scholarly journals The Significance of the Conch in William Golding's Lord of the Flies

Lexicon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamiah Solehati ◽  
Bernadus Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Safe Environment ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
William Golding ◽  
Lord Of The Flies ◽  
Conch Shell ◽  
Formalism Approach

This research investigates the significance of the conch shell in the novel Lord of the Flies written by William Golding. The focus of this research is to examine the meaning of the conch shell as one of the most important symbols and to observe the dynamic of the main characters in relation to power. The research applies textual formalism approach to uncover the meaning of the symbol. Furthermore, this research is also supported with sociological approach to relate the literary work with the reality of the social condition during that era and to get a better understanding of the characterization of the main characters in the novel. The main data used in this research is the novel Lord of the Flies. To support this analysis, additional data is taken from various sources such as books and academic journals. The result of this analysis shows that conch is symbol of democratic power and order. Furthermore, the conch leads us to understand that we must have rules and authority to maintain a safe environment. Without them, utter chaos is inevitable.

scholarly journals GAY REPRESENTATION IN BECKY ALBERTALLI'S SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-48
Author(s):  
Irvan Gading ◽  
Linusia Marsih
Keyword(s):  
Homo Sapiens ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Same Sex ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Opposite Sex

This study aims to reveal gay habitus in Becky Albertalli's Simon VS The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This study is descriptive qualitative which applies both intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. The intrinsic approach is applied due to the fact that the study deals with the characterization of the main character in the novel. Moreover, the sociological approach is applied because the study is primarily concerned with a social phenomenon reflected in  literary work as the novel portrays the representation of gay habitus reflected in the attitude and behaviours of one of the main characters in the novel. In revealing the gay habitus reflected in the novel, Bourdieu's theory of habitus is applied. The discussion is focused on the Simon's habitation as a gay and the factors that contribute to the formation of Simon's habitus as a gay. The result of the study shows that Simon develops gay habitus. The representations of his gay habitus include are having no attraction to the opposite sex, adoring the same sex, obsessing and fantasizing about the same sex, feeling jealous and cynical to the suspected competitors, and falling in love with the same sex. There are two factors that support the development of Simon's gay habitus i.e. primary and secondary socialization.

scholarly journals KONFLIK SOSIAL DALAM NOVEL KARENA AKU TAK BUTA KARYA RENDY KUSWANTO

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Afriza Yuan Ardias ◽  
Sumartini Sumartini ◽  
Mulyono Mulyono
Keyword(s):  
Social Conflict ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Side

Berbicara tentang karya sastra tentu akan berbicara tentang hubungan antara karya sastra dengan permasalahan sosial bila berdasar pada karya sastra sebagai potret realistis. Oleh sebab itu, karya sastra dapat menunjukkan gejala-gejala yang dapat dilukiskan pengarang melalui bahasa tentang keadaan yang secara tidak langsung menerima pengaruh dari masyarakat umum, bahkan keberadaan masyarakat dapat pula menunjukkan refleksi terhadap gejala-gejala sosial yang ada di sekitar mereka.Berdasarkan latar belakang di atas, permasalahan dan fokus penelitian pada bentuk-bentuk konflik sosial yang terdapat dalam novel Karena Aku tak Buta karya Rendy Kuswanto memfokuskan pada wujud atau faktor-faktor yang memicu terjadinya konflik sosial serta bentuk penyelesaiannya. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah pendekatan sosiologi sastra menggunakan teori Ian Watt yang menitikberatkan sastra sebagai cermin masyarakat. Sumber data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah novel Karena Aku tak Buta karya Rendy Kuswanto. Teori milik Ian Watt merupakan langkah awal dalam melakukan teknik analisis karya untuk membedah karya sastra, melalui teknik atau metode analisis deskriptif dengan menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi sastra mendapat hasil secara sistematis. Hasil analisis penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa konflik sosial yang terdapat dalam novel Karena aku tak Buta karya Rendy Kuswanto terdiri atas tiga pokok permasalahan yang meliputi wujud konflik sosial, penyebab konflik sosial dan penyelesaian konflik sosial. Pembaca diharapkan dapat mengetahui dan memahami bentuk-bentuk konflik sosial dan bentuk penyelesaian konflik sosial yang terdapat di dalam novel Karena Aku tak Buta karya Rendy Kuswanto secara mendalam dan dapat mengambil hikmah dari sisi kemanusiaan.   Talking about literary works will certainly talk about the relationship between literary work and social problems if based on literary works as realistic portraits. Therefore, literary works can show the symptoms that can be described by the author through language about circumstances that indirectly accept influence from the general public, even the existence of society can also reflect on the social symptoms that are around them. Based on the above background, the problems and research focus on the forms of social conflict contained in the novel Because I am not Blind, by Rendy Kuswanto, focuses on the forms or factors that trigger social conflicts and their resolution. The research method used in this study is the literary sociology approach using Ian Watt's theory which focuses on literature as a mirror of society. The data source used in this study is a novel because I am not blind by Rendy Kuswanto. Ian Watt's theory is the first step in conducting work analysis techniques to dissect literature, through descriptive analysis techniques or methods using a sociological approach to literature to get results systematically. The results of the analysis of this study indicate that the social conflicts contained in the novel, because I am not blind, by Rendy Kuswanto, consist of three main problems which include social conflicts, causes of social conflict and resolution of social conflicts. Readers are expected to be able to know and understand the forms of social conflict and forms of resolution of social conflicts contained in the novel Because I am not Blind by Rendy Kuswanto in depth and can take lessons from the human side.

