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DECONSTRUCTION OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN OSCAR WILDE NOVEL THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY Sonya, Anna Maria Felicita; Hellystia, Devi
UG Journal Vol 15, No 12 (2021)
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Deconstruction does not mean "demolition;" instead it means "breaking down" or analyzing something (especially the words in a work of fiction or nonfiction) to discover its true significance, which is supposedly rarely exactly what the author intended. This research aims at finding out the form of deconstruction character that is found in the novel The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. The data were taken from dialogue, sentences, and passages from the novel. It is qualitative research in which the data were elaborated descriptively by using deconstruction theory by Jacques Derrida as a tool to analyze the character. The result of the research shows that there are indications of other traits that exist in the main character, Dorian Gray, before being deconstructed Dorian Gray character was a cruel, cold -hearted, and mean person, and after being deconstructed it proved that Dorian Gray also has character merciful, softhearted and kind person. This research implies that from the other traits found in the main character there is a possibility that it will not appear completely.
THE FUNCTION OF THE ILLOCUTIONARY ACT IN A NOVEL ENTITLED ONE OF US IS LYING Monique Sharon Nayoan; Devi Hellystia
UG Journal Vol 16, No 5 (2022)
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Humans will always need others to communicate and build a relationship since they are created as social beings. Language enables people to express their thoughts, feelings, and ideas. It helps the hearer to clear up the speaker's intention. Using Leech’s theory (1983), this research aims at analyzing the function of the illocutionary act of Nate Macauley in a novel entitled One of Us Is Lying. The qualitative descriptive method was used as the research design to analyze and describe the function of the illocutionary act of Nate’s utterance. Karen M. McManus’ novel entitled One of Us Is Lying was used as a data source for this research. The data comprised written text (phrases, clauses, and sentences) which was spoken by Nate Macauley. The result indicates from 108 data, all of the illocutionary act’s functions are discovered, there are competitive function (Asking, ordering, and demanding), convivial function (Offering, inviting, greeting, thanking, apologizing, and complimenting), collaborative function (Asserting and reporting), and conflictive function (Accusing and cursing). However, some forms of the function of illocutionary act did not appear, such as begging in competitive function, congratulating in convivial function, announcing and instructing in collaborative function, threatening and reprimanding in conflictive function. The conclusion also implies that a single datum can have several illocutionary act’s functions. In this study, collaborative function is found to be the most frequently used illocutionary act’s function, specifically in a form of asserting. This function is indifferent goal since it is employed to state the truth or the speaker’s opinion regardless of whether it is good or bad
POSITIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS OF THE MAIN CHARACTER SIMBA IN THE LION KING FILM Josephine Natasya Rianggi; Devi Hellystia
UG Journal Vol 17, No 2 (2023)
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This research aims at finding and analyzing positive personality traits in the maincharacter Simba in The Lion King film. This research used a qualitative research method, which the data are interpreted and described narratively. The data of thisresearch are taken from the dialogues of the scene where the positive personality traits ofSimba as the main character are shown. This research applied positive personality traits proposed by Lauther (2012). The results of this research show there are 26 data ofpositive personality traits. They are classified into six positive personality traits comprise;Love (6 data), Friendship (4 data), Honesty (5 data), Responsibility (4 data), Courage (5data) and Loyalty (2 data). However, other six positive personality traits are not found inthe scene. They are Respect, Adaptability, Compatibility, Resolution, Compassion, andPatience.