Rhochayati, Citra Dwi Marlia (2009) Lexical analysis on the heroic and villainous characters' depiction of Rushdie's Haroun and The Sea of Stories / Citra Dwi Marlia Rhochayati. Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
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ABSTRACT Rhochayati Citra D. Marlia. 2009. Linguistic Analysis on the Heroic and Villainous Character s Depiction of Salman Rushdie s Haroun and the Sea of Stories. Thesis English Department Faculty of Letters State University of Malang. Advisor Drs. M. Misbahul Amri M.A. Key words linguistic heroic villainous characters depiction Haroun and the Sea of Stories The study of language is important for it can reveal or conceal people s personal identity character and background whether consciously or unconsciously (Chaika 1982 2). Based on the notion above the writer is interested in conducting a study towards one of attention grabbing novels Rushdie s Haroun and the Sea of Stories to investigate whether or not the use of lexical items contribute to the depiction of the heroic and villainous characters. On this basis the writer will further analyze the author s style in depicting the characters. Another reason for strengthening the conduction of this study is the little attention paid towards the linguistic aspect of the novel. This is descriptive study and employs textual analysis using library research as data collection technique. From the checklist of linguistic and stylistic categories provided by Leech and Short (1984 75) the writer limits this study on the investigation on the use of lexical categories particularly the use of reporting verbs verbs of perception adverbs of manner and adjectives which are attributed to Haroun as the hero and Khattam Shud as the villain. The results of this study show that different lexical items have different degrees of significance in depicting characters. The choice of particular verbs (reporting verbs and verbs of perception) does not contribute strongly to the depiction of characters since there is only small evidence which prove that. For the adverbs of manner its use does contribute more to the character s depiction than for the verbs. However all of those require context consideration. Whereas the choice of adjectives attributed to the characters contributes strongly to the depiction of Haroun and Khattam Shud. Moreover by identifying those lexical items use the writer draws some points related to author s style in depicting the characters. First context plays important role in depicting characters by diction. Secondly Haroun s childish nature is emphasized by the use of various positive and negative lexical items which implies character inconsistency. Thirdly there is an exaggeration of how dreadful and terrifying Khattam Shud is by the frequent and repetitious use of adjectives. The last one by the use of limited number of adjectives the hero is depicted to be as ordinary as possible avoiding heroism exaggeration.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
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| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | library UM |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2009 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2009 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10927 |
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