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Deconstruction Analysis of Characters in Movie Script DECONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS IN MOVIE SCRIPT ZOOTOPIA A THESIS BY AINA SA’ADAH BATUBARA REG. NO. 150705015 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA DECONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS IN MOVIE SCRIPT ZOOTOPIA A THESIS BY AINA SA’ADAH BATUBARA REG. NO. 150705015 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd. NIP. 19570720 198303 2 001 NIP. 19561214 198601 2 001 Submitted to Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Medan in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from Department of English DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2019 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as thesis for The Sarjana Sastra Examination. Head, Secretary, Prof. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. NIP. 19540916 198003 2 003 NIP. 19750209 200812 1 002 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Accepted by the Board of Examiners in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra from the department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara, Medan. The examination is held in Department of English Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara on April16th, 2019 Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, AINA SA’ADAH BATUBARA DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED ANOTHER DEGREE. NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION. Signed : Date : April16th, 2019 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : AINA SA’ADAH BATUBARA TITLE OF THESIS : DECONSTRUCTION ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERS IN MOVIE SCRIPT ZOOTOPIA QUALIFICATION : S1/SARJANA SASTRA DEPARTMENT : ENGLISH I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA. Signed : Date : April16th, 2019 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENT Bismillahirrahmanirrahim, Firstly, all praise to Allah SWT, the most gracious and merciful, the lord of the world, who has been giving me His compassions and blessings, so due to those, this thesis is finally finished. Shalawat and Salam may be upon to the Prophet Muhammad SAW, who has been sent to all mankind to proper the ethical and moral behaviour. My gratitude goes to the Rector of University of Sumatera Utara, Prof. RuntungSitepu, S.H, M.Hum and the Dean of the Faculty Cultural Studies, Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. Then, I would like to thank to the Head and the Secretary of English Department, Prof. Dra. T. Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, S.S, M.A, Ph.D. and all the lecturers and the staff of English Department for the facilities and opportunities given to me during my study in this faculty. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Siti Norma M. Hum., as my supervisor for her kindness, knowledge, patience, motivation and great advice for me to write and finish this thesis. Also, I would like to thank Mam Diah Rahayu Pratama, M. Pd., as my co-supervisor for her kindness, great, knowledge, and excellent advice to help me overcome problems I have encountered. vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA My sincere gratefulness is devoted to my mother, Siti Rajana Hasibuan, she is the strongest woman I have ever had who has been fighting so hard for the sake off my college as the single parents. I do really thank you that you always support me in every condition, for giving me advices everytime I get lost, giving me motivation everytime I am down, reminding me everytime I do wrong things, and giving me endless loves no matter how often I annoyed you. Besides, to my beloved father, Ilyas Batubara, who had been passed away six years ago. I want to say ―Thank you‖. Thank you for trusting me, you has trusted me all your dreams and hopes. I hope God can help me to send a million loves for you and conveys that I have already reached one of your dreams to be a scholar. I wish the moment could be brought back in order to I can tell it directly to you, and hug you like other daughters done to their father. I miss you so much dad. Moreover, I thank to the only one my beloved brother Husnul Ikrom Batubara who always be my motivation in finishing my college and become a successful person. I love you bro, you have to comeback as soon as possible to see my graduation. I am so grateful to have such amazing people that support me from the beginning until now. I dedicate my deepest gratitude to my beloved friends, Yuri Widiantho, Rica Sri Devi Sitorus, Dewi Fatmawati, Nurhayati Tarigan, Junika Sihite, and Rada Mayasari Thank you so much who had been my crazy friend, second family, and always being my energy when I fall down and fell sad. My greatest thanks to all of English Literature students especially for the students of class A who always support me during the process of writing this thesis. Thank you for all the support you have shown me, especially during the viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA college process. I am grateful to have you all in my life. Last but not least, I would like to thank to my moodbooster Mr. GR , the one who often cheers me up, and always understand me in every condition during finishing my college. In writing this paper, I realized that this thesis is far from being perfect though I have done my best, so I hope suggestion for this thesis. Without any helps and support from all parties, this thesis would not be completed. Finally, may this thesis gives benefits for the readers and future researchers, may the grace, the bless and the love of Allah SWT always be with us forever, and may we always be in the protection of Allah SWT. Aamiin Medan, April16th, 2019 Aina Sa‘adah Batubara Reg. No. 150705015 ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This study entitledDeconstruction Analysis of Characters in Movie Script Zootopia. This study discussed about Deconstruction of Character which aimed to deconstruct the opposition of major and minor characters in the movie script Zootopia, and also devalue the major and minor characters to be the new hierarchy. This research is based on the Deconstruction theory proposed by Jacques Derrida (Rodalphe Gasche : 1988), which systematize the steps in doing deconstruction analysis from the identifying the opposition hierarchy in the text that systematically privileged, then change or reverse that hierarchy, and the last was introduced a new term or idea, which apparently cannot be included in the page of old hierarchy category. The method used in this study was the descriptive qualitative method. The result of this research is uncovering the deeply complex foundation that is difficult to make sense, because there is no general truth or the permanent personality of each character, there will be the other side of character that can produced a new hierarchy. Keywords: Deconstruction, Character, Zootopia Script. x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Penelitian ini berjudul Deconstruction Analysis of Characters in Movie Script Zootopia.. Penelitian ini membahas tentang Dekonstruksi Karakter yang bertujuan untuk mendekonstruksi oposisi karakter utama dan karakterpendukung dalam skrip film Zootopia, dan juga mendevaluasi karakter utama dan karakter pendukung menjadi hierarki baru. Penelitian tersebut didasarkan pada teori Dekonstruksi yang dikemukakan oleh Jacques Derrida (Rodalphe Gasche: 1988), yang mensistematisasikan langkah-langkah dalam melakukan analisis dekonstruksi dari pengidentifikasian hierarki oposisi dalam teks yang secara istimewa diistimewakan, kemudian mengubah atau membalikkan hierarki tersebut, dan yang terakhir adalah memperkenalkan istilah atau ide baru, yang tampaknya tidak dapat dimasukkan kedalam kategori hierarki lama. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah mengungkap fondasi yang sangat kompleks yang sulit untuk dipahami, karena tidak ada kebenaran umum atau karakter permanen dari setiap karakter utama dan pendukung, masih akan ada sisi lain dari karakter yang dapat menghasilkan hierarki baru. Kata Kunci: Dekonstruksi, Karakter, Skrip Film Zootopia xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS Pages AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ........................................................................ v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .............................................................................. vii ABSTRACT ..................................................................................................... ix ABSTRAK ......................................................................................................... x TABLE
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