THE SYMBOLISM of HOPE in the LYRICS of a NEW DAY HAS COME and I'm ALIVE in CELINE DION's ALBUM a NEW DAY HAS COME Trifena M
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THE SYMBOLISM OF HOPE IN THE LYRICS OF A NEW DAY HAS COME AND I’M ALIVE IN CELINE DION’S ALBUM A NEW DAY HAS COME Trifena M. Rumambi ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to identify thesymbols of hope in Celine Dion’s songs A New Day Has Come and I’m Alive in the Album A New Day Has Come. Descriptive qualitative design is used in this research. The data were collected by listing the lyrics per stanza and line of Celine Dion’s two chosen songs that being suitable with the main purpose of this research. The analysis of the data oriented on the objective approach according to M. H. Abrams. The findings show that the symbols of hope were strongly presented in two chosen songs. The presentation of hope was dominated by symbols in the form of figurative language which are metaphor and personification. Those symbols were revealed hope thatencouraged listener for never give up hoping and keep motivated to face daily life. Furthermore, it is expected that this study will be useful for the further researchers that about to conduct the study related and helpful for the readers to study poetry in song, especially in essence. Keywords : Symbolism of Hope, Lyrics, Celine Dion, Song INTRODUCTION In this research. song will be Hope is what one craves, an used, it a song with wide appeal, that is optimistic state of mind that is based on typically distributed to large audiences an expectation of positive outcomes with through the music industry. Popular song respect to events and circumstances in is a kind of music that is currently one's life. As (Strickland 2015:9) stated favored by ordinary people. It is a kind Hope is the feeling that what is wanted of music that most people loved. can be had or that events will turn out for the best or the act of looking forward to In relation to literature, song, song’s something with desire and reasonable lyric, and poetry are also related as a part confidence or feeling that something of literature, because poetry can be desired may happen. It reflects what one translated into musical lyrics as a song. finds in a literary work including a song. A meaning may be found in Song is a part of literary work. Literature symbols that related with imagery is a kind of essay based on experience or figurative language. Anything that imagination. Maru (2014:4) argues that a signifies something else at the range of literary text is fiction, it provides real reference beyond itself is known as world experiences, whereas it reveals the symbols (Abrams:1971). In other side, connection that happened in society Groys Kerraft,said that figurative where the target language is spoken. language or style is a way of showing mind through a special language that JELLT (Journal of English Language and Literature Teaching) Vol. 5 No. 02 November 2020 P.ISSN: 2548-7728 E.ISSN: 2599-0373 39 shows the soul and the characteristic of delivering and describing life situation the writer (language user). Figurative even to reduce stress, show feeling and language that commonly used is etc. Apart from it, English as a foreign personification, metaphor and simile language that taught in school lately uses (2009:113).The symbols that have a song in the material which integrated message is a strong foundation to reveal with curriculum 2013. It proves that the the presentation of hope that being existence of song as the means of conveyed in imagery figurative language teaching and improving ESL student’s in the song lyrics. Symbols and images language mastery has broadly admitted are figures of speech that enhance a work by institution of education for some of art even though in an indirect manner. reasons and purposes eventually. One of The use of imagery and symbolism the most obtainable in learning English enriches the subject matter of art by through song is vocabulary. translating meaning through associations Song as part of literature has been and by establishing contrast and broaden the insights in Literature, since comparisons through what Caroline it is obtainable, enjoyable, fun and is Spurgeon terms, "likeness between inevitable in human life, especially as dissimilar things. In other hand, the students, it could be viewed as means of necessity of authentic media to enhance delivering and describing life situation student’s vocabulary mastery, song even to reduce stress, show feeling and recently has widely used as tool of etc. Apart from it, English as a foreign achieving some purposive vocabularies language that taught in school lately uses in material that contains authentic song in the material which integrated language, which is easily obtain, provide with curriculum 2013. It