JEdu: Journal of English Education
Vol 3, No 1 (2023): JEdu: Journal of English Education

Figurative Language And Subtitling Strategies in Batwoman Series

Dara Azalia Bastian (Gunadarma University)
Sujana Sujana (Gunadarma University)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2023

Abstract

This research discussed about subtitling of figurative language in Batwoman drama series. The aims of this research to find kinds of figurative languages used in Batwoman and to identify subtitling techniques used in figurative languages in Batwoman. The researcher use Perrine’s theory to find figurative language and Gottlieb’s theory find subtitling strategies. The researcher focused on each character’s dialogue, those are Batwoman (Kate Kane), Alice, Luke Fox, The method that the researcher used is qualitative method. The result of this research is the researcher found 83 data in the series. For the figurative, the frequency of the data is 16 of simile, 7 of metaphor, 2 of apostrophe, 24 of metonymy, 9 of synecdoche, 1 of symbol, 18 of overstatement, and 6 of irony. For the subtitling strategies, the researcher found 4 of expansion, 2 of paraphrase, 49 of transfer, 26 of imitation, 1 of transcription, and 1 of condensation.

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Journal Info

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jedu

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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JEdu: Journal of English Education focused to publish high-quality articles dedicated to all aspects of the latest outstanding research and developments in the fields of English Education. The scope of this journal encompasses to study of English Education, Literature, Linguistics, and ...