Literary Criticism

The Benefit of Digital Literacy for English Literature Students

Merry Rullyanti, Lina Tri Astuty Beru Sembiring, Viki Mahdiansyah, Rike Monike — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:01:05 +0000

This research purposed to examine the benefits of digital competency and e-learning during the Pandemic that interrupted schooling. Expert opinions published in different international publications were used to address the question. The core of our results from a wide range of subjects, including the benefits of digital literacy, is that it is undoubtedly capable of innovating learning that has been disrupted since the Pandemic struck the globe. Although expert opinions differ significantly, the abilities of pupils and other educators in digital technology are so essential that educational disruption will be very fearful. To address the research's topic, the researchers looked for data in the literature and then performed a study that included coding systems, theme verification, assessment, and in-depth interpretation. This is qualitative research that takes a phenomenological approach touts design. The findings showed that digital literacy is defined as students’ capacity to arrange knowledge in the world of learning, from seeking to communicating, with little instructor assistance. This document includes, among other things, a summary of the study's results with the hopes of providing more information for educators and educational researchers interested in using digital literacy to innovate teaching during the Pandemic.

Keyword: Digital Literacy, e-learning, students’ learning

Hybrid Learning : Solusi Pembelajaran Bahasa di Era New-Normal

Lina Tri Astuty Beru Sembiring, Merry Rullyanti — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 02:08:17 +0000

The times demand students to always adapt to learning media. IT-based learning media is an important part of the 21st century. On the other hand, we are entering a "new normal" order, which means the return to conditions that were originally home learning and now back to normal. Students are allowed to learn 50% or half of the number of students. Of course, it leaves questions for students, how to study well. Hybrid learning is a solution to student problems in this new normal era. However, is it believed that hybrid learning can work efficiently and increase learning motivation? To answer this question, research was carried out using a quasi-experimental methodology by creating two groups. Namely the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group was given hybrid learning while the control group was given online learning. The results of this study are that the average value of hybrid learning is higher than the average value of online learning. So that hybrid learning can be recommended for teachers in this new normal era.

Keyword: Hybrid Learning, quasi-experimental, online learning

Orientalism in the Kite Runner Novel by Khaled Hosseini

Tommi Pungkaswani, Merry Rullyanti, Dhanu Ario Putra — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Nowadays there are some countries still get interference and new colonialism style from other countries that have more power, it has happened since long time ago until now, especially Asia dan Africa countries. This thesis analyzes orientalism in The Kite Runner novel by Khaled Hosseini. This study intends to show their superior and inferior as The West and The Eas4 and the effects of orientalism in the novel The Kite Runner. The story happened when Russia attacked Afghanistan. This thesis used descriptive qualitative method that consist of collecting data, analyzing data, and presenting the data. In this study, the researcher used Orientalism theory by Edward Said. In this thesis the researcher analyzes selected novel The Kite Runner (2013) by Khaled Hosseini. The researcher finds some samples that shows in the novel there are part about The West, The East, and effects of orientalism. The West according to the novel are Assef and Russia because they delegated side that had more power to oppress weak side/ The East. The East according to the novel are Hassan and Afghanistan because they delegated side that had less power and get oppressed by strong side/ The West. The effects of orientalism during and after the war and conflict are Afghanistan became the country that had many problem like rubber, beggar, poverty, suffering and fear.

Keyword: Orientalism, The West, The East, Superior, Inferior

An analysis of Register in Champions league News Used by Goal.com

Viki Mahdiansyah, Dhanu Ario Putra, Merry Rullyanti — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This research paper aims to describe the linguistics form and the meaning of register in champion League News used by goal.com. Goal.com is a website where all about football is shared. This site is always post updated news about football, before updates, news of last match, and news of the player or the specific club. There are many new words created in football news. The type of research is descriptive qualitative. The object of this research is the register used in champions league news. The data are register words and phrases included in printed material used in goal.com. The data source is the news report of Real Madrid in Champions League. The researcher collects the news in goal.com, reads the news, and writes down the register words and phrases, and analyses the data In analyzing the data, the writer classifies the data into categories as the register, anafy7.es the data by identifying the linguistic form of the register, Identifying the differences between lexical and contextual meaning based on Larson's theory. Based on the analysis, the researcher finds that in linguistic form there are 98 data of noun, 25 data of verb, 10 data of adjective, I 04 data of compound word, 7 data of abbreviation, and 11 data of noun phrase, 7 verb phrase, and 4 adjective phrase and there are two types of meaning: 30 data of lexical meaning and 82 data of contextual meaning This means that the more frequently appear of linguistic forms are in compound word and meaning is in contextual meaning.

