JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE
Journal of Language (JoL) is an open access and a peer reviewed scientific journal covering research reports in linguistics, literature or language teaching, and critical evaluations of books on the related areas published by Faculty of Literature, Islamic University of North Sumatra (UISU), Medan, Indonesia. The main objective of JoL is to provide a platform for scholars, academicians and researchers to share the contemporary thoughts mainly in the fields of language, literature, and language teaching. This journal is published twice a year in May and November.
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<![CDATA[RADICAL FEMINISM IN EKA KURNIAWAN’S NOVEL BEAUTY IS A WOUND ]]>
<![CDATA[Thesya Widya]]>;
<![CDATA[Asnani Asnani]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 1: May 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i1.2477
<![CDATA[This research brings about radical feminism and the role and position of women as pimps. The analysis of this research is fulfilled by using descriptive qualitative research in which the data and the finding of the research are presented and described in a form of description. In this research, radical feminism was revealed in the life of a woman by the name of Dewi Ayu who worked as a prostitute during Japanese colonialism in a warehouse named Mama Kalong Place. Mama Kalong who worked as a pimp served Japanese soldiers in the whorehouse played to make a price for prostitutes. Mama Kalong gave a good shelter and well care to the women in order that they remained healthy and fresh so that they would be ready anytime they were needed. Unfortunately, the pimp did not give the women any protection from any harms which are very possible to befall upon the women. The finding of this research shows that the life of women in colonialism under a pimp is really oppressed. Oppression, suffering, and injustice are with them in the whole life.]]>
<![CDATA[NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF PROTAGONIST’S MARITAL INFIDELITY IN S. J. WATSON’S NOVEL BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP ]]>
<![CDATA[Sofia Idham Nasution]]>;
<![CDATA[Zulfan Sahri]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 2: November 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i2.3221
<![CDATA[This study is conducted to analyze the context of marital infidelity from novel Before I Go to Sleep and find out its negative impacts among married couple. The negative impacts which are being analyzed in this study are divorce, illness, loneliness, and emotional trauma. This study uses descriptive qualitative method because the process of the result and discussion are accomplished descriptively. The descriptive qualitative method is applied to explain the negative impacts of marital infidelity from the quotations in the novel. The result of this study is to find the implementation of marital infidelity that is still common among married couple; moreover, the implementation only brings a negative impact to one or both parties. The married couple needs to communicate continually to uncover any problem that appears as the time is passing by in order to avoid specifically divorce, loneliness, and emotional trauma.]]>
<![CDATA[DESTINY OF INJUSTICE IN WILLIAM LANDAY’S NOVEL DEFENDING JACOB ]]>
<![CDATA[Sudwintari Sudwintari]]>;
<![CDATA[Sri Wulan]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 2: November 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i2.2458
<![CDATA[This study discusses Protagonist’s Destiny of Injustice in William Landay’s novel Defending Jacob. This study adopts much of Gulen’s theory about destiny and injustice which is quoted by Haderi. Then, this research is completed by adopting descriptive qualitative method. There are three forms of the protagonist’s destiny of injustice. They are being accused of murder, being dismissed from school, and being isolated. The findings of the analysis are the protagonist has got many things for his injustice. The protagonist really suffers the injustice. The protagonist has passed several trials to be declared not guilty and free. It can be found clearly that the protagonist in this novel meets his destiny of injustice. At last, fortunately the protagonist is free from the accusation because the murderer has been revealed. The ending of the story shows that the protagonist can be free from the accusation because actually the one who kills his classmate is a pedophile.]]>
<![CDATA[CAUSES OF CONFLICT IN HABIBURRAHMAN EL-SHIRAZY’S NOVEL BUMI CINTA ]]>
<![CDATA[Hamzah Sya’bani Nasution]]>;
