164 research outputs found
A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS USED IN SAM SMITH’S IN THE LONELY HOUR ALBUM
No full textAbstractThis research aims at analyzing the types and functions of figurative language in the song lyrics of Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour. To do so, this research adopts stylistics approach, particularly the theories of Figurative Language.This research employed qualitative method. The data were in the forms of words, phrases, and sentences taken from the song lyrics of Sam Smith’s In the Lonely Hour. After collecting the data, the researcher deployed Perrine’s (1993) theory to classify types and functions of figurative language. The main instrument of this research was the data sheet from the transcript of the lyrics. Furthermore, the researcher used investigator triangulation and supervisor as an expert for to gain trustworthiness.The findings show that there are eight types of figurative language found in Sam smith’s In the Lonely Hour. They are metaphor, simile, personifications, apostrophe, synecdoche, paradox, irony, and hyperbole. On the other hand, metonymy, symbol, litotes, and allegory are not found. The functions that are found are to give imaginative pleasure, to give additional imagery, to add emotional intensity, and to say much in brief compass emerge. Accordingly, these findings demonstrate that Smith’s In the Lonely Hour is highly in demand because Sam Smith deploys figurative language to convey meaning in an extraordinary way which then results in aesthetic effect in the songs. Keywords: figurative language, stylistics, Sam SmithAbstrakPenelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis jenis dan fungsi kiasan dalam lirik lagu Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini mengadopsi pendekatan stilistika, khususnya teori-teori bahasa kiasan.Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif. Data yang diperoleh dalam bentuk kata-kata, frasa dan kalimat-kalimat yang diambil dari lirik lagu Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour. Setelah pengumpulan data, peneliti menggunakan teori Perrine's (1993) untuk mengklasifikasikan jenis dan fungsi kiasan. Instrumen utama dari penelitian ini adalah data dari transkrip lirik. Selanjutnya, peneliti menggunakan metode triangulasi dan pembimbing sebagai ahli untuk mendapatkan keabsahan data.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada delapan jenis kiasan yang ditemukan di Sam smith In the Lonely Hour. Tersebut adalah metafora, simile, personifikasi, apostrop, synekdok, paradok, ironi, dan hiperbola. Di sisi lain, metonymy, simbol, litotes, dan alegori tidak ditemukan. Fungsi yang ditemukan di untuk memberikan kesenangan imajinatif, untuk memberikan citra tambahan, untuk menambah intensitas emosional, dan mengatakan sesuatu dengan kata yang lebih ringkas. Dengan demikian, penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa dalam lirik lagu Smith In the Lonely Hour sangat diminati karena Sam Smith menggunakan bahasa kiasan untuk menyampaikan sebuah makna dengan cara yang luar biasa yang kemudian memberikan efek estetika dalam lagu-lagu tersebut Kata Kunci: Bahasa Kiasan, Stilistika. Sam Smit
THE USE OF ILLOCUTIONARY ACTS IN JESSIE NELSON’S I AM SAM
No full textAbstractThis research focuses on the types and functions of illocutionary acts performed by the characters in I am Sam movie. The research is under pragmatic scope which aims to 1) identify the types of illocutionary acts; and 2) describe the functions of illocutionary acts in I am Sam movie. This research used qualitative method to examine the data which were in the form of utterances. The contexts of the data were the dialogues and the setting in Jessie Nelson’s I am Sam. The main instrument of the research was a data sheet. The data were collected, classified and interpreted based on the types of illocutionary acts by Searle (1969) and their functions of illocutionary acts by Leech (1993). To make sure that the data were acceptable, trustworthiness was employed through peer triangulation process. The results of the study are as follows. First, out of five types of illocutionary acts, the researcher only found four types in the movie. Representative is used when the characters want to inform, explain, argue, remind, state an opinion, and make a guess. Directive is used when the speaker wants to question command, request, and give an advise. Expressive is used as a tool to say that the characters want to state love, apologize, greet, offer, thank somebody, and order something The last type that is fond by the researcher is commissive and it is used by the characters to say promise and deny something. Second, there are four functions of illocutionary act that are found in the movie. Competitive function is used for questioning, advising, and requesting. Convivial function is used for thanking, greeting, and informing. Collaborative function is used for praising, convincing, explaining, and asserting. The last one is conflictive function that is used for denying and refusing. Overall, the findings are classified based on the illocutionary forces. Keywords: pragmatic, illocutionary acts, I am Sa
CHILDREN’S INDEPENDENCE AND ADULTS’ ROLES IN ENID BLYTON’S THE SIX BAD BOYS, THE NAUGHTIEST GIRL AGAIN, AND NAUGHTY AMELIA JANE
No full textThis is a study of Enid Blyton‟s The Six Bad Boys, The Naughtiest Girl Again, andNaughty Amelia Jane. It aims to examine the kinds of children‟s independence when they find problems, to explain adults‟ roles in giving responds toward children‟s problems, and to analyze the author‟s ways to reflect children‟s independence in characterization. Theories on children‟s literature and psychological child development are used to facilitate the objectives of the research.A qualitative research method was employed to conduct the research. The data sources were taken from Blyton‟s The Six Bad Boys (2012), The Naughtiest Girl Again (1993), and Naughty Amelia Jane (1989). The data are sentences regarding the kinds of children‟s independence and adults‟ roles found from the novels. The novels were read and reread carefully to gain the reliable data. To analyze the data, taking notes and making categorizations were conducted. The validity and credibility of the findings were tested through triangulation procedure.The findings of the research are as follows: (1) the kinds of children‟s independenceare divided into three categorizations: cognitive, social, and psychological independence. Cognitive independence has three sub-points: initiating actions, giving suggestions, and defending opinions. Social independence has three sub-categories, including expressing thankfulness, asking for apology, and providing help. Psychological independence contains three divisions: defining self-happiness, being courageous, and controlling the emotion; (2) adults‟ roles are described through their actions as reminders, partners in discussions, and supporters; and (3) the author reflects children‟s independence in characterization through four ways: by actions, speech, other‟s comments, and author‟s comments. Keywords: children‟s independence, adults‟ roles, children‟s literature, hidden adults, Enid Blyton
