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American Pragmatism As Portrayed in Miranda Priestly Character in the Devil Wears Prada AMERICAN PRAGMATISM AS PORTRAYED IN MIRANDA PRIESTLY CHARACTER IN THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 1Dyah Kartika Wijayanti, 2Hawasi 1,2 Faculty of Letters and Cultures, Universitas Gunadarma 1,2 Jl. Margonda Raya No. 100, Depok 16424, Jawa Barat [email protected], [email protected] Abstract The aim of this research is to find out the pragmatism values as portrayed in the character of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada movie script. The research method employed is a qualitative method and used philosophical approach to explain pragmatism as an ideology of America. The finding implies that Miranda Priestly has characteristics such as practical, realistic, instrumental and materialistic indicating that she is a pragmatic person. Keywords: character, movie, pragmatism, values INTRODUCTION Pragmatism can be described as an action, attitude, The United States of America is one concept, principle, philosophy and view of life big nation which influenced by various values that use the practical consequences or and philosophical movements. Pragmatism is bearings as the standard for determining considered as a view of life that most adopted whether a value is true or false. In a simple in The United States and it is believed as one word, pragmatism is about verifying of the biggest influential values and assumptions, theories or ideas by putting philosophies in the characteristic of American them to be tested in reality through everyday society. Pragmatism known as the names of experience and practice. According to Pierce Instrumentalism or Experimentalism is one (1878), the best way to discover the meaning word that is interrelated with numerous other of many ideas is by putting them to an values such as individualism, liberalism, and experimental test and observing the results. idealism. Charles S. Peirce originally Meanings appear not by intuition but by formulated Pragmatism through his writing, experience or experiment. If an idea cannot be but it was brought to a wider audience tested by its effects or consequences in afterward by William James and John Dewey. reality, then it is meaningless. Meanwhile, Pragmatism started to become a tendency in James (1907) defined pragmatism as the American culture since the nineteenth attitude of looking away from first things, century. Charles S. Peirce is considered as the principles, ‘categories,’ supposed necessities; founder of pragmatism when he published his and of looking towards last things, fruits, article in a paper How to Make Your Ideas consequences, facts. Dewey (1970) described Clear, contributed to the Popular Science. He pragmatism as Instrumentalism or called his approach as Pragmatisms. Experimentalism and he prefers to see Wijayanti, Hawasi, American Pragmatism As… ttps://doi.org/10.35760/jll.2019.v7i1.1998 39 experience as an affair of the intercourse of a to determine the extent to which the living being with its social and physical principles and practices of American environment. Therefore, experience is one of pragmatism can be found in the art and the keywords in Dewey’s pragmatic theory. science of performance measurement as Besides those philosophers of the practiced in the State of Texas. In the result of founding pragmatism, some of the his research, it seems clear that pragmatic pragmatism researchers have an opinion principles are indeed implied, if not about pragmatism as well. Some of them who acknowledged, in the area of performance have studied about pragmatism as well such measurement. It also seems clear from the as Shields (1998)., he stated that Pragmatism research that has been done by Wilson that is the philosophy of common sense … It is there is a significant presence of basic the philosophy of common sense, because pragmatic principles in the everyday practice actions are assessed in light of practical of performance measurement in Texas. consequences. In addition, Garrison (2000) This research is related to described pragmatism as the union of artistic Yudoprasetyo’s and Wilson’s researches, as creation with theoretical knowledge in the this research of American Pragmatism as context of concrete practice. According to Portrayed in the Character of Miranda Collins Dictionary online (2012), pragmatism Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada. As we is described as: 1). Action or policy dictated know, The Devil Wears Prada is an American by consideration of the immediate practical novel written by Weisberger (2003) which consequences rather than by theory or dogma; reflects the principles of American society 2). The doctrine that the content of a concept characteristics such as ambitious, hard consists only in its practical applicability; worker, perfectionist, individualist and 3).The doctrine that truth consists not in idealist that have a tendency to be pragmatist correspondence with the facts but in as well. The story tells about an intelligent successful coherence with experience woman, Andrea Barnes, who struggles hard to In research of Yudoprasetyo (2004) do her first job in New York right after she