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<![CDATA[Understanding the hidden meaning of Death of a Salesman ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 11 No 2 (2022): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v11i2.58869
<![CDATA[This paper focuses on analyzing the drama script entitled Death of a Salesman as one of the representations of literary work in the modern period using the deconstructive approach. The purpose of this study is to figure out the hidden meaning about the American Dreams represented by Willy Loman. The method used in this paper is descriptive qualitative. This paper uses deconstructive approach from Jacques Derrida. The result of this research shows the belief of the American Dreams cannot be applied in the modern era to all of Americans. Most Americans hold a strong belief that everyone will get a happiness and a successful life in America. This deconstructive analysis finds a hidden meaning that the belief of the American Dreams could not guarantee the success of people who live in America. Death of a Salesman represents the character of Willy Loman as an American who fail to accomplish his success to be a salesman, a husband, and a father.]]>
<![CDATA[Gender stereotypes in a modern Javanese nuclear family in film Mudik (2020) ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.60687
<![CDATA[The characters of a Javanese husband and wife in films are often presented with gender stereotypes, such as Angayani (Providing for Family) for husbands and Manak (Giving and Caring for Children) for wives. This article aims to show the gender stereotypes of a husband and a wife in a modern Javanese nuclear family in film Mudik (2020) by Adriyanto Dewo. Gender stereotypes are established values that have been socialized through the concepts of Dadi Wong (Being a successful person) and Durung Tutug, Jowo, or Rampung (Being an unsuccessful person) in Javanese society. Those who successfully meet these values will be included in Dadi Wong category, but if they are not able to, they will be classified in Durung Tutug, Jowo, or Rampung category. This study uses narratology as an analytical method which is elaborated with the theory of gender performativity and power relations. The results of this study indicate that the representation of the husband in this film is considered unable to fulfill Dadi Wong conception due to the absence of children and financial instability. Meanwhile, the representation of the wife is unable to reach the qualifications of Dadi Wong due to her infertility condition and role in the public sphere.]]>
<![CDATA[Revisiting tradition in Ahmad Fuadi’s Anak Rantau ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.63277
<![CDATA[Paradoxical as it may be, Anak Rantau both problematizes the practice of outmigration tradition in Minangkabau culture, yet campaigns for the perpetuation of Minangkabau tradition at the same time. By highlighting the darker side of the impact of outmigration, the novel advises returning to the religion-based tradition which works through the revitalization of the surau, as a learning center, and less-materially oriented outmigration for remedy. Although it is apparent that the meaning of outmigration is being rearticulated in the novel, it is also inevitable to notice that the novel perceives the ecological destruction, the waning tradition, and the spiritually corrupt village as a failure of modernity, creating a learning loss among the Minangkabau’s youngsters. This paper uses Bhabha’s perspective of modernity and his theory of the Third Space of enunciation to reveal how the meaning of outmigration has been rearticulated in the novel and how it intersects with the powerful discourse of modernity. This paper tries to show that, first of all, in the attempts to rearticulate the long institutionalized outmigration tradition of Minangkabau people by questioning the virtue of its materialistic orientation, and problematizing the concept of ‘home’ and ‘rantau’, the novel actually tries to closely adhere to the Minangkabau tradition. Secondly, it also tries to show that the problem of learning loss is pronounced well in the anxieties over the undermining of Minangkabau traditional values.]]>
<![CDATA[Udah Cebol, Bantet Pula Aku: Lexical Cohesion on Body Shaming in IbuHamil.com Discussion Forum ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.64165
<![CDATA[Women contribute almost half of the total internet users in Indonesia and millennial mothers are a significant group of internet users, especially social media. This makes the millennial mother group vulnerable to crime in the digital space. One form of crime is body shaming which is part of mom-shaming. In this study, we investigate body shaming from the perspective of Discourse Analysis using Halliday and Hasan's classification on lexical cohesion. We focus on three categories in lexical cohesion, which are repetition, synonymy, and antonymy to illustrate lexical cohesion in IbuHamil.com’s discussion forum. Body shaming discussed in the article sources from a thread in Ngobrol Apa Saja forum in IbuHamil.com. The thread discussing body shaming experience receives 37 responses in 18 days. In terms of lexical cohesion, the data display 300 words in repetition with 28 inflected words, 38 words in synonymy, and 16 words in antonymy. There are some typical words in illustrating physical features in body shaming, which mainly highlight weight, height, and attempts to achieve an ideal body mass index. The discussion forum also demonstrates the frequent use of contraction which characterizes the internet chat room communication. Additionally, users' responses express empathy and support to the topic starter. The users also propose advice on handling body shaming and how to avoid it in the future.]]>
<![CDATA[Language of Propaganda in The Great Hack Movie ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.67022
<![CDATA[The mass media opposed Donald Trump for his victory as president in the 2016 U.S election because he was considered involved in exploiting voters’ personal data. This issue was narrated in “The Great Hack” movie. This study attempted to scrutinize propaganda message potential through linguistic and non-linguistic (visual) components in that movie and investigate how both types of components interplayed to create the intended message. The analysis was presented across two axes. First, by using Halliday and Matthiessen’s Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), the study primarily focused on the propaganda messages constructed through words, phrases, and clauses. The visual components were analyzed in the second step as complementary analysis. The study found that “The Great Hack” movie wants to construct realities that Donald Trump unfairly gained a victory for the election with Hillary Clinton as a deliberately weakened candidate. In addition, the linguistic and visual components have relations to reinforce and elaborate the intended messages.]]>
<![CDATA[The Dysfunctional Family in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.67064