scholarly journals Personality Development Analysis of Jean Louise Scout In Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird (1960) And Go Set a Watchman (2015)

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Wiweko Aksan Nugraha ◽  
Fabiola D Kurnia ◽  
Ali Mustofa
Keyword(s):  
Personality Development ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
To Kill A Mockingbird ◽  
Development Analysis ◽  
Good Manner ◽  
Religious Aspect

The study was aimed to analyze the two continued novels from the personality development of Jean Louise Scout in Harper Lee’s two novels, How to Kill a Mockingbird and Go Set a Watchman from emotional, cognitive, moral, and religious aspect using Jacques Lacan psychoanalysis theory. It was qualitative study and data of the study were taken from the two novels elements such as words, phrases, sentences, quotes, monologues, and the dialogs while the supporting data collected from books, journals, thesis as the preliminary studies and essay which relevant to the novel analysis. Based on data analysis, the result shows that in studying one literary work there are three interrelated element has to be concerned and it cannot be separated from one to another. The author writes the social phenomena into the literary work because it is a reflection of society and it gives moral values to the reader or to the society. Therefore, sociological approach is utilized in this study. Another finding was found that as a member of society, an individual cannot be separated from its society’s tradition in which they should behave in a good manner to be the good member of society as well as in family.

scholarly journals STRATIFIKASI SOSIAL DALAM NOVEL BUMI MANUSIA KARYA PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER: PENDEKATAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA [Social Stratification in Bumi Manusia Novel by Pramoedya Ananta Toer: Literature Sociological Approach]

TOTOBUANG ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Nurul Arpa Lestaluhu ◽  
Falantino Eryk Latupapua
Keyword(s):  
Social Stratification ◽  
Sociological Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Stratification Theory ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
Pramoedya Ananta Toer ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Social Level

This paper was the result of a qualitative research used sociology of literature approach.  by descriptive method describing the social stratification in Bumi Manusia by Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s. The Data  had descriptively analyzed by literature sociological theory, particularly through Social Stratification Theory. The Social Stratification points to the element of social level  which consists of ascribed status and achieved status. Thus, the result describes the social stratification that occurs in the novel Bumi Manusia as ascribed status and achieved status. Finally, there are several determinants which constructing social stratification. Those factors are: power, marriage, attitude, resistance, struggle, effort or hardwork. Artikel ini merupakan hasil penelitian kualitatif yang menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi sastra melalui penerapan metode deskriptif yang bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan stratifikasi sosial yang tampak dalam novel Bumi Manusia karya Pramoedya Ananta Toer. Analisis data dilakukan secara deskriptif dengan menggunakan perspektif teori sosiologi sastra, khususnya teori stratifikasi sosial. Stratifikasi sosial menyasar pada unsur kedudukan yang terdiri atas ascribed status (status alamiah) dan achieved status (status yang diusahakan). Sebagai temuan, artikel ini mendeskripsikan stratifikasi sosial yang terjadi dalam novel Bumi Manusia yaitu berupa unsur kedudukan ascribed status (status alamiah) dan achieved status (status yang diusahakan) dan terdapat beberapa determina dalam membentuk stratifikasi sosial  yaitu kekuasaan, pernikahan, sikap, perlawanan, perjuangan, usaha, dan kerja keras.