<![CDATA[M. Manugeren]]>;
<![CDATA[Purwarno Purwarno]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 2: November 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i2.3124
<![CDATA[This study is concerned with the causes of conflicts in Habiburrahman El Shirazy’s Novel Bumi Cinta which was published in 2019. The causes of conflicts derived from internal and external factors are the focus of the study. Through this study it is found that Ayyas can protect himself from the temptation that attacks his faith. He also surrenders himself to God so that he could be saved from all disturbances that come at any time to him. He is very angry with Linor who regards that his religion is a primitive one. The method used to analyze the causes of the conflict in this study is literary descriptive approach proposed in which it is shown that qualitative research methods are complex, changing and contested field site of multiple methodologies and research practices. The research results show that the main character faces internal as well as external conflicts in the forms of temptation and difference in perception.]]>
<![CDATA[SUFFERING IN CHRIS GARDNER’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS ]]>
<![CDATA[Elsa Violita]]>;
<![CDATA[Devi Pratiwy]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 1: May 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i1.1125
<![CDATA[This research is to reveal The Protagonist’s Suffering Depicted in Chris Gardner’s Autobiography: The Pursuit of Happyness. The research adopts qualitative research method in its analysis. The main theory used in this research stated that suffering can be defined as a state of severe distress associated with events that threaten the intactness of the person. It can occur in relation to any aspect of the person in the realm of his social role, his group identification, his relation with self or body, or in relation to family or relation with a personal or transcendental source of meaning. The experience of being hurted since he was child makes the protagonist grows with wisdom and maturity. He considers that all the suffering he faces is a part of life that he must pass. It is also found that the protagonist passes his suffering patiently and thinking positively without blaming other people or the situation which make him suffer.]]>
<![CDATA[WOMAN’S STRENGTH IN EKA KURNIAWAN’S NOVEL BEAUTY IS A WOUND ]]>
<![CDATA[T. Raja Mulia]]>;
<![CDATA[Pardi Pardi]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 1: May 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i1.2491
<![CDATA[The research aims to reveal the woman’s strength in Eka Kurniawan’s novel entitled Beauty Is a Wound. Strength is the emotional qualities necessary in dealing with situation or events that are distress or difficult. Strength is divided into two categories. They are strength to be tough and strength to solve the problem. The research design adopted in this study is descriptive qualitative, and the approach applied is adopting feminism one as this research describes the strength of the first female character by the name of Dewi Ayu. Dewi Ayu, as the protagonist, is reflected as a classy prostitute in Indonesia town of Halimunda. She is an indonesian-netherlands crossbreed. She is beautiful, cold, practical, logical, at the same time full of sympathy and she is also a good mother. She never tears herself. She has high adrenalin in her self. She never feels tired to do something. This story inspires all people to have more strength and tough to go on in life. Furthermore, the finding of this study shows that Dewi Ayu has strength to be tough and to solve her complicated problems.]]>
<![CDATA[SYMBOLIC MEANINGS OF KEMBAR MAYANG IN JAVANESE WEDDING CEREMONY AT DESA MEDAN SINEMBAH KECAMATAN TANJUNG MORAWA KABUPATEN DELI SERDANG ]]>
<![CDATA[Indra Purnawan Panjaitan]]>;
<![CDATA[M Manugeren]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 1: May 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i1.1123
<![CDATA[This study is aimed at analyzing the symbolic meanings of Kembar Mayang conducted at Desa Medan Sinembah Kecamatan Tanjung Morawa Kabupaten Deli Serdang predominantly by Javanese ethnic. Kembar Mayang in this study is concerned with the Javanese wedding ceremony. Descriptive qualitative method is applied in the study describing social phenomena occurring naturally aiming to help us to understand the world in which we live and why things are in the way they are. The main theory to support the study is the theory of Semiotic. The results show there are five forms of symbolic meanings in Kembar Mayang: Manuk-Manukan as symbol of Loyalty; Uler-Uleran of Struggle; Walang-Walangan of Persistence; Pecut-Pecutan of Optimism and Keris-Kerisan of Wisdom. The five forms of rites are compulsory in the wedding ceremony with the main objective to achieve a happy, harmonious and peaceful life for the bride and the bridegroom and this is in line with the general concept of marriage.]]>
