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The Concept of Masculinity Symbol Within American Society Perspective As Portrayed in the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.Final Project THE CONCEPT OF MASCULINITY SYMBOL WITHIN AMERICAN SOCIETY’S PERSPECTIVE AS PORTRAYED IN “THE MORTAL INSTUMENTS: CITY OF BONES” a final project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Sarjana Sastra in English by Amila Sholehati Ningrum 2211410025 ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND ARTS SEMARANG STATE UNIVERSITY 2015 APPROVAL The final project by the board of examiners of the English Department and officially verified by the Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Arts of Semarang State Universityon[DD/MM/YY] Board of Examiners 1. Chairperson Prof. Dr. Agus Nuryatin, M.Hum NIP. 196008031989011001 2. Secretary Rohani, S.Pd., M.A. NIP. 197903122003121002 3. First examiner Drs. Amir Sisbiyanto, S.Pd., M.Hum NIP. 195407281983031002 4. Second examiner Bambang Purwanto, S.S., M.Hum NIP. 197807282008121001 5. Third examiner as advisor Prayudias Margawati, S.Pd., M.Hum NIP.198103162008122002 Approved by Dean of Faculty of Languages and Arts Prof. Dr. Agus Nuryatin, M.Hum NIP. 196008031989011001 ii DECLARATION OF ORIGINALITY I, Amila Sholehati Ningrum declare that this final project entitled The Concept of Masculinity Symbol within American Society Perspective as Portrayed in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is my own work and has not been submitted in any form for another degree or diploma at any university or other institutes. Information derived from the published and unpublished work of other has been acknowledged in the text and a list of references is also given. If it is found out that there is any violation against of the convention of scientific writing, I will accept any sanction given by the authority. Semarang, April 2015 Amila Sholehati Ningrum SRN. 2211410025 iii MOTTO AND DEDICATION “I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It’s because of them I’m doing it myself.” (Albert Einstein) With gratitude and love to: My admirable mother, father, and big bro; My honorable teacher; My dearest friends; and those who have made this possible. iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Highest praise is bestowed to the Almighty and Merciful Allah S.W.T for His great blessing, mercies and grant. It was because of His guidance I was able to attain valuable achievement and lesson through these past few years of scholarly study. I am deeply grateful, my sincere gratitude and appreciation is addressed to Prayudias Margawati, S.Pd, M.Hummy advisor, for the perpetual guidance, encouragement, and fruitful advices throughout the process of accomplishing my study, especially in completing my final project. The next special gratitude is for all lecturers of English Department who have taughtthe priceless lesson during my study of English Literature. I would like to express my deepest love to my parents for their affection, Joewono and Sri Soendari; my big brother, Gatot; and my sister-in-law, Likah for always takes care of me. Special Thanks toAjeng, Mencong, Lele, Pitul, Riri, Bochil, Som, Luli, Ela,Oki, and Ida, for their support. Many thanks also go to English Literature 2010 who cannot be mentioned one by one. Hopefully, this final project would be useful and give contribution for futher study v ABSTRACT Ningrum, Amila Sholehati. 2015. The Concept of Masculinity Symbol within American Society Perspective as Portrayed in The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.Final Project. English Department. Faculty of Language and Art. Semarang State University. Advisor: Prayudias Margawati, S.Pd, M.Hum. Keywords: masculinity, semiotic, sociological criticism, biographical criticism This study is about concept of masculinity symbol in Cassandra Clare‘s work entitled The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. Masculinity concept as portrayed in the novel is closely related to the superiority of alpha male, represented in the characterization of Shadowhunter. This concept then is being related to the portrayal of the Shadowhunters society in which the story set. This study is constructed to find out the meaning of masculinity symbols and to describe the masculinity concept shaped within the society in novel. This study employs masculinity theory, semiotics, and sociological approach. Semiotics theory is applied to find out symbols of masculinity concept. In addition, sociological approach is conducted to describe the masculinity concept shaped within the society in the novel as reflecting American society. The research method is descriptive qualitative research. The result of the study shows that masculinity concept has symbols in Shadowhunter life in form of characters, object, weapon, and male‘s action. Meanwhile, the masculinity phenomena, such as homosexual, army membership, and guardian job exist as trends which are popular in certain period of time in American modern society. The analysis also finds out that the author‘s life influence the way the story is made. There are symbols that illustrate the concept of masculinity in the form of characters, objects, weapons, and male‘s action in novel and I assume that masculinity concept shaped within the society in novel as reflecting American modern society in some aspects of American people life. However, in the process, males have to realize their role as men in various cultures to live in same side with female. vi TABLE OF CONTENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................. v ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... vi TABLE OF CONTENT ...................................................................................... vii LIST OF TABLE ................................................................................................. ix LIST OF APPENDICES ...................................................................................... x CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background of The Study ......................................................................... 1 1.2 Reasons for choosing the topic ................................................................. 3 1.4 Objective of The Study ............................................................................. 4 1.5 Significance of the Study ......................................................................... 4 1.6 Outline of the Report ................................................................................ 4 II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...................................................... 6 2.1 Previous Studies Related to the Topic ...................................................... 6 2.2 Theoretical Background ........................................................................... 8 2.2.1 Definitions of Novel .......................................................................... 8 2.2.2 Gender ............................................................................................. 11 2.2.3 Masculinity ...................................................................................... 13 2.2.4 Semiotics ......................................................................................... 16 2.2.5 Biographical Criticism .................................................................... 19 2.2.6 Sociological Criticism ..................................................................... 20 2.3 Theoretical Framework .......................................................................... 22 III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ................................................................. 25 3.1 Research Design ..................................................................................... 25 3.1.1 Type of Data .................................................................................... 25 vii 3.2 Instrument of data collection .................................................................. 26 3.3 Procedures of Collecting Data ................................................................ 26 3.3.1 Reading ........................................................................................... 26 3.3.2 Identifying ....................................................................................... 27 3.3.3 Inventorying .................................................................................... 27 3.3.4 Classifying ...................................................................................... 29 3.3.5 Selecting .......................................................................................... 29 3.3.6 Reporting ......................................................................................... 29 3.4 Procedures of Analyzing Data ................................................................ 29 IV RESULT OF THE STUDY ........................................................................... 31 4.1 Symbols of Masculinity Represented in the Novel ................................ 31 4.1.1 The Shadowhunter (Warrior) .......................................................... 33 4.1.2 The Battle ........................................................................................ 37 4.1.3 Powerful Physical Characteristic .................................................... 40 4.1.3.1 Muscle ............................................................................................ 40 4.1.4 Male‘s and Female‘s Weapons ....................................................... 42 4.1.4.1 Sword and Knife .......................................................................... 42 4.1.4.2 Bow and Arrow ..........................................................................
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