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Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters
By CAECILIA RIRIS KRISMARINI Student Number: 164214109
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Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters
By CAECILIA RIRIS KRISMARINI Student Number: 164214109
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A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis
By CAECILIA RIRIS KRISMARINI Student Number: 164214109
Defended before the Board Examiners on June 16, 2020 and Declared Acceptable
Chairperson : Arina Isti’anah, S.Pd., M.Hum. ……………...
Secretary : Dr. Francis Borgais Alip, M.Pd., M.A. ……………...
Member 1 : Dr. Bernadine Ria Lestari, M.Sc. ……………...
Member 2 : Arina Isti’anah, S.Pd., M.Hum. ……………...
Member 3 : Dr. Francis Borgais Alip, M.Pd., M.A. ……………...
Yogyakarta, June 30, 2020 Faculty of Letters Universitas Sanata Dharma Dean
Dr. Tatang Iskarna
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I certify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously
submitted for award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my
knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate
thesis.
February 24, 2020
Caecilia Riris Krismarini
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TITLE PAGE ………………………………………………………………………...ii APPROVAL PAGE …………………………………………………………………iii ACCEPTENCE PAGE ……………………………………………………………...iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ………………………………………………...v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH ……vi MOTTO PAGE ……………………………………………………………………..vii DEDICATION PAGE ………………………………………………………….….viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ………………………………………………………...ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………………………………………x LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ……………………………………………………..xiii LIST OF TABLES …………………………………………………………………xiv ABSTRACT ………………………………………………………………………....xv ABSTRAK …………………………………………………………………………..xvi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………... A. Background of the Study…………………………………………………. B. Problem Formulation……………………………………………………... C. Objectives of the Study…………………………………………………… D. Definition of terms………………………………………………………...
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ……………………………………... A. Review of Related Studies………………………………………………... B. Review of Related Theories……………………………………………...
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ER : End Rhyme IR : Identical Rhyme HR : Half Rhyme SR : Slant Rhyme
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KRISMARINI, CAECILIA RIRIS (2020). Stylistic Analysis of Maya Angelou’s “When Great Trees Fall”. Yogyakarta: Program Studi Sastra Inggris, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Sanata Dharma.
Stilistika merupakan salah satu cabang studi dari ilmu linguistik yang mempelajari tentang gaya bahasa. Dalam sebuah karya sastra, stilistika diaplikasikan untuk menyingkap elemen-elemen linguistik yang digunakan dalam sebuah karya sastra untuk menginterpretasikan pesan yang disampaikan oleh penilis. Hal ini menunjukan bagaimana bahasa dalam karya sastra dapat dapat mengekpresikan ide pujangga. Oleh sebab itu, penelitian ini menerapkan ilmu stilistika dalam menginterpretasikan puisi Maya Angelou yang berjudul “When Great Trees Fall”. Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk mencapai dua tujuan. Yang pertama adalah menganalisa penggunaan fitur-fitur bahasa yang ada dalam puisi tersebut. Kedua, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mencari tahu makna yang ingin disampaikan oleh pujangga melalui analisa fitur-fitur bahasa yang terdapat dalam puisi. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan stilistika untuk mengkaji puisi tersebut. Selain itu, penelitian ini menggunakan teknik purposeful sampling untuk memperoleh data. Dalam mencapai tujuan dari penelitian ini, puisi terbebut dianalisa menggunakan empat level bahasa: fonologi, grafologi, tatabahasa, dan semantik. Pada level fonologi ditemukan penggunan aliterasi, konsonan, asonansi, dan rima diobservasi yang menunjukan struktur bunyi pada puisi. Pada level grafologi terdapat penggunaan tanda baca koma dan titik yang membantu untuk memahami maksud dari pujangga. Pada level tatabahasa ditemukan penggunaan tenses , ellipsis, kata ganti, kata kerja, kata benda, dan kata sifat yang menggambarkan maksud dari pujangga. Pada level semantik ditemukan penggunaan majas antara lain personifikasi, paralelisme, dan metafora. Dari kajian tersebut dapat ditarik beberapa fitur-fitur bahas yang dapat menunjukan pesan yang disampaikan oleh Angelou. Melalui puisi tersebut, Angelou mencoba menunjukan kehidupan para warga Amerika yang merupakan keturunan Afrika. Penindasan yang terjadi pada mereka bukanlah hal yang mudah untuk dijalani. Keadaan semakin buruk ketika para orang-orang besar yang mencoba memperjuangkan keberadaan mereka harus gugur. Di samping itu, Angelou juga menggambarkan sikap ikhlas dan ketabahan para orang berkulit hitam di Amerika dalam menghadapi kesulitan ini.