Keyword: Sociolinguistics, Variety of Language, Register.

An Analysis of Positive Politeness Strategy Used In "Up" Movie

Isthi Mawar Thoyyibah, Lina Tri Astuty Beru Sembiring, Merry Rullyanti — Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This research is entitled "An Analysis of Positive Politeness Strategies used in "UP" movie. It aims at finding the kinds of politeness strategies and context produced in "UP" movie. The researcher used qualitative research since the data engaged are displayed in the form of strings of words. The data were collected from a movie "UP" which was realesed in 2010. Analysis of this research is focused on the utterances produced by the character in Up movie. Using the theory of Brown and Levinson (1987), there are 15 strategies in positive politeness, they are 1) notice, attend to the hearer (his interest, wants, needs, goods); 2) exaggerate (interest, approval, sympathy with the hearer); 3) intensify interest to the hearer: 4) use in-group identity markers; 5) seek agreement; 6) avoid disagreement; 7)presuppose/ raise/ assert common ground; 8) joke; 9) assert or presuppose the speaker's knowledge and concern for the hearer's wants; 10) offer/promise; 11) be optimistic; 12) include both the speaker and the hearer in the activity; 13) give (or ask for) reasons; 14) assume or assert reciprocity; 15) and give gifts to the hearer (goods, sympathy, understanding, cooperation). The result shows that the character produced the highest number of positive politeness in the utterances that found in strategy 4: Use in group identity markers. Context of positive politeness strategy also using Brown and Levinson theory where 9 from 15 context theory found in the utterance. The result shows that the character produced the highest number of contexts of positive politeness in the utterances that found in give association clue context

Keyword: Movie, Positive Politeness strategy and context, Utterances.

Women's Struggle In "The Color Purple" By Alice Walker: A Black Feminism Study

Febby Okta Novrianti, Merry Rullyanti, Dhanu Ario Putra — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

The Color Purple by Alice Walker is a fiction novel that talks about African- American woman. The Color Purple was published in 1982 in New York USA, and made into a film in 1985 won the Pulitzer Prize awards. Based on the novel, African American women whose were struggle in the face of oppression that is dominated by men that occurred in America. This study aims to answer two formulations of the problem, namely; to determine the forms of oppression over women occur in the novel and to find out how the struggle of women in the novel. This study used a theoretical approach of Black Feminism belongs to Barbara Smith who saw a literary work of the whole social and historical context in which literary works are created as concept of criticism used by activists of black feminist at the time. The researcher used qualitative method to get validation data. The results of this study indicate that the form of oppression on women character in this novel is very diverse. There are three forms of oppression which is reflected in the novel that physical oppression, verbal oppression, and relational oppression. Then there are two forms of struggle carried out by the character of women is a direct confrontation and sisterhood bonding. Forms of fight carried out by Sofia and Shug Avery are directly. Sofia indicated the battle confrontation was clearly seen as the empowerment of struggle carried out by Shug Every became the main inspiration for the influence of character a female character in the vicinity. In the next fight Celie inspired by Shug Every also fight and was followed by Mary Agnes. Then do not miss the fight carried out by Netty.

Keyword: Women, Struggle, Oppression, Black Feminism, The Color Purple

An Analysis of Figurative Language in the song lyric of "1989" Album by Taylor Swift

Rike Monike, Eli Diana, Merry Rullyanti — Sat, 30 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

This study concerns with the descriptive analysis of figurative language in the song lyrics by Taylor Swift's "1989" Album. This research to answer two statement of problem that is(l) what of types of figurative language that is used in the song Lyrics by Taylor Swift's "1989" album? And (II) what the contextual meaning of figurative language in song lyrics by Taylor Swift's "1989" album? And the researcher explains about the review of the related theories and related studies this review is very important because it used as the basis of analysis of the study. The researcher uses a descriptive qualitative method to classify and analyze the sentence. The aim of descriptive qualitative method is to describe a place, fact and characteristic of population systematically, factually and accurately. Descriptive qualitative method employs technique of seeking, collecting and analyzing data. After investigating the sentence in the song lyric, the researcher found several findings of figurative language on it There are seven kinds of figurative language that is used in the song lyrics, they are simile, personification, hyperbole, metaphor, oxymoron, symbol, and synecdoche. The last is the dominant of figurative language that used is metaphor.

Keyword: Figurative Language, analyze method, kinds of Figurative language