scholarly journals Golding’s Narrowed Attempts at Defining Human Nature in Lord of the Flies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-50
Author(s):  
Rabia Khan ◽  
Sajjad Ahmad ◽  
Ali Ammar
Keyword(s):  
Human Nature ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Political System ◽  
Research Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Biological Factors ◽  
Single Character ◽  
William Golding ◽  
Lord Of The Flies

This paper is an attempt to prove the assumption that William Golding is a failure who claims to have written his novel Lord of the Flies on the idea of human nature. He considers that he wrote about human nature in general, but he is a Western and has those ideas of being superior to other people. He takes all his characters from among the English boys. Not a single character who is shown as civilized belongs to a marginalized race. This act of Golding reveals his ethnocentric attitude. He does not bother to include a female character in this novel. All his characters are male. It shows his androcentric nature. Though he tries to put the evil like every man whenever he wants to show the brutality or savagery of a human, in the form of his chosen English boys, he portrays them as the hunters of Africa or paints them with mud. In doing so, he is affiliating savagery with the blacks and Indians. Thus, he propagates the same stereotypical concept of “Orients” as uncivilized and savages. Golding relies solely on the biological factors of human nature. He ignores to consider any social problem for the conflict of the two groups of boys. These social factors may include political system, religion, or Marxism. This research work has proved that Golding’s self-critique of human nature in the novel is a failure on his part.

scholarly journals Translating Tenor: With Reference to the English Versions of Hong Lou Meng

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 528-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zequan Liu
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
Hong Lou Meng ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Cultural Features

Abstract The objective of this paper is to see how the Chinese tenor as exhibited by the use of titles and honorifics in the classic novel Hong Lou Meng is translated in its five English versions. I shall compare the translations of several dialogues from the novel with special reference to the tenor-markers. By adopting House’s interpersonal equivalence as a criterion to measure the social distance and power between the dyads as shown by the tenor in both the SL conversations and their respective TL versions, I shall investigate the relationship between the interpersonal equivalence that is acquired in the TT and the strategies that are adopted to translate the dialogues. The argument put forward here is that in order to produce a translation that not only reads fluently but also retains the linguistic and cultural features of a foreign literary work, foreignising should be adopted as a mainstream rather than exclusive strategy, with assistance drawn from domesticating solutions.

scholarly journals KAJIAN INTERTEKSTUAL NOVEL CINTA BERTABUR DI LANGIT MEKKAH KARYA ROIDAH DAN NOVEL ASMARA DI ATAS HARAM KARYA ZULKIFLI L. MUCHDI DENGAN PENDEKATAN SOSIOLOGI

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 42-55
Author(s):  
Ririn Nurul Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Role Model ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Sociological Approach ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Religious Aspects

Literary works in this era of progress have been very developed. The creation of literary works is usually influenced by the literary works that preceded it. The literary work that precedes is used as an example or role model for later literary works. Two or more literary works with the same theme have similarities and differences. Similarities and differences in several literary works can be analyzed using the principle of intertextuality. This principle is intended to examine texts that are considered to have a certain relationship with other texts so that it is possible for a work to become a hypogram for subsequent literary works. In this study the author chose the title " Intertextual Study of the Novel Cinta Bertabur Di Langit Mekkah by Roidah and Novel Asmara Di Atas Haram  by Zulkifli L. Muchdi with a Sociological Approach ". Based on the object studied, this study aims to describe: (1) the structure of Roidah's novel Cinta Bertabur Di Langit Mekkah (CBM) and novel Asmara Di Atas Haram (ADH) by Zulkifli L. Muchdi, (2) similarities and differences in the novel Cinta Bertabur Di Langit Mekkah (CBM) by Roidah and novel Asmara Di Atas Haram (ADH) by Zulkifli L. Muchdi, (3) Intertextual relations between Roidah's novel Cinta Bertabur Di Langit Mekkah (CBM) and Zulkifli L. Muchdi's novel Asmara Di Atas Haram (ADH, and (4) sociological aspects of novel Cinta Bertabur Di Langit Mekkah (CBM) by Roidah and novel Asmara Di Atas Haram  (ADH) by Zulkifli L. Muchdi. The method used is descriptive analysis method. The results obtained in the research are intrinsic elements of the novel, similarities and differences between the two novels, intertextual relations and sociological aspects which include social aspects, religious aspects, economic aspects, and love aspects.

