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Shōjo Character in Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service as Challenging the Archetype: A Semiotic Study Wedhowerti
JOALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literature) Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024): August 2024
Publisher : UNIB Press

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33369/joall.v9i2.34233

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Studio Ghibli has made great animated films for more than three decades. One of its great animators is Hayao Miyazaki. Being famous for his award-winning and picturesque films, Miyazaki has proven to be a highly skilled animator presenting a catchy shōjo with distinctive characters. His shōjo named Kiki in Kiki’s Delivery Service has peculiar traits. This research aims at proving the opposition of Kiki to the common Japanese female character archetype. Eight pieces of data are in the form of screen captures to be studied semiotically. As part of social science research, this study is qualitative in nature. By employing Barthesian semiotic theory and Sugawa-Shimada’s theory of shōjo, it is evident that Kiki opposes the archetype of Japanese female characters. Kiki is portrayed as independent, assertive, not depending on one specific type of magical weapon, wearing a simple black witch dress, able to make prompt and clear decisions, doing daily chores, and having magical power that might be gone anytime due to some psychological reasons. Theoretically, this study contributes to the development of the linguistic field, particularly the stream of semiotics. This research also benefits researchers, film-makers, film audiences, and Studio Ghibli’s enthusiasts in a semiotic way that Kiki as shōjo is constructed with great empowerment opposing the common stereotype of a female character.
Syntactic Relational Functions Demonstrated by Prepositional Phrases in Roro Jonggrang, Sangkuriang, and Ki Semar and Slamet Mountain Wedhowerti; Putri, Ririt Prastika; Putri, Scholastica Jessica Wendy Brilliana
Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching Vol. 9 No. 2 (2025): Metathesis: Journal of English Language, Literature, and Teaching
Publisher : Universitas Tidar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31002/metathesis.v9i2.3075

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Prepositional Phrases (PPs) play a crucial role in providing detailed information about the syntactic relational functions they express in written text. This study, being qualitative in nature and employing a syntactic approach, aims at finding out the types of relational function PPs demonstrate in Roro Jonggrang, Sangkuriang, and Ki Semar and Slamet Mountain. From the analysis of the twenty data, the results yield four types of relational function (time, place, association, and direction) occurring in the three folktales. These highlight the fact that each of the relational functions detailly a clear description of the main character’s characteristics and sequential life events, and how a famous place is created. PPs prove that the three folktales are structured with distinct emphasis, where each plot and its characters, objects, and events are vividly designed and crafted.
Co-Authors Putri, Ririt Prastika Putri, Scholastica Jessica Wendy Brilliana