on the story in narrative form. The data is analyzed using textual analysis trough close reading activity. The data then is interpreted using Caruth’s (1996) model on analyzing trauma in literature. The results show that (1) trauma is suffered through narrator’s attachment with the cat, (2) narrator’s regret of his wrongful violence, (3) through the repeating appearance of the cat, the trauma is reconstructed in the story, and (4) through trauma the character suffer mental deteriorations. The research concludes that trauma patterns based on Caruth's (1996) study appear in the story and it may help further study narrative in trauma study.Keywords: Trauma, Edgar Allan Poe, Cathy Caruth, The Black Cat, Narrativ