I declare that the thesis entitled "The Representation of Masculinity as Seen Through the Spouse in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl" is original work except for citation. This thesis is considered a scientific report and is intended for the final mandatory report of the English studies and as a requirement for obtaining the Sarjana Sastra degree at the Faculty of Literature at the University of Jember. The discourse of masculinity and the problems that occur in the novel are interesting to discuss.
In addition, I also want to know what is the position of masculinity that the novel is about and why masculinity is still more dominant than other gender identities. Stuart Hall's theory of representation is used to analyze the discourse of masculinity as seen through the spouse in the novel designed by Gillian Flynn. Connell is used to know what kind of masculinity is constructed in the novel.
According to statements, behavior and ideas about masculinity in the novel show that masculinity is somewhat unstable. In Amy's journals, she writes about her relationship with Nick in the past, and Nick writes from the present. In a box found in the shed were 3 doll figures, each of the dolls representing the wife, the husband and a child.
He stays in the marriage because he has no proof of her crimes and deceit.
INTRODUCTION
The Goals of Study
First, this research aims to analyze the representation of masculinity seen through the spouse in the Gone Girl novel. The second aim is to understand the contextual background which is related to masculinity in the novel. The third goal is to know the ideology of masculinity raised by Gillian Flynn in the novel.
Ultimately, it is expected that this thesis can provide information for the study of English literature on the representation of masculinity in the novel, it is also a reference for the study related to the same topic. The scope of the study is designed to make this research not too general or not too wide, based on that motive a limitation data source is used in this research. This research is focused on analyzing the representation of masculinity as seen by the spouse in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.
The analysis leads to insight into the way masculinity is represented through the husband in the novel. After discovering how masculinity is depicted in the novel, the information will lead to an understanding of the contextual background described in the novel regarding masculinity. Furthermore, this research will lead to discovering the author's ideology outside the novel.
The theoretical framework of this research uses Stuart Hall's theory of representation to analyze about the representation of masculinity as seen by the spouse in the novel and Connell's concept of hegemonic is used as the supporting concept to understand about masculinity in the novel. Moreover, this research only focuses on the two main characters in the novel who represent masculinity.
LITERATURE REVIEW
She uses this theory to analyze the language and the meaning behind the language, which is used to find out how the representation of Victorian morality and post-Victorian morality that appears in the novel. Fitri Aningsih's thesis is used as the previous research on the representation of masculinity in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl with the aim of providing a clearer understanding of how the theory of representation by Stuart Hall is operated and used to analyze data from research. Harry displays more of the traditional masculine characteristics related to power, protection, competition and independence, while Ron's character is not like Harry.
An analysis of the representation of masculinity in the novel will focus on analyzing the language, statements and ideas that represent masculinity. The above quote means that language is a medium that provides the meanings of language that people use to represent and express their concepts, ideas, feelings. This means that a representation needs our mind to take a picture or imagine something it represents in text before we can put a picture of the representation in our mind through imagination or observing objects.
Through the concept of a thing, we have pictured in our mind to understand about the meaning. If we want to communicate with the other people, we need language as the medium to deliver our ideas and messages so that we can understand the meaning. The meaning is not inherent within an object itself, rather we construct meaning using systems of representation.
The meaning is carried by the language system or other systems we use to present our concepts. The representation not only uses language to construct the meaning of something, but also uses other aspects to analyze the representation. There are concepts of discourse, the question of power and knowledge, and the question of the subject.
This means that the concept can change along with the knowledge and the necessity of the users. The hegemonic masculinity concept becomes the tool to analyze masculinity as seen by the husband in Gone Girl. Culturally, hegemony is also established through language, specifically the imposed lingua franca of the hegemon (leading state), which then.
It is a conceptual discussion of the creation of masculinities and the experience of men's bodies and the school project has provided empirical evidence of multiple hierarchies in gender as well as in class terms intertwined with active projects of gender construction (Connell, 2005:2). . Therefore, Connell's concept of hegemonic masculinity is applied to understand masculinity in the novel as seen through the husband in order to support the clear study analysis related to the representation of masculinity as seen through the husband in Gillian Flynn's Gone . Girl.
RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
Data Processing and Data Analysis
To achieve the objectives of this study on the representation of masculinity as seen by the husband in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, there are several steps to analyze the novel using representation theory and applying the concept of hegemonic masculinity . The first step is to choose the topic of the discussion. It is the representation of masculinity as seen by the husband in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl. The second step is to read closely material on masculinity to gain more information on the topic discussion of the representation of masculinity as seen by the husband in Gone Girl.
The third step is to classify and categorize the data from the novel related to the representation of masculinity seen by the husband in Gone Girl. By doing this activity, you avoid any messages and information about the representation of masculinity in the novel. After obtaining the data and information, the next steps are an ongoing process of analyzing it using theory of representation and applying the concept of hegemonic masculinity to support the clear analysis of this research.
Connell's hegemonic concept of masculinity is used to find out what type of masculinity appears in the novel. After discovering the type of masculinity depicted in the novel, Hall's representation theory is used to know how the meaning and knowledge are constructed. through the language used by the husband in the novel that represents the husband's masculinity. Furthermore, the data and information from the novel are used to understand the contextual background regarding masculinity depicted in the Gone Girl novel about masculinity. It gives more insight into what the representation of masculinity was like in society at the time the novel was written.
The social context including the cultures, issues, phenomena, situations related to the novel is defined as the circumstance of American culture which is used as the contextual background of masculinity in Gone Girl. This process will lead the researcher to answer the final research problem about the author's ideology beyond the novel. This process needs to know about the background of the author's life that is related to the discourse of masculinity found inside and outside.
The concluding chapter of this research will show the result of the analysis the representation of masculinity seen through the spouse Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.
CONCLUSION
Finally, the analysis of the discourse of masculinity as seen through the spouse in Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl reveals that masculinity is still seen as something more valuable than other gender identities because the perspective of feminism in the novel is destroyed by following the traits of masculinity instead of