<![CDATA[NEGATIVE EMBODIMENT OF THE PROTAGONIST’S INTERNAL CONFLICT IN NANG SYAMSUDIN’S NOVEL MENGURAI RINDU ]]>
<![CDATA[Indah Lestari]]>;
<![CDATA[Andang Suhendi]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 1: May 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i1.2478
<![CDATA[This study talks about the protagonist’s internal conflict in Mengurai Rindu written by Nang Syamsudin. This study only focuses on the negative embodiment of the Protagonist, internal conflict, and the positive one is not discussed. The theory used in this study is the theory of psychological conflicts; while, the method is descriptive method. The negative embodiment of the protagonist’s internal conflict which can be found in the novel are sadness, and disappointment. First, the protagonist often feels sad. Such feeling falls down on the protagonist’s mind. There are some characters who cause the protagonist’s sadness. Even, the protagonist feels distressed because of improper treatments from the other characters. Her sadness proves that there is an internal conflict which happens to her. The second is disappointment. Besides sadness, the protagonist also looks disappointed with those characters. Their reaction to the protagonist leaves her disappointment. In conclusion, some characters contribute conflicts for the protagonist. It can be said that external factors can result in internal conflict to anyone.]]>
<![CDATA[A FEMINIST STYLISTICS ANALYSIS IN RUPI KAUR’S THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS ]]>
<![CDATA[Saskia Febiola Siregar]]>;
<![CDATA[Eddy Setia]]>;
<![CDATA[Siamir Marulafau]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 2, No 2: November 2020 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v2i2.2784
<![CDATA[This research was aimed at analyzing linguistic stylistics describing how women and men presented in texts by applying a feminist approach, i.e. feminist stylistics. This research focuses not only on stylistics analysis that considers linguistic structure and how it affects society, but also on how the position of women as actors, as well as the position of ideas or events presented in the text. This research used a qualitative method. The words, phrases or sentences, and discourses reflecting gender-specific in the novel become the data of the research. The researchers use Mills' feminist stylistics theory to analyze the data. In this study, there are several tendencies of women or men associated with the text. In a collection of poems, it is often found several italics at the bottom, and it is to emphasize the topic of the poem concerned. This research shows that Rupi Kaur, as the author, seems to want readers to understand his poetry as much as what he wrote and wanted. In addition, this study found that gender-specific terms are mostly used to refer primarily to female gender.]]>
<![CDATA[NEGATIVE ATTITUDES IN SIDNEY SHELDON’S NOVEL THE BEST LAID PLANS ]]>
<![CDATA[Luna Rezki Dafnari]]>;
<![CDATA[Devi Pratiwy]]>
<![CDATA[ JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE Vol 1, No 2: November 2019 ]]>
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DOI: 10.30743/jol.v1i2.2456
<![CDATA[This research analyses the negative attitudes of the protagonist in The Best Laid Plans written by an American novelist, Sidney Sheldon. The novel tells the revenge of the selfish and ambitious protagonist Leslie Stewart who has been so obsessed with destroying Oliver's reputation for betraying him. Leslie is the most fascinating figure in the whole course of the story between his selfish and ambitious attitude and his madness. She feels that she has been neglected and cast away and this hardens his heart, until she does not care about the feelings of others. This phenomena is compatible with a theory of selfish in which it is stated that When talking, he does not care about the feelings of others. If there is a division of something he is selfish. He never thought that his actions caused many people to be harmed (Poniman, 2007). This research adopts qualitative method supported by relevant theories, one of which is proposed by Creswell (2009). The result reveals that there are two dominant attitudes emerging from the analysis, those are selfish and ambitious.]]>
