Friday, March 21, 2008

AN ANALYSIS OF BASIC STRATEGIES OF FACE-THREATENING ACTS IN SEVENTENTH CENTURY IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH: A PRAGMATIC STUDY

By:
Dian Wulandari Sumarno
02026094


ABSTRACT


This research entitled An Analysis of Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts in Seventeenth Century in William Shakespeare Macbeth: A Pragmatic Study is intended to find out the basic strategies of Face Threatening Acts (or the level of politeness) in play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. From the explanation above, the writer can find some objectives dealing with the topic, and the objectives are a) to describe Basic Strategies of Face Threatening Acts (FTAs) in William Shakespeare’s Macbeth ; and b) to describe which Basic Strategies of Face Threatening Acts (FTAs) type are frequently used in William Shakespeare Macbeth.

The writer uses Macbeth play by William Shakespeare, dictionary and other sources as sources of data. The techniques that are used in collecting the data are noting technique and transferring technique. To analyze the data, the writer uses referential method by Sudaryanto and contextual method by Poedjosoedarmo. This research uses pragmatic study as approach because the writer writes about politeness especially the Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts. The writer uses Brown and Levinson theory to make analysis on Basic Strategies of Face Threatening Acts (FTAs), namely: Less Polite, Rather Polite, Polite, and The most Polite.

The result of this study shows that the writer can find Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts in Macbeth play by William Shakespeare. All of the Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts can be found in this play. The highest frequency of the Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts is the most polite because Macbeth is the story of kingdom. So, many characters in Macbeth play use the most polite type of Basic Strategies of Face-Threatening Acts to make conversation with other people who have higher position.

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