discussed about pragmatism philosophy of graduated from her university. She works as William James in his nonviolent essay, the one of the personal assistants of a famous Moral Equivalent of War. Her analysis is that fashion magazine’s head editor who has really William James’ the Moral Equivalent of War difficult personalities to deal with. Related to as an American nonviolent essay tried to the research above, this research described channel the contradictory thought between about pragmatism of American society as war (violence) and peace (nonviolence). In well, in which this research focused on the Wilson (2001) the purpose of this research is character of Miranda Priestly since American 40 Journal of Language and Literature Volume 7 No 1 Juni 2019 Pragmatism is strongly portrayed in the Wears Prada that contain of pragmatic character of Miranda Priestly. The character values; 3). Finding out the characteristic of of Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada pragmatism based on some philosophical has a practical personality and a great deal of experts such as Charles Sanders Pierce, self-rule that have tendencies to pragmatism William James, and John Dewey. In data of American society. This research aims are analysis procedures, 1). The data were to determine and explain how the categorized based on the characteristic of characteristics of American pragmatism pragmatic values; 2). Analyzing each reflected in one of the character Miranda characteristic by explaining with the Priestly in the movie script The Devil Wears corresponding dialogue from the movie script Prada. The Devil Wears Prada; 3). Drawing up a conclusion. The writer compiled the results of METHODS all study activities and came up with a This research used qualitative conclusion. methods in which it provided the answer to the objectives of this research and to RESULTS AND DISCUSSION determine the existence of pragmatism in the character of Miranda Priestly in Lauren Relationship between Pragmatism and Weisberger’s The Devil Wears Prada. American Society The Devil Wears Prada originates Pragmatism is a value that captures from a best-selling novel written by Lauren the characteristic of American attitudes which Weisberger published in 2003 by Doubleday. are a preference for practical success over It has been made into a movie in 2006 by 20th principles, a materialistic approach to life, and Century Fox. The movie script of The Devil an instinct for achieving a satisfying Wears Prada written by Peter Hedges in 10th successful financial in life as William James March 2005 is used as the primary source of referred to this as the truth’s cash-value in the data in this research. The writer preferred experiential terms (James, 1907). Pragmatism the movie script to be analyzed because the captured an approach in achieving success in pragmatism values in the character of the terms of cash-value, and it is especially Miranda Priestly in the movie are stronger reflected in the conduct of American society. and more focus than in the novel. Pragmatism has grown out of certain In data collection procedures, 1). aspects of living through experiences, Reading thoroughly the movie script The especially in the aspects of American life. Devil Wears Prada; 2). Identifying which Pragmatism is an expression of the mood of expressions in the movie script The Devil America, of the emphasis ideas and value in Wijayanti, Hawasi, American Pragmatism As… ttps://doi.org/10.35760/jll.2019.v7i1.1998 41 getting things done and on satisfactory there is a strong connection and relationship consequences of each individual. Wells between pragmatism and American society (2012) in his thesis entitled Pragmatism as because pragmatism represents the point of American Exceptionalism , from its founding view of Americans about life and real world. fathers to its professional philosophers, Pragmatism is the realization of beliefs and pragmatism has been dominant in America's attitudes of Americans that has great personality. This is a direct result of the sort influences to the whole aspects of their life of social democracy that is unique to the such as in law, politic, economy, culture, and United States, meanwhile Kloppenberg religious activities. (1996) in his journal entitled Pragmatism: An Old Name for Some New Ways of Thinking, Analysis of Miranda Priestly’s Pragmatism an argumentative study of William James’ Pragmatism contains of some values such as pragmatism, Kloppenberg said that practical, realistic, instrumental, and materialistic. The Pragmatism appeals to many American character of Miranda Priestly in The Devil thinkers as a homegrown alternative to Wears Prada is considered as a pragmatic postmodernism that escapes the weaknesses person because she is a kind of person who of enlightenment rationalism without adopts those values in her life and uses it as surrendering our commitments to the values the instruments in achieving more success in of autonomy and equality. her business. Pragmatism is considered as one of the most influential values for American Practical Way of Life society and as the reason of American’s Practical way of life has meaning of searching for a democracy.
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