AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE SHOCK FACED BY VIKTOR
NAVORSKI AS EUROPEAN TRAVELER TO AMERICA IN
STEVEN SPIELBERG’S FILM “THE TERMINAL”
THESIS
By:
WIDIA RIZAH HIDAYANTI
08360124
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE SHOCK FACED BY VIKTOR
NAVORSKI AS EUROPEAN TRAVELER TO AMERICA IN
STEVEN SPIELBERG’S FILM “THE TERMINAL”
THESIS
By:
WIDIA RIZAH HIDAYANTI
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
AN ANALYSIS OF LANGUAGE SHOCK FACED BY VIKTOR
NAVORSKI AS EUROPEAN TRAVELER TO AMERICA IN
STEVEN SPIELBERG’S FILM “THE TERMINAL”
THESIS
This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to
achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
By:
WIDIA RIZAH HIDAYANTI
08360124
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH MALANG
This thesis was defended in front of the examiners of Faculty of Teacher Training and Education of University of Muhammadiyah Malang
and accepted as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Education
MOTTO AND DEDICATION
I have only created ghost and men that they may serve me.
(Adzariyaat: 56)
Barang siapa yang ingin kesejahteraan dunia hendaklah dengan
ilmu, barang siapa yang menginginkan ketentraman akhirat
hendaklah dengan ilmu, dan barang siapa yang menginginkan
kedua-duanya hendaklah dengan ilmu pula.
(Al-Hadits)
The writer dedicated this thesis to
:
Her beloved father and mother, “without you I’m nothing”.
Her brother and sister in law, “your spirit gives me much inspiration”.
Her sweetest love, “thanks for everything. I’m strong because of you”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The writer would like to express her gratitude to the Almighty Allah S.W.T.,
the Lord of this universe, for the great wonderful blessing and the graceful gift in her
life. Sholawat and Salam are always for our Prophet Muhammad S.A.W.
The writer would like extend her deepest gratitude to Mrs. Dr. Sri
Hartiningsih, M.M. as the first advisor and Mrs. Dra. Erly Wahyuni, M. Si. As the
second advisor, for their guidance, valuable comments, constructive criticism and
advice during the completion of this thesis.
The great regard and gratitude are given to the writer’s beloved mother
“Riskiyah”, and father “Muhammad Zahid” who always give advice, pray, support,
endless love, and everything that she cannot mention it. “She loves you with all her soul”. Her brother “Ferly” and her sister in law “Ismi” thanks for your support,
attention, and advice to the writer.
Special thanks to her beloved “Nurris Silmi” who pushed a lot to complete
this thesis, thanks for all the time, support and love that you gave to her. The writer
also thanks to all of her friends, Ita, Dessy, Ulva, Airani, Yuli, Qisthin, Ayu, Novi for
their helps and supports. All her friends in boarding house “Ngatinem.com”, Erma,
Rika, Rinda, Yeni, Sevia, Kak Ama thanks for the care, love and laugh and all my
friends that she cannot mention one by one, thank you for being such a nice friend.
Malang, August 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPROVAL ... i
LEGALIZATION ... ii
MOTTO & DEDICATION ... iii
ABSTRACT . ... iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ... v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ... vi
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE 1.1. Background of Study ... 1
1.2. Statement of Problem ... 4
1.3. Purpose of Study ... 5
1.4. Significance of Study ... 5
1.5. Scope and Limitation ... 6
1.6. Definition of Key Terms ... 6
CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1. Literature ... 7
2.2. Film ... 8
2.3. Kinds of Film ... 10
2.3.2. Comedy Film ... 10
2.4.3. Character, Characteristic, and Characterization ... 15
3.2. Approach ... 31
3.3. Object of Study ... 33
3.4. Data Collection ... 33
3.5. Data Analysis ... 34
CHAPTER IV: FINDING AND DISCUSSION 4.1. Finding ... 35
4.1.1. Language Shock Faced by Viktor Navorski as European Traveler to America ... 35
4.1.2. The Effect of Language Shock Faced by Viktor Navorski as European Traveler to America ... 45
4.1.3. The ways Viktor Navorski Solved His Language Shock as European Traveler to America ... 50
4.2. Discussion ... 58
4.3. Lesson ... 60
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION 5.1. Conclusion ... 61
5.2. Suggestion ... 62
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter I of this research presents such topics as background of study,
statement of problem, purpose of study, significance of study, scope and limitation,
and definition of key terms. Each section is presented as follows.
1.1 Background of the Study
According to Meyer (1990: 3), literature is a “fiction consisting of carefully
arranged words designed to stir the imagination.” Meanwhile, Eagleton defined literature as “’imaginative’ writing in the sense of fiction-writing which is not
literally true” (1996:1). Another definition of literature is given by Beaty, et al
(2002), he defined literature as any kind of organized human expression, from ballet
to advertising that can be “read” in ways similar to the ways we read a story or a
poem.
Based on the definition of literature given by some experts, there is a unique
phenomenon in our surrounding related to literary work. Some people think that
literary works is something that is very unattractive and boring. It is because most of
languages in literary works use figurative language, so it is difficult enough to
understand its meaning. Another people say that literary works waste their leisure
time. This group believes that literary work is just imagination and fantasy of the
writer and it cannot be linked in real life. Those are the reasons why some people do
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because they believe that through literary works we can get knowledge about the
cultural, social, and new environments that we do not know before. They believe that
there is always a value and the messages contained in the literary works itself. It is in
line with Connoly (in Koesnosoebroto, 1988) when describing the reasons for reading
literature, he describes that people read literary work because of a hunger for
information about everything, or amusement, or solace. People read literary work to
discover themselves and their world, to infer their role in the universe, and to learn
the meaning of struggle. In other words, we want to share experience.
