AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS POLITENESS STRATEGY IN CHARLES DICKEN S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST THESIS. By: Duwi Astuti

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1 AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS POLITENESS STRATEGY IN CHARLES DICKEN S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST THESIS By: Duwi Astuti ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG AUGUST 2012

2 AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS POLITENESS STRATEGY IN CHARLES DICKEN S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST THESIS This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education By: DUWI ASTUTI ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG AUGUST 2012 ii

3 This thesis written by Duwi Astuti was approved on August 01 st, 2012 By: Advisor II, Advisor I, DR. Sri Hartiningsih, M. M Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum iii

4 This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of the Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang and eccepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education on August 01 st, 2012 Approved by: Faculty of Teacher Training and Education University of Muhammadiyah Malang Dean, Dr. M. Syaifuddin, M.M. Examiners: Signatures: 1. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si Santi Prastiyowati, S. Pd Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum DR. Sri Hartiningsih, M. M iv

5 MOTTO AND DEDICATION تضم يتلا مايالا عجرت نل DON T WAIT TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY Dedication: I dedicate this thesis to: My beloved Father and mother, My beloved Husband, My sister and nieces, My pet and my friends, v

6 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Alhamdulilah, all Praises to Allah, the King of the King, the Most Merciful, and the Most Gracious, who has given her the guidance and blessing in finishing this thesis entitled Politeness Strategies in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. Sholawat and Salam are also delivered to Prophet Muhammad SAW who has brought Islam as the Rahmatan Lil Alamiin. Then, the researcher would like to express her great appreciation and thanks to the people who have helped her in completing this thesis. She thanks to: 1. Her first advisor, Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum and her second advisor, DR. Sri Hartiningsih, M. M, for the guidance, suggestion, correction, and comment on this thesis. Without their guidance, this thesis would have never finished. 2. Her beloved parents, Mamak Ponirah and Saamito, who always pray, support, and affection during writing this thesis. 3. Her beloved husband, Jamal Dwi Tunggal, who always give motivation and support during writing this thesis. 4. Her lovely sister and brother (Rusiati and Akhyar Hadi Mustofa) and also her lovely nieces ( Wedari Aris Sejati and Izza Anjani Mustofa) who give motivation. 5. Her great Friends Leonita, Alif, Cicik, Dennis, and many more (her friends in D class 2007 ) Malang, August 01 st, 2012 Duwi Astuti vi

7 AN ANALYSIS OF THE MAIN CHARACTERS POLITENESS STRATEGY IN CHARLES DICKEN S NOVEL OLIVER TWIST ABSTRACT Literature gives pleasure to readers. It may become an interesting and advantageous subject because readers can obtain enjoyable and valuable informationwhich are related to their life. Novel is a long work of narrative prose fiction, because its length. By reading a novel, the reader will get many advantages such as messages, new experience and knowledge about human life. This study was conducted to analyze the main characters politeness strategy in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The analysis was focused on the main characters politeness strategy, The way how the politeness strategy is done by the main characters and the occasion of politeness strategy used by the main characters. This study used descriptive qualitative research design because the researcher describes and interpreted phenomena that existed in the novel without presenting number. The technique used in this research was library research. This study used objective approach because the researcher only studied the content of the novel and did not need study the author s life. The object of this study was Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The data were taken from quotations of paragraphs and dialogues that were presented in the novel. The results of this study showed that (1) there were four kinds of politeness strategy used by the main characters: Oliver Twist, Fagin and Nancy. They used positive politeness strategy, negative politeness strategy, bald on record strategy and off record strategy in several conditions in the story. (2) Then, there were two terms of politeness strategy that are used by the main characters: Oliver Twist, Fagin and Nancy. They used face threatening and physical gesture with bent of the body and wink the eyes to show their emotion. (3) The last, positive politeness strategy, negative politeness strategy, bald on record strategy and off record strategy are used by the main characters in the several occassion especially when they take a conversation with the other people, for example when Nancy came to the Oliver Twist s house to apologize for her mistake. Keywords: Politeness strategy, Main characters, Oliver Twist. The Advisor I, The Researcher, Dra. Thathit Manon Andini, M. Hum Duwi Astuti vii

8 TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVAL... iii LEGALIZATION... iv MOTTO AND DEDICATION... v ACKNOWLEDGMENT... vi ABSTRACT... vii TABLE OF CONTENTS... viii TABLE OF APPENDIX... xi CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Statement of problem Purpose of the Study Significance of Study Scope and Limitation Definition of the key term... 5 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Literature Kinds of Literature Novel Kinds of Novel Elements of Novel Character and Characterization Characteristic Point of View Plot Conflict Setting viii

9 2.5.7 Theme The definition of Face and Politeness Concept Politeness Strategies in Linguistic Positive Politeness Negative Politeness On Record Strategy Off Record Strategy Oliver Twist CHAPTER III: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 3.1 Research design Approach Research Object Data Collection Data Analysis CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1 Research Finding The main characters Politeness strategy in Charles Dickens s Novel Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Politeness strategy Fagin s Politeness strategy Nancy s Politeness strategy The main characters politeness strategy done in Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist in the term of face threatening and physical gestures Oliver Twist Fagin Nancy ix

10 4.1.3 The occasion of politeness strategy used by the main characters in Charles Dickens s Novel Oliver Twist Oliver Twist Fagin Nancy Discussion Lesson CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1 Conclusion Suggestion For the Readers For the Next Researchers For the literature lecturers REFFERENCE APPENDIX x

11 TABLE OF APPENDIX Appendix 1 Synopsis of Oliver Twist Novel Appendix 2 Biography of Charles Dickens xi

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