IRONY ANALYSIS ON THE THREE LYRICS IN A PUNK ROCK MUSIC ALBUM COMPILATION- “ROCK AGAINST BUSH” INDAH PRATIWI NO. 103026027656 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2008 1 2 IRONY ANALYSIS ON THE THREE LYRICS IN A PUNK ROCK MUSIC ALBUM COMPILATION- “ROCK AGAINST BUSH” A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Sarjana Degree of English Letters Department INDAH PRATIWI NO. 103026027656 ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2008 3 ABSTRACT Indah Pratiwi. Irony Analysis on Three Lyrics in A Punk Rock Music Album Compilation “Rock Against Bush”. A Thesis. English Letters Department. Adab and Humanity Faculty. State Islamic University Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, 2007. In this research, the writer analyzes kinds of irony and its meaning in three lyrics included in a punk rock music compilation album titled Rock Against Bush which comprises twenty lyrics with Fat Mike as the producer. The writer uses qualitative and analytic descriptive method. The three lyrics most contained several kinds of irony as the tools to express feelings, thought, and perspective against President Bush’s polices in order to pursue the listeners to vote against Bush in 2004 election. The three lyrics are Heaven is Falling, God Save the USA, and Sad State of Affairs. Heaven is Falling contains satire, exaggeration, irony of situation, and irony of fate or cosmic irony. Whereas, God Save the USA, there are irony of situation, satires, sarcasm, and verbal irony. While, in Sad State of Affairs by Descendent, dramatic irony constitutes the only irony found. Kinds of irony contain in Heaven is Falling convey critics to President Bush in the issue of the impact of Iraq war. Madness and disappointments of an American citizen related with the impact of government’s policies are exposed applying several kinds of irony in God Save the USA. Meanwhile, one kind of irony can convey the message to vote as a crucial step toward a change in Sad State of Affairs. It can be concluded that conformity between the aim of irony and punk rock attitude has found. Irony is chiefly to criticize a person, a community or an organization or even a figure of authority. And punk rock music with its extreme style expresses its perspective to the government with applying irony in their lyrics in order to criticize government’s policies. 4 APPROVEMENT IRONY ANALYSIS ON THE THREE LYRICS IN A PUNK ROCK MUSIC ALBUM COMPILATION- “ROCK AGAINST BUSH” A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for Sarjana Degree of English Letters Department INDAH PRATIWI NO. 103026027656 Approved by : Danti Pudjiati S. Pd., M.M., M.Si. NIP. 13233516 ENGLISH LETTER DEPARTMENT LETTERS AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2008 5 LEGALIZATION A thesis entitled “IRONY ANALYSIS ON THE THREE LYRICS IN A PUNK ROCK MUSIC ALBUM COMPILATION – “ROCK AGAINST BUSH”. has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination Committee on January 2008. The thesis has been accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Sarjana degree in English Letters Department. The Board of Examiners Chair Person, Secretary, Dr. H. M. Farkhan, M. Pd. Drs. A. Saefudin M. Pd NIP. 150 299 480 NIP. 150 261 902 Members Examiner I Examiner II Dini Masitah, SS., M. Hum. Supardi, SS. NIP. NIP. 6 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgment has been made in the text. Jakarta, Januari, 2008 Indah Pratiwi 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENT In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. All praises are due to Allah, the Almighty, and the Lord of all that exist. May Allah’s peace and blessing be upon His final Prophet and Messenger, Muhammad, his family and his companions. This skripsi is presented to the English Letters Department of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for sarjana degree (S1). It is a great honor for the writer to make acknowledgment of indebtedness to convey her sincere gratitude to Danti Pudjiati who patiently has given valuable advice and guidance to accomplish this skripsi. The writer also would like to convey her sincere gratitude particularly to: 1. Dr. H. Abd. Chair, MA, as The Dean of Adab and Humanities Faculty. 2. Dr. H. M. Farkhan, M. Pd., as The Head of English Letter Department. 3. Drs. A. Saefudin, M. Pd., as The Secretary of English Letter Department. 4. All the lectures of English Letters Department for their encouragement to the writer. 5. The writer’s beloved parents, H. Ahmad Emen (memories with him are immortal in her heart) and Hj. Robiah, whose patients and spirits inspired the writer in her every anxious. 6. Her beloved brothers and sisters, Ir. Junaidi M.Si. for his eager to give the favour; Syaiful Fahmi, SE.; Wiwin wiwitri, S.Pd. for giving her passion and 8 patient; Eliya and Yudithia Ahmad for lending our lovely room at whole; who have supported the writer in accomplishing her skripsi. 7. Her beloved friends, Ciko Permana Shidiq for the idyllic place; Amel, Bharier, and Kiki for the moment of hugs, tears, inspirations, and laughs; Zahro, Farah, Fitri, Ko2m, and Inung for the valuable references; ka Imma, ka Harris, ka Ade, Fariq and other friends in Kafe Bahasa for the sincere brotherhood; Erun for every precious words; Teh wulan, Nyda, Eulis, Zamra, Fenti, Diah, Andi, Firman, Davy for the comprehension of punk rock, Edo, Yudi, Vay, and Eko for his uncountable kindness. 8. All Librarians of UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Library, Catholic University of Atmajaya’s Library, University Indonesia’s library, and Library of UNJ., who have helped her to obtain some useful books in relation to the topic of her skripsi. Finally, she realizes that this skripsi is far from being perfect. It is a pleasure for her to receive constructive critics to her e-mail, [email protected] for improving this skripsi. Jakarta, Januari 2008 The Writer 9 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... i APPROVEMENT .............................................................................................. ii LEGALIZATION ................................................................................................ iii DECLARATION ................................................................................................ iv ACKNOWLEDGMENT ...................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................... vii CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1 A. The Background of Study ................................................... 1 B. The focus of Study .............................................................. 6 C. Research Question ............................................................. 6 D. The Significance of Study .................................................... 6 E. The Methodology of The Research ..................................... 7 CHAPTER II THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ............................................... 9 A. Definition of Lyric ................................................................. 9 B. Understanding of Punk Rock Music ..................................... 10 C. Figure of Speech ................................................................ 13 D. Irony .................................................................................... 14 1. Verbal Irony.................................................................. 18 2. Dramatic Irony.............................................................. 22 3. Irony of Situation .......................................................... 24 4. Cosmic Irony ................................................................ 26 5. Understatement............................................................ 28 6. Exaggeration................................................................ 29 CHAPTER III: IRONY ANALYSIS ON THREE LYRICS IN ROCK AGAINST BUSH- A PUNK-ROCK MUSIC ALBUM COMPILATION ............................................. 31 A. Kinds of Irony in Three Analyzed Lyrics ............................... 31 10 1. Heaven is Falling by the Ataris........................................ 33 2. God Save USA by Pennywise......................................... 37 3. Sad State of Affairs by Descendent................................. 40 B. The Way Irony Found in The Three Analyzed Lyric Provoke the Listeners not to elect Bush in 2004 presidential election ...... 43 1. Heaven is Falling by the Ataris........................................ 43 2. God Save USA by Pennywise......................................... 50 3. Sad State of Affairs by Descendent................................. 55 CHAPTER IV A. CONCLUSION........................................................................ 59 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..............................................................................................