<![CDATA[As the marginalized and minority group in America, Black people’s lives were under the control and influence of White hegemony. This condition affected their social, economic, and cultural activities. This study aims to identify the form of dysfunction in the family, the cause of dysfunction in the family, and the effect on children’s psychology. This study uses a descriptive qualitative method. The researchers use a novel written by Toni Morrison entitled The Bluest Eye as the primary source of data. Additionally, some books, journal articles, and relevant internet sources use as secondary sources. Then, the data was collected and analyzed in several steps. The result shows that the dysfunction in the family is in the form of maltreatment of the family members that are influenced by the pain of the parent’s childhood. It eventually leads to the way how they treat or build relationships with their children and others. The impact of this dysfunctional family on the children is that they become malicious and impulsive, and suffer from a mental disorder or schizophrenia.]]>
<![CDATA[Lexical verbs of hedging in English research articles by native and non-native speakers ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
Publisher : <![CDATA[English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.67067
<![CDATA[This study aims to compare verb variation and the functions of hedges used in English scientific research articles written by English native speakers (NS) and non-native speakers from Indonesia (NNS). The data were collected from a corpus of 30 international journal articles. The analysis was conducted quantitatively using a normalization system and statistical tests to determine the frequency and distribution of lexical verbs and qualitatively using Palmer’s (2001) and Hyland’s (1996) hedging model to identify the forms and specific functions of the hedges. The findings demonstrate that both NS and NNS used speculative, deductive, quotative, and sensorial verbs as hedges. However, NS used speculative and sensorial verbs more frequently, while NNS used deductive and quotative verbs more frequently. Statistically, the frequency and distribution of hedges in the two categories of writers were not significantly different. Both NS and NNS tend to use lexical verbs to protect themselves as writers by limiting personal commitments and to protect their readers by anticipating rejection based on subjectivity. These findings contribute to the understanding of hedging use in academic writing by NNS from Indonesia and provide implications for English language teaching and learning.]]>
<![CDATA[Indigenous Feminism for American Indigenous Women Portrayed on The Plague of Doves by Erdrich ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.65856
<![CDATA[Legitimacy of women existences captured diverse and compound through the lens of cultural and social background. In the course of history, American Indigenous Women elucidated their identity articulation following the West at the hand of feminism. However, ‘white’ feminism is not in the position to accommodate the unique characteristics of American Indigenous Women. Their social contour and cultural commandment of which giving a rise out of their position and power cried out for suitable paradigm. Indigenous feminism as perspective from and to Indigenous Women would serve to scrutinize women empowerment, aspiration and self-actualization of American Indigenous Women. The article as presented is part of the dissertation analysis within the title Cultural Memory and Demystification of American Native Women’ Position. The analysis of this research is a library based employing the novel from Indigenous female author, Louise Erdrich, entitled The Plague of Dove. In the discussion, the portrayal and representation of certain social and cultural phenomena have been captured and put into consideration as Indigenous Women’s struggle in this modern days. The regulation and also power to determine Indigenous Women’ identity have been strictly limited due to the presence of oppression. The unique of this research laid on the characteristics of the source of oppression in which is in a cooperated linkage within the paradigm employed which is Indigenous feminism. As there are diverse social and traditional elements brought, this research went deep in to the intersectionality studies, focusing on the sexism, racism and colonialism issues predominantly captured as the root of the oppression and discrimination against Indigenous Women.]]>
<![CDATA[Kinship Destruction as a Result of England’s Social Stratification Reflected on George Eliot’s Silas Marner ]]>
<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 1 (2023): Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i1.67962
<![CDATA[Industrialization in England had a great impact on the life of the world. However, the emergence of stratification sometimes leads society to divisions where conflict is inevitable. The condition let the true human relation be fractured. George Eliot’s Silas Marner portrays the class stratification classes in Warwickshire, England. The aims of this study are to describe kinship destruction as the result of English’s social stratification in George Eliot’s Silas Marner and to explain the reflection of society’s world vision where the author lived on the novel. The method used is the qualitative study and analysed by using Lucien Goldmann’s theory of genetic structuralism. Silas Marner shows that kinship destruction occurred is rooted from differentiation in society. The upper class are described as the one who always benefits and vice versa. Eventually, this is evoked social jealousy and conflicts. Meanwhile, society’s world vision that described is the bad result of social stratification in Warwickshire especially between landed gentry and local farmer. Eliot seemed to convey that social stratification existed is a trigger to a kinship destruction since the differentiations tend to create a conflict among them]]>
<![CDATA[Speech act and experiential analysis of Bali netizen reactions to the pandemic regulation posts ]]>
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<![CDATA[ Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol 12 No 2 (2023): Rainbow Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies ]]>
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DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v12i2.59090
<![CDATA[Social media has enabled individuals to publicly express their feelings, opinions, or sentiments about specific issues, including government policies. The accumulation of similar views from social media users can represent how the public perceives certain matters. The research was done by analysing netizen comments on posts regarding the pandemic regulation in Bali from August to November 2021 in a popular Instagram local news account Infodenpasar. The research employs the theory of speech act to describe the illocutionary force of netizen utterances to express particular sentiments and the systemic functional theory about experiential metafunction to explore the construal of participants and actions in the discourse. The finding shows that the most dominant speech act is conflictive, which expresses disbelief, complaint, and skepticism. In addition, the events in the clauses are constructed with various processes and participant types, especially relational process]]>
