SYMBOLS AND IRONIES SEEN IN SHIRLEY JACKSON’S THE LOTTERY: A DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL APPROACH

AINI, HILALATUL (2020) SYMBOLS AND IRONIES SEEN IN SHIRLEY JACKSON’S THE LOTTERY: A DYNAMIC STRUCTURAL APPROACH. S1 thesis, Universitas Mataram.

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Abstract

This research is aimed to find out the symbols and ironies in Shirley Jackson’s short story entitled The Lottery. This research used descriptive method. Furthermore, it used dynamic structuralism approach to analyze the data. The data were analyzed by finding the symbols and ironies in the short story, classifying the symbols and ironies into several categories and explaining the meaning and reasons of why they were belong to symbols and ironies. The finding shows that there were two types of symbols; symbols in the form of objects (the lottery, the black box, the three legged stool, the white slips of paper and the black spot in one of the slips, and the stone), and symbol in the form of character’s names (Mr. Summers, Mr. graves, Mr. Old Man Warner, Mrs. Hutchinson, Delacroix, Bentham, and Adam). Ironies that the writer found in this story also can be classified into verbal irony (the jokes about Tessie’s lateness, Mr. & Mrs. Adam idea of giving up the lottery, and Mr. Old Man Warner statement about the idea of giving up the lottery), and situational irony (the irony of the lottery, the setting, the family, and children innocence).

Item Type:	Thesis (S1)
Keywords (Kata Kunci):	Symbol, Irony, Short Story, Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan
Depositing User:	Wiwin Kartikawati
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2020 01:20
Last Modified:	13 Jul 2020 01:20
URI:	http://eprints.unram.ac.id/id/eprint/16150

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