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SADOMASOCHISM IN E. L . JAMES’S FIFTY SHADES OF GREY A THESIS BY DINI ANDIANI REG.NO : 120705036 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA SADOMASOCHISM IN E. L .JAMES’S FIFTY SHADES OF GREY A THESIS BY DINI ANDIANI REG. NO. 120705036 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 i UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA SADOMASOCHISM IN E. L. JAMES’S FIFTY SHADES OF GREY A THESIS BY DINI ANDIANI REG. NO. 120705036 SUPERVISOR CO-SUPERVISOR Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M.Pd NIP. 19541117198003 1 002 NIP. 195612141986012001 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 English. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA MEDAN 2017 ii 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, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D NIP. 19541117198003 1 002 NIP.19750209 200812 1 002 iii 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 February 9th, 2017. Dean of Faculty of Cultural Studies University of Sumatera Utara Dr. Budi Agustono, M.S. NIP. 19600805 198703 1 001 Board of Examiners Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. ___________________ Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A. Ph.D. ___________________ Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum. ___________________ Drs. Parlindungan Purba, M.Hum. ___________________ iv UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA AUTHOR’S DECLARATION I, DINI ANDIANI, 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 : Dini Andiani Date : February 9th, 2017 v UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA COPYRIGHT DECLARATION NAME : DINI ANDIANI TITLE OF THESIS : SADOMASOCHISM IN E. L. JAMES’S FIFTY SHADES OF GREY QUALIFICATION : S-1/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 :Dini Andiani Date : February 9th, 2017 vi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First of all, I would like to give all praise to Allah SWT. Everything I have done today is because of his blessing, especially in completing this thesis. Massive love, hugs and kisses for my mom and grandma, for supporting me all of this time and for being there in whatever my mood is. Despite of the little fights to color up the days, I may not show how much I love you guys but I really do. Big thanks to Om Emil and Mami Dhini who accommodate me with new devices when my thesis is halfway done but my old device turns out to let me down. This thesis may not be finished by the time I wanted if it weren’t for them. And for the rest of my family—the ones who back me up when the other member is trying to drag me down to the depths of misery—I can’t thank you guys enough for always supporting and calming me down whenever my rage is coming up. My sincere gratitude goes to the Head and the Secretary of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S. and Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph. D.,for providing me with necessary facilities and opportunities given to me during my study in this faculty. I also would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Siti Norma Nasution, M.Hum., as my supervisor and Dra. Diah Rahayu Pratama, M. Pd as my co- supervisor for their amazing help, knowledge, expert advices and encouragements throughout the process of finishing this thesis, which was so needed and offered with kindness and patience. To Uni Epi, I really am can’t thank you enough for being there 24/7— literally. Being there when I need to fill up my stomach every 3 hours, also when I vii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA need to excrete it, when I need a back-up driver, when my mom keep on calling me but I won’t pick it up then there you are picking it up, and so many more things I couldn’t even list it. Thank you so much, it’s the little things that means so much. To Occina, Nte Cayu, Agam Wayu, Dimascu Afgancu, thank you for popping up into my life, understands, inspires and encourage me to be better, because without all of you I wouldn’t know what I could really done. My mental support system and definite help in finishing this thesis, Father Abel—My Tunnel of My Light, Meishara Defani—Doping 3 Kami, I can’t thank you guys enough for always helping me whenever I lost my way. My personal mental-breakdown healer, my always-wanted- to-have brother, Jaka Doryque, thank you for always be there whenever I need you, being who you are and prioritizing me. It means a lot to me. My long lost girlfriend, who may not always be there in flesh, but always be there in texts world, Darin B. Iskarina, S. Sos—there, I put your name as you wish—thank you for the advices every time we shares anything. I’m gonna miss our time together as you’re leaving for good. And to Bebeh Fitri, Yanto, Windi, Min, Kepin, Edo, Ovi, Elsa, Rayhan, Yoana, Zara and all the member of English Literature 2012, thank you for the experience and memories through the tiring but amazing college years. Also, thank you to the limited edition of juniors, Frans David, Yolla, Akmal, Febri, Dimas, Raja, Andre, Roni, Rizal, and Ahsan. My college life may be too late to be enjoyed since I waste my early years, but I thank God for giving me the chance to meet the amazing, cheerful, pain-in-the-a** kind of people and spent my late year of college memorably. viii UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA Finally, may this thesis have many advantages for the readers and may the love of God be with us all forever. Medan, February 9th, 2017 Dini Andiani Reg. No. 120705036 ix UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRACT This thesis is entitled Sadomasochism in E. L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey that discusses about sadomasochism, a type of sexual disorder whom the participants often gives or receives sexual pleasure from the infliction or reception of pain and humiliation. E. L. James demonstrates the theme of BDSM in the story Fifty Shades of Grey through the relationship of Christian Grey as a dominant and Anastasia Steele as a submissive. In order to resolve the problems the writer uses theories such as sociology of literature and post-modernism to analyze the phenomena of dominant & submissive to the major characters. After done the research by using the theory, it was found that fifty shades are actually the activities of sadomasochism are bondage, handcuffs, spanking and whipping. Grey represent the dominant who is dominating, Steele represents submissive. Dominant and submissive are dependable to one another as the major theme of the novel and also the study of this thesis. Keywords: Fifty Shades of Grey, post-modernism, sadomasochism. x UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA ABSTRAK Skripsi ini berjudul Sadomasochism in E. L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey yang membahas tentang sadomasokisme, gangguan seksual terhadap partisipannya yang memberikan atau menerima kenikmatan seksual dari penderitaan ataupun rasa sakit dan penghinaan. E. L. James menunjukkan tema BDSM dalam cerita Fifty Shades of Grey melalui hubungan Christian Grey sebagai dominan dan Anastasia Steele sebagai submisif. Untuk menganalisis masalah, penulis menggunakan teori sosiosastra dan post-modernisme untuk menganalisis fenomena dominan & submisif terhadap karakter utama. Usai penelitian dilakukan dengan teori-teori yang di atas, maksud dari frase fifty shades ternyata adalah kegiatan-kegiatan sadomasokisme yang berupa perbudakan, pemborgolan, pemukulan dan pencambukan. Grey mencerminkan dominan yang mendominasi, Steele mencerminkan submisif. Dominan dan submisif yang mengandalkan satu sama lain adalah tema utama dari novel dan juga studi skripsi ini. Kata kunci: Fifty Shades of Grey, post-modernisme, sadomasokisme. xi UNIVERSITAS SUMATERA UTARA TABLE OF CONTENTS AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ............................................................................. v COPYRIGHT DECLARATION ......................................................................... vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. vii ABSTRACT ... ....................................................................................................... x ABSTRAK ..... ....................................................................................................... xi TABLE OF CONTENTS……..............................................................................xii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ...................................................... 01 1.2 Problem of the Study ...........................................................