READING THE VIOLENCE IN GRAPHIC NOVEL A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: A STUDY OF SIGN

DANU RACHMAN WAHID , NIM. 09150008 (2014) READING THE VIOLENCE IN GRAPHIC NOVEL A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE: A STUDY OF SIGN. Skripsi thesis, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA.

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Abstract

Comics, one of the literary works which is used to be seen unimportant in our country is now raising and catching the attention in society. The efficiency and pleasure of comic in some aspects are now convinced. Comics is often used as the reading and learning material in academy. With the combination of visual and text form, comic is considered as the device which surpasses the other scope of literary work. In this paper, The writer analyzes how violences are symbolized and interpreted in Graphic novel A History of Violence. The objectives of this research are mainly to analyze and interpret the symbolization of violence in graphic novel. The analysis is done through panel by panel analysis, facial expressions and text analysis by applying the theory of semiotics from Saussure which requires signifier and signified and semiotics theory of Pierce which represents tricothomy rule of sign includings symbol, icon and index. The writer uses a descriptive analysis, firstly by making scheme and classification data of violence, then divide it into three part of violence: corporal violence, verbal violence and symbolic violence. The writer classifies through the figure and panel analysis that there are some indicators which make violence symbolize something. Those indicators are the doers, their intention, chronological aspects and the tools of the violence itself. The writer discovers that violence in graphic novel A History of Violence indicates the symbol of the hero, manhood, comradeship, dominance, ingenuity, and insanity. From the analysis, the writer concludes that this graphic novel is not only a comic book which full of violence, but also a literary work that tries to communicate and emphasize violence in any senses which are various and different to judge. Violence is not always as bad as it looks; it is sometimes part of thing that must be allowed to happen in life if it is not transgressing the ethical matter of life and has the right intention to do

Item Type: Thesis (Skripsi)
Additional Information: Pembimbing : Danial Hidayatullah M. Hum
Uncontrolled Keywords: Keywords: Violence, symbolization, A History of Violence, Graphic Novel.
Subjects: Sastra Inggris
Divisions: Fakultas Adab dan Ilmu Budaya > Sastra Inggris (S1)
Depositing User: Miftahul Ulum [IT Staff]
Date Deposited: 28 Mar 2014 16:41
Last Modified: 15 Oct 2015 11:20
URI: http://digilib.uin-suka.ac.id/id/eprint/11473

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