STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SEMIOTICS IN HUMOR TIMES MAGAZINE AND COMIC PEANUTS: THE ACCIDENTAL CANDIDATE

Wulandari, Basmala and Mahmud, Murni Mahmud and Weda, Sukardi (2018) STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF SEMIOTICS IN HUMOR TIMES MAGAZINE AND COMIC PEANUTS: THE ACCIDENTAL CANDIDATE. S1 thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI MAKASSAR.

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Abstract

: Comic is one of the books that consists of sequence pictures and text on the same page making it different from other books. It has visual language and metaphor that creates narrative stories through the drawings that appear in it. Visual language and metaphor consist of three important references namely iconic, indexical, and symbolic reference. This study aims at findings of students' understanding of semiotics by interpreting visual language and metaphor. The method used in this study is known as Descriptive Content Analysis which is describing in detail a certain text including characteristics and aspects in the text. Thus, 20 students of English Literature Department, UNM, were asked to write an argumentative essay. The instruments of this study are comic Peanuts: the Accidental Candidate and Humor Times Magazine. The result of the study has shown that students interpreted the visual language and metaphor by interpreting color in the comic that represents the symbol of a particular party, country, and royalty. In addition, students' writing showed that color is not only being the symbolic reference but also being the indexical reference. Cultural background affected students’ interpretation of visual language and metaphor. Keyword: visual language, visual metaphor, semiotics

Item Type: Thesis (S1)
Subjects: PASCASARJANA > BAHASA INGGRIS (S2)
Divisions: PROGRAM PASCASARJANA
Depositing User: UPT PERPUSTAKAAN UNM
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2018 03:08
Last Modified: 26 Nov 2018 03:08
URI: http://eprints.unm.ac.id/id/eprint/11492

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