Pulchra Lingua
Vol. 1 No. 2 (2022): Pulchra Lingua: A Journal of Language Study, Literature & Linguistics

A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Background Music Exhilarates Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance’s Narratives.

Putra, Rizky Anugrah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Nov 2022

Abstract

Games have evolved beyond entertainment and become captivating spectacles with interesting stories and visuals. While most prioritize visuals, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is popular in 2022 due to its combination of music and story, making it a phenomenal meme. Because of this phenomenon, the researcher wants to examine how music can enhance the story elements of a game. To get an answer to this phenomenon, the researcher operates Fairclough's critical discourse analysis to examine the seven-song lyrics contained in the game Metal Gear Rising into three dimensions of analysis: microstructure, mesostructure and macrostructure. The researcher found that the song's lyrics enrich the narrative elements of the MGSR series by utilizing six styles of language: symbolism, metaphor, hyperbole, rhetoric, personification, and tautology. This research can provide an initial report on the association between literature, aesthetics and music in popular culture.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

pulchra

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Subject

Humanities Education Library & Information Science

Description

Pulchra lingua is a journal published by Kyadiren Foundation. Articles in the journal are published twice a year. The Journal accepts scientific writings from conceptual ideas and research results that have never been published, especially those related to language study, literature, and ...