A REVELATION OF DECONSTRUCTION ON CONVENTIONAL HERO AND WITCH IMAGES IN TERRY PRATCHETT’S THE WEE FREE MEN
No full textThis research is a deconstruction analysis which aims to reveal the images that have been deconstructed, and the method used to deconstruct those images in Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men. This study is a qualitative research using content analysis method. Data analysis was conducted through data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The findings related to the first objective showing that there are two new images found in the novel along with their indicators. They are (1) the new image of flawed heroes with their unusual appearances, unfit attitudes, and peculiar concepts; (2) the new image of irregular witches who have common looks, are decent, and sensible. The second result is related to the methods used by the author to convey the new, deconstructed images. The author subverts the moral dichotomy to define the new types of heroes and witches. The exposure of the irony is also used to break down the logocentrism toward the conventional images of heroes and witches. Another method is the subversion of gender dualism and the last method is the exposure of unusual diction.Keywords: deconstruction, logocentrism, conventional images, The Wee Free Me
REVEALING THE DECONSTRUCTION OF MODERN PEOPLE’S TIME CONCEPT IN MITCH ALBOM’S THE TIME KEEPER
No full textThis research aims in revealing the logocentrism of modern people’s time concept which is exposed in The Time Keeper and to examine the methods used by the author to deconstruct the logocentrism. To answer the objectives of the research, the researcher used deconstruction literary criticism since the research is aimed to analyze a deconstruction of a logocentric idea which is planted in people’s mind. This study employed qualitative research. It used content analysis as the technique to analyze the object of the research. The source of this research is a novel entitled The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom. The data of the research were expressions which contain modern people’s logocentric ideas in conceptualizing time and the deconstruction of the logocentrism. The main instrument of the research was the researcher herself and the second instruments were the data sheets. In collecting the data, the researcher used reading and note-taking technique. Then, the researcher analyzed the data through data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing process. In order to achieve trustworthiness, the researcher conducted a triangulation technique. The researcher finds two results related to the objectives of the research after analyzing the data. First, there are four logocentric ideas which are believed by modern people to be the truest ways to value time. Those are by being out of the present moment, by measuring time, by controlling time, and by having an endless time. Second, there are two methods used by the author to deconstruct the four logocentric ideas. They are by exposing irony and by the preaching of the mythical characters of the story. Both methods deconstruct each of the logocentrism by showing that those four rigid ideas which are believed to be the rightest way to make the time valuable leave them valueless instead. The new ideas are presented to enable people to have a balance way of thought especially in conceptualizing time since there is no single truth exists. Keywords: deconstruction, logocentrism, modern people’s time concept, The Time Keepe
A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF TRANSFERENCE OF MEANING REFLECTED IN REBECCA STEAD’S LIAR AND SPY
No full textThis research is aimed at identifying the types of transference of meaning in Liar and Spy novel, delineating how transference of meaning is realized, and explicating how the employment of transference of meaning illuminates the themes in the novel. This research applied descriptive qualitative method. The data of this research were taken from Rebecca Stead’s Liar and Spy novel. Textual and content analyses were used in the analysis of data. The results of this research are as follows. (1) All types of transference of meaning are employed by the author, i.e. synecdoche, metaphor, metonymy, and simile. (2) Each type of transference of meaning has its particular realization; synecdoche is realized both in part representing the whole and the whole representing its part; metaphor is only realized in visible metaphor; metonymy is expressed in the transposition between associated concepts, producer and the produced, institution and its location, and product and its brand; in addition, the realization of simile is done by the use of comparative words such as like and as. (3) In Liar and Spy novel, transference of meaning is employed to aesthetically illuminate the themes of the novel i.e. school life, family life, friendship, bullying, and overcoming fears, by explaining the setting, condition, and the characters’ thoughts about particular things related to the story. Keywords: transference of meaning, types, realizations, themes, Liar and Spy
THE SIGNIFICANCE AND POSITIONS OF POISON IN SHAKESPEARE’S HAMLET’S PLOT
