English Language and Literature
Vol 12, No 1 (2023)

Sexual Harassment on The Photocopier Movie 2021: Critical Discourse Analysis

Rena Rensiana Girsang (Universitas Negeri Padang)
Andi Muhammad Irawan (Universitas Negeri Padang)



Article Info

Publish Date
15 Feb 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify discourse topics and discourse strategies that contained sexual harassment contained in the movie “Photocopier” and analyze them using Van Dijk’s theory of critical discourse analysis. This type of research is qualitative research. The data sources are dialogues from the “Photocopier” movie. In this study, Van Dijk’s theory of critical discourse analysis of Positive Self and Negative Other Representation was applied. According to the findings, there are nineteen dialogues including five discourse topics and seven discourse strategies contain sexual harassment. In the movie, the most dominant discourse topics is the women as a sexual objects and in the discourse strategy is the strategy of problematization.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ell

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE: E- JOURNAL English Language and Literature Study Program of FBS UNP. Volume 1, Number 1, September 2012, ISSN 2302-3546. English Language and Literature Study Program journal is published three times a year (March, June, and September). It consits of scientific ...