proves that the vocabulary, grammar and cultural existence of song as the means of aspects and are fun for the students. teaching and improving ESL student’s In this research, the writer is language mastery has broadly admitted interested in investigating the symbols in by institution of education for some lyrics of Celine Dion’s songs because reasons and purposes eventually. One of songs are the daily need for many people the most obtainable in learning English in modern life and can attract people to through song is vocabulary. Maru learn English. In this research there are (2009:1) stated “Having an active EFL two songs of greatest hits of Celine Dion (English as a Foreign Language) class that will be taken namely A New Day has been a dream for almost all of Has Come and I’m Alive. teachers”. Therefore, song can hold a big role in improving, enriching student’s REVIEW OF LITERATURE vocabulary and sharpening student’s Song as part of literature has been sensitivity of language use because it can broaden the insights in Literature, since stimulate students to learn actively it is obtainable, enjoyable, fun and is without feeling under pressure. It has inevitable in human life, especially as been known broadly that vocabulary is students, it could be viewed as means of fundamental to foreign language JELLT (Journal of English Language and Literature Teaching) Vol. 5 No. 02 November 2020 P.ISSN: 2548-7728 E.ISSN: 2599-0373 40 teaching because without vocabulary Further, according to Kennedy, symbol enough, students cannot not only express is a thing in literary work which have their own ideas but also comprehend more than literal meaning, he pointed others. This is how Wilkins (1972: 111- thing does not provide one meaning only 112) summed up the importance of (Kennedy 206). Tyson also states that, vocabulary learning : “without grammar sometimes symbols has private meaning very little can be conveyed, without and only the author of it knows its vocabulary nothing can be conveyed.” meaning, and our analysis about symbol Song has lyrics that own a lot of within the text can be different from the vocabulary about noun, verb and etc. aouthor’s intention, but it does not matter Surely, we may broaden students’ as long our analysis about symbol insights in literature and also to enhance supports in finding the theme of literary student’s English vocabulary. work of our study (Tyson 142). Symbolism Figurative Language Symbolism is a system of symbols or Figurative language is the representations. It is the art or practice of conscious departure from normal or using symbols especially by investing conventional ways of saying things. This things with a symbolic meaning or by could mean merely a rearrangement of expressing the invisible or sensuous the normal word order of a sentence, representations. such as “Sir Gawain the dragon slew” or An example of a symbol in “With this ring I thee wed.” Such poetry occurs in the King James unusual re-arrangements are called translation of Psalm 23, quoted on page “rhetorical” figures of speech’’. (Griffith 160. The poem begins with a metaphor: 2011:132) God is like a shepherd and I (the speaker) Simile is a second category of am like one of his sheep; just as a figurative language: tropes. Tropes shepherd takes care of his sheep, so will (literally, “turns”) extend the meaning of God take care of me. (Griffith 2011) words beyond their literal meaning. A According to M H. Abrams (1971): simile uses like or as to mark similarities; Anything which signifies for example, “Her tears were like falling something else; in this sense all words is rain.” The following stanza from symbols Shakespeare’s “Fair Is My Love” As commonly used in discussing contains several similes (indicated by the literature, however, symbol is applied underlinings) : only A metaphor also claims To a word or set of words that similarities between things that are signifies an object or event which itself essentially unlike, but it eliminates the Signifies something else; that is comparative words (such as like) and the words refer to something which thus equates the compared items. For suggests example, “My heart was a tornado of A range of reference beyond passion” (not “My heart was like a itself. (168) tornado of passion”). The poem “Love Is JELLT (Journal of English Language and Literature Teaching) Vol. 5 No. 02 November 2020 P.ISSN: 2548-7728 E.ISSN: 2599-0373 41 a Sickness” by Samuel Daniel contains “The objective orientation which three metaphors—love is a sickness, love on the principle regards the works of art is a plant, love is a tempest—indicated in isolation from all the external part of here by the underlinings : references, analyze it as a self sufficient Personification analogies can be entity constituted by its part in their directly stated or implied.