EDULITE: Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture
Vol 7, No 1 (2022): February 2022

Signification functions of Undomestic Goddess novel cover

Cindy Maria Christine Pandie (English Literature Department, Faculty of Letter and Culture, Universitas Gunadarma)
Ahmad Jum’a Khatib Nur Ali (English Literature Department, Faculty of Letter and Culture, Universitas Gunadarma)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Feb 2022

Abstract

Novel cover is like human appearance; it is the first thing that the people will take notice of. It turned out that novel cover is quite essential in influencing the opinions and impression of the reader regarding the novel itself. Novel’s cover using symbols, fonts, and colors, construct cover signs functions. The researcher intends to analyze the novel covers sign functions. The source data of the research is selected using purposive sampling following the standard of a novel cover. This research uses three (3) covers of the novel Undomestic Goods by Sophie Kinsella as the data source. The theory of signification by Rolland Barthes is the analytical tool of this research used to determine the function of the elements in the object of research. The results of the study are both covers have their own significations functions; the first edition (1) cover function emphasizes on promoting the novel by using signification content of the novel. Cover (2) emphasizes promotion function using the author popularity and best-selling author status and promoting the novel by using signification content of the novel. Cover three (3) the latest edition function emphasizes on ‘advertises’ the novel by using the author popularity and best-selling author status.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

edulite

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Subject

Education

Description

EduLite Journal of English Education, Literature and Culture is a blind peer review international journal which publishes manuscripts within the fields of teaching English as a first, second or foreign language, English language teaching and learning, English language teachers' training and ...