Languages used in literary works have an aesthetic value that makes the
reader feel interesting or pleasure. By feeling the beauty of literary works, the
message contained in the literary works will be conveyed to the reader. It is in line
with the characteristics of literature that is giving a lesson for the readers through the
beauty of languages.
There are several kinds of literary works, such as: poem, drama, short story
and novel.Drama is different from short stories, poetry and novels. The differences
are not only visible from the form of presentation, but also they can be seen from the
way and the media used to convey a message to the audience. Nevertheless, drama
has some similarities with the film. Drama and film are both played by several actors
who have different roles to each other. Drama and film use dialogues to convey what
message to be conveyed by the director. Drama and film also have the same structure
that is equally built up of characters, setting, plot, dialogue, theme, etc.
Film is an event that most preferred by people ranging from children to adults.
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Besides as entertainment, a film also contained significant values such as: social
message, moral message, educational, religious, etc. It makes film grow and thrive in
different parts of the world.
Currently, film has become one of the media as delivering a message, whether
it is verbal or nonverbal messages. It happens because basically the film made with a
specific purpose and then the results are shown to the big screen or television.
Film is not only telling us about love, friendship, adventure, suffering,
religion etc., but also bringing our imagination about different cultures, languages,
customs and conditions of people through the description of human life. As it is
known that every country has its language and culture. Therefore, talking about
cultural differences is fairly complicated problem.
Anthropologist Oberg (1954) defined culture shock as a mental illness that
can cause anxiety as a result from losing all our familiar cues and symbols of social
intercourse. Culture shock can affect anyone who has travelled abroad to work, live,
study or holiday. Entering new and foreign environment, meeting lots of new people
and learning the ways of a different country are quite difficult to be accepted quickly
so that it can lead to the culture shock.
Communication, language, and culture cannot be separated. Culturally,
different patterns of communication are a common cause of misunderstanding and
can be a source of discomfort in cross-cultural situation, Tomalin and Stempleski
(1993).
Language is intimately associated with the culture. Therefore language cannot
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is a major aspect that can lead to culture shock. In other words, “Language shock is “the anxiety an immigrant experiences when first entering a community in which he
or she does not speak, or is not proficient in the dominant language”, Miller and Endo
(2004:787).
By watching foreign films we can learn about the cultures, languages and
customs of another country. It is very useful if someday we want to visit other
countries, we would not be shocked with the cultures and languages, so we can
quickly adapt to new environments. It will also help us to add our insights about what
should we do when facing a difficult situation such as language shock of the foreign.
Based on the explanation above, the writer of this study is interested in
conducting research entitled An Analysis of Language Shock Faced by Viktor Navorski as European Traveler to America in Steven Spielberg's Film "The Terminal".
1.2 Statements of the Problem
Based on the background which has been discussed, this study is conducted to
answer the following questions:
a. What are the language shocks faced by Viktor Navorski as European traveler
to America in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”?
b. What are the effects of language shock faced by Viktor Navorski as European
traveler to America in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”?
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1.3 Purposes of the Study
Based on the basic of the statement of problem above, the purposes of this
study are formulated as follows:
a. To describe the language shock faced by Viktor Navorski as European
traveler to America in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”.
b. To investigate the effects of language shock faced by Viktor Navorski as
European traveler to America in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”.
c. To explain how Viktor Navorski overcome his language shock as
European traveler to America in Steven Spielberg’s film “The Terminal”
1.4 Significance of the Study
This study is expected to have significance for some fields, they are:
a. To the learners and teachers of English Department of University of
Muhammadiyah Malang, this study will give lessons about literary works,
especially films. From the story of the film, they will gain experience and
new insights about something without spending a long time and moving
from one place.
b. For the teaching of English, literary works, especially films, can be used
as a means of learning about something that is not previously known such
as the culture, religion, and language that is owned by another country. In
addition, films can be used as a unique and creative medium of learning
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without spending a long time, so that the activities of teaching and
learning English is more interesting and effective.
c. To the society, this thesis will give them some information about the
importance of learning another language, especially English which is an
international language. As we know, it would be useful if the people want
to visit other countries that have different languages of native country.
Therefore, people can avoid the potential bad things that will occur due to
language shock.
d. To the next researcher, this thesis is expected to be an additional literature
to examine the same research next time.
1.5 Scope and Limitation of the Study
The scope of this study is the discussion of the language shock found in the
film by Steven Spielberg “The Terminal” and the limitation of this study is language
shock faced by Viktor Navorski as European traveler to America in the film “The Terminal”.
1.6 Definition of key Term
The definition of the key terms are used to avoid misunderstanding for the
readers in using the terms which exist in this study. The term that need to be defined
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a. Analysis is the process of breaking down a something into its parts to
learn what they do and how they relate to one another
(http://www.yourdictionary.com/analysis)
b. Language shock is an inability to use foreign language experiencing by
people who have travelled abroad to work, live or study which has
different language from the own native language.
c. Shock is a feeling disturbed surprise resulting from a sudden upsetting
event.
d. Effect is a result of something that produces a specific impression
e. Film is a story recorded on the film to be shown in the cinema. (Longman,
1987: 330)
f. Viktor Navorski is the main character of the film “The Terminal” who
experienced language shock.
g. Steven Spielberg is the director of the film “The Terminal”.