scholarly journals William Golding’s Lord of the Flies: A Reconsideration

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-136
Author(s):  
Mariwan Hasan ◽  
Diman Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
The Novel ◽  
William Golding ◽  
Imaginative Literature ◽  
Lord Of The Flies ◽  
In The Beginning

This paper reconsiders William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Allegorical writings can illustrate ethical, social or psychological and moral issues using the manipulation of images that have stipulated meanings other than their meanings as imitations of the actual world. Allegory has been used widely throughout history in all forms of art, and comprehensible for the reader, conveys hidden meanings through symbolic figures. Lord of the Flies had been written in relation to historical circumstances of the twentieth-century and to the personal experience of William Golding. Also, it has provided a critical analysis of the novel that treated the prominent perspective and elements in it. The novel is a parallel of life in the late twentieth century, while it looks like society a stage of enhancement in technology whereas, human morality is not completely mature yet. “Lord of the Flies is an allegorical microcosm of the world. The destruction of World War II because of the dictators who initiated this war has a profound impact on William Golding himself”. In the beginning, the paper gives an introduction to Golding’s point of view on humanity with the title of how to draw attention to me through allegory and fable, two forms of imaginative literature that encouraged the reader and listener to look for hidden meanings. Then it deals with William Golding’s Lord of the Flies from the cultural approaches of that time, who is one of the most prominent literary men of postmodernism that was famous for utilizing symbolism within the novel; “he used different kinds of symbols, characters, objects, animals, colors and setting to convey his message about his main theme”, in the last section we analyzed the postmodern features in Lord of the Flies and how they are used to depict Golding’s view. The way Golding uses allegory strengthens the symbolism of his novel. Finally, it tackles the educational value through his experiences in teaching along with critical analysis of Golding’s technique.

scholarly journals Translating Semiotic “Polyphony” of Texts as a Culture-Formative Creation

Tertium ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-169
Author(s):  
Caterina Squillace
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Genres ◽  
Melting Pot ◽  
The Social ◽  
Roman Jakobson ◽  
The Master And Margarita

“The Master and Margarita” is generally considered Mikhail Bulgakov’s literary masterpiece. It is a “melting pot” of literary genres, motives, themes, imagery and intertextual references. All these elements cooperate in creating a “polyphonic” novel, in Bakhtin’s sense of the word, not only when it comes to the different nature and “voice” of single characters but also with reference to the “poly-structured” construction of the text itself. The paper will illustrate the peculiarity of Bulgakov’s novel and the semiotic and semiosic character of his creation. The adjective “semiosic” derives from “semiosis” as defined, among others, by C.S. Peirce, who stresses the meaning-making “power” of some semiotic processes. The paper aims also at answering the question why this novel has been translated several times into Polish and Italian since 1967 (when the first edition of the novel was published in Western Europe). Due to the very specific construction of the plot and of the formal aspects of the novel, translators had to deal with a significant number of problems of “untranslatability” that they could solve only by using their creative potential. It was Roman Jakobson who through his linguistic analysis reached the conclusion that for the untranslatable—poetry for example—“Only creative transposition is possible”. Using creativity translators were also able to discover further interpretations of Bulgakov’s literary work and to perform a culture-formative act as their efforts offer new points of view on reality and its perception, wider knowledge of the social life not only in Soviet times but in a more universal perspective as well as new models of text and literariness. That’s why a novel like Bulgakov’s masterpiece has been translated so many times and it is still translated in the two languages selected for the purposes of this research and all over the world. And this is also the reason why it can be considered a meaning-generative and culture-formative text even if its first edition appeared in 1940.  

scholarly journals A Cognitive Stylistic Analysis of Characterization in Golding’s Lord of the Flies

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Ahmed Srieh ◽  
Mahdi Kareem
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Other ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Fictional Character ◽  
Lord Of The Flies ◽  
The One

Characterization is commonly known in stylistics to be the cognitive process in the readers' minds when comprehending a fictional character in a literary work .In one approach, it is assumed that characters are the outcome of the interaction between the words in the text on the one hand and the contents of our heads on the other. This paper is an attempt to understand how characterization is achieved by applying Culpeper’s (2001) model which seems to be to present a method of analysis that is more objective and more systematic in analyzing characters. Two characters are selected for discussion; Ralph and Jack from Golding’s (1954) Lord of the Flies. The novel talks about the corruption of human beings and the capacity of evil they have. The results show that Ralph and Jack are antithetical in many aspects; Ralph represents the rational civilized boy whereas Jack represents the savage brutal boy.

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