Journal of English Language Studies
Vol 7, No 2 (2022): Available Online in September 2022

A Critical Queer Discourse Analysis of Sexual Orientation Secrecy Represented in “Love Simon”

Anna Riana Suryanti Tambunan (Universitas Negeri Medan)
Emia Glory Sembiring (Universitas Negeri Medan)



Article Info

Publish Date
04 Oct 2022

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate the influence of sexual orientation secrecy from the utterances of main characters and author’s narration and the realization of the influence of sexual orientation found in Love Simon movie. The study was conducted using a critical discourse analysis approach. The data of this study were taken from the transcript of Love Simon. The data of this study were the main character’s utterances and author’s narration that appeared in Love Simon that can categorize into kinds of sexual orientation secrecy based on romantic secrecy.  The data analysis was taken by identifying, classifying, and analysing the data. The findings indicated 6 kinds of romantic secrecy of sexual orientation that were flouted by the main characters and author’s narration in Love Simon. Based on the research findings, the most frequent utterances were the break-up distress. This proves that the sexual orientation secrecy gives a negative influence on the main character in this movie.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JELS

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Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Journal of English Language Studies is a registered journal with p-ISSN 2527-7022 and e-ISSN: 2541-5131. This journal is formally published twice annually – every March and September. It covers articles in the fields of English education (EFL/ESL), linguistics, and ...