No full text This research has two objectives. The first is to reveal the significance of poison in Hamlet’s plot. The second is to show the positions of poison’s emergences in Hamlet’s plot. This research applies New Criticism theory. The researcher used qualitative analysis. This research’s main data were expressions in dialogues taken from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. According to qualitative analysis, the technique that the researcher used to analyze the data was textual analysis. This is a technique of identifying and interpreting the verbal and non verbal signs of the text. That statement signified the relation between the author and the readers was allowed to interpret the story. The main instrument of this research was the researcher herself. To enhance trustworthiness of the data, triangulation was applied. The first result of this research is poison in Hamlet’s plot has three significance, they are setting-up the plot, triggering confrontation, and being the “solution” of the problems. The second result shows the poison’s emergences in each act of the plot. Those acts are exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and denouement. The number of poison’s emergences in each act is quite different. Poison appears once in the exposition, once in the climax, twice in the falling action, and four times in the denouement. Keywords: New Criticism, significance of poison, positions of poison, plot, Shakespeare’s Hamle
IDENTITY CRISIS IN ADOLESCENCE PERIOD EXPERIENCED BY ASHA IN SHILPI SOMAYA GOWDA’S SECRET DAUGHTER
No full textThis research aims to identify the identity statuses which mark the identity crisisof the main character in Gowda’s Secret Daughter, Asha, an Asian-Indian adolescent who lives in America with her adoptive mixed-race parents, to find out the impact of Asha’s identity crisis towards her sixth stage of psychosocial development, and to identify how the psychosocial issue is reflected in the novel. To answer the objectives, this research employed Erikson’s fifth and sixth psychosocial development stages theory, Marcia’s identity achievement status, and literary elements theory. The research is a qualitative research with content analysis method. The main source of the data was a novel entitled Secret Daughter. The data were collected by reading and re-reading, noting, identifying, classifying and categorizing, analyzing and interpreting. The triangulation method was also used to obtain the validity and credibility of the findings. The findings are as follows: (1) Asha experiences identity diffusion status, identity foreclosure status, identity moratorium status, and identity achievement status which mark her identity crisis; (2) Asha is able to establish intimacy and obtain the virtue of love by forming relationship, establishing the sense of trust, understanding others, and acknowledging others; and (3) the author reflectspsychosocial issues through characters and settings.Keywords: adolescent, Gowda’s Secret Daughter, identity crisis, identity statuses,psychosocia
ECOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN J. C. GEORGE’S THE TALKING EARTH: AN ECOCRITICAL STUDY
No full textThis research is an ecocritical study that has two objectives; to reveal the kinds of ecological consciousness and to identify the ways of the ecological consciousness portrayed in J. C. George’s The Talking Earth. The data were analyzed based on ecocriticism theory, ecological consciousness theory proposed by Bannan-Watts (2009) and by Chang (2002), and literary elements of children’s literature by Luken, Smith, Coffel (2013). This research was analyzed qualitatively by using content analysis method to examine the data. The main data of the research were in the form of sentences related to the kinds of ecological consciousness and the ways of the ecological consciousness portrayed in the novel. This research reveals that there are four kinds of ecological consciousness in The Talking Earth: (1) understanding the essence of nature, (2) showing concern to the condition of nature, (3) understanding the interdependence between living beings and nature, and (4) knowing the ways nature speak. In addition, there are four literary elements used by the writer to portray ecological consciousness in the novel. Those are character, setting, point of view, and theme. Ecological consciousness can be depicted through the character’s action, speech, and the author’s comment. Meanwhile, setting as symbol portrays the essence of forest as a home for many living beings. Moreover, omniscient point of view is used by the author to narrate the story and to give additional information. Lastly, explicit theme is revealed in the story to show many significant insights. All in all, this research discovers that ecological consciousness is strongly embodied in The Talking Earth into four kinds. The emergence of four literary elements in the novel supports the portrayal of ecological consciousness. As a result, The Talking Earth can be one of storybooks in fulfilling the need of children to grow their awareness toward their surroundings in order to know and understand the sustainability of the environment. Keywords: Ecocriticism, ecological consciousness, literary elements of children’s literature, J. C. George’sThe Talking Eart
QuILL - Quality in Language Learning
No full textThis project (2020-1-PT01-KA226-HE-094809) has been funded with support from the European Commission.
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Context
Language skills are a key element in the process of creation of a European Education Area. However, language proficiency levels among students are still unsatisfactory across the European Union with discrepancies between the different EU countries.
Objectives
The QuILL project objectives are:
Provide language lecturers with the skills to identify, assess, use, create digital and ICT based language teaching sources
Provide decision makers and policy makers with the information and skills to enhance the implementation of digital and ICT based language teaching sources and method in the higher education systems.
Target Groups
The direct project target groups are:
Language lecturers focusing on LSP (language for specific purposes) in Higher Education Institutions
Decision makers in HEIs and policymakers in the field of education
Expected Results
The main project results include:
Database of Learning Sources addressed to Higher education students
An online training package
Guidelines addressed to managerial staff of Higher Education Institutions, policy makers as well as language lecturer
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