Kata Kunci: stylistics, poem, linguistic features, meaning
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A. Background of the Study
Literary works have an important position in human civilization. They
become a communication tool for human beings to deliver feelings or ideas. Many
people use literary works to voice their feeling, imagination, beliefs, ideas or, critics.
People read poems, short stories or, novels, then, they will know the writers voiced
about. Klarer, in his book, says that literature is referred to as the entirety of written
expression, with the restriction that not every written document can be categorized as
literature in the more exact sense of the word (2004).
Stylistics is one of a linguistic field that deals with language style either in
written or spoken language. According to Barry, stylistics is a critical approach
which uses the methods and finding of the science of linguistics in the analysis
of literary texts (2009, p. 196). It shows how the technical linguistic features of a
literary work contribute to its overall meaning and effect.
In literary work, stylistics discloses the use of linguistic features that can
construct a certain interpretation of meaning. It shows how language works in
expressing someone’s idea through writing. On the other hand, it is an appreciation of a
literary work. It is supported by Barry that stylistics emphasizes the connection or the
relation between literary language and everyday language in human life (Barry, 2009).
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the meanings of Maya Angelou’s “When Great Trees Fall” from a linguistic point of
view.
B. Problem Formulation
In line with the background, the research consists of two problems
formulated as follow:
poem?
C. Objectives of the Study
There are two objectives of the study that are analyzed in this research
thoroughly. The first goal of this research is to identify the linguistic features that are
used in Maya Angelou’s “When Great Trees Fall”. The linguistic features found in
the poem are analyzed in four language levels: the phonological level, syntactic level,
lexical level, and graphological level. In the phonological level, the researcher
identifies the rhyme, alliteration, assonance, and consonance used in the poem. In the
graphological level, it focuses on the use of punctuation in the poem. The syntactic
level pays attention to the way a sentence or clause is formed that also leads to the
meaning of the poem. In the semantic level, the use of figurative language is
observed. It is analyzed to figure out the idea that portrayed by the poem through the
clause. The second objective of the research is to figure out the meaning of the poem
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by using the linguistic features. The use of linguistic features in stylistic analysis is
not only to understand the meanings of the poem but also the purpose of the poet.
D. Definition of Terms
This section is done to prevent the misunderstanding of some term that use
in this research. Therefore, the researcher would like to define the terms that applied
in this study. There are three terms of this study: stylistics, language features, and
poem.
The first terminology is stylistics. Stylistics is an approach that analyzed the
style in language (Verdonk, 2002). Verdonk also states that style is a distinctive
manner of expression in writing or speaking (Verdonk, 2002). From those statements,
stylistics can analyze someone’s writing by observed the style of the language. In
conducting a stylistic analysis, it is not so much focused on every form and structure
in a text, as on those which stand out in it. It is such conspicuous elements hold a
promise of stylistic relevance and thereby arouse the reader’s interest or emotions
(Verdonk, 2002). This terminology describes the internal analysis or the linguistics
context to show the distinctive language style.
The second terminology is linguistic features or language features.
Language features will expose the linguistic elements found in a text such as rhyme,
lexical categories, and figures of speech. They will help the reader to interpret the
message of the text through linguistic analysis. It is supported by Verdonk that
“linguistic context refers to the surrounding features of language inside the text, like
the typography, sounds, words, phrases, and sentences which are relevant to the
