Passage
Vol 8, No 2 (2020): Agustus 2020

The Portrayal of Colored People in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)

Muhammad Aziz Nurdinsyah (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Didi Sukyadi (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)
Budi Hermawan (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2020

Abstract

This study is a transitivity analysis of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960). This study aims to investigate representation of a colored man named Tom Robinson through the types of process related to Tom Robinson. By using qualitative research, the research used the theory of Transitivity proposed by Halliday (1994). The data sources were in the form of eighteen clauses that specifically represent Tom Robinson and were sorted by concordance software Antconc 3.8.1. The findings of the research showed that there are four processes found in the clauses related to the character. Material process is the most frequent process (50%) followed by Relational process (27%) which are divided into two: Attributive Relational process (22%) and Identifying Relational Process (5%), Mental process (17%), and Verbal process (7%) are the second lowest and least frequent type in this research. The result of the research indicates that Tom Robinson as one of the people of color in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird is represented as a man who experienced social injustice.Keywords: Representation, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Ideational Meaning, Transitivity

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Journal Info

Abbrev

psg

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Passage is a journal published by English Language and Literature Study Program, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia. Initially published for students’ articles based on their final research paper, Passage now is also accepting articles from researchers outside the study program. The journal focuses ...