%A NIM. 11150012 Muhammad Aziz Prastyo
%O Dr Witriani, M.Hum
%T A PORTRAYAL OF LONELINESS AS SEEN IN SIMPLE
PLAN’S ASTRONAUT
%X Loneliness is a natural phenomenon of human life. It can be experienced at
any stages of lifecycle. The theme loneliness itself is depicted in the song lyric
Astronaut by Simple Plan. The writer uses qualitative research as the method and
combines with the interpretative approach to give more explanation about the
song lyric as the object of research. Close reading method significantly has an
important role in this research, especially when the writer collects the data and
analyzes the lyric. By finding each little aspect or intrinsic element using close
reading, the writer uses new criticism theory to interpret the meaning of the lyric.
The presence of literary theory, such as New criticism carries four (4) main
concepts analysis of meaning like ambiguity, irony, paradox, and tension. Those
elements are compulsory to discover the purpose and the meaning of the lyric.
Regardless this analysis may give a closer look how the loneliness is portrayed
within 39 lines of lyrics and 7 stanzas. The outcome of this study is the writer
finds the thematic unity understanding of loneliness in much ambiguity and in
irony mostly. The theme of loneliness is often found in ambiguity and situational
irony. This study may help the future research or people that interested in either
the object or the theme.
%K Astronaut, Lyric, New criticism
%D 2018
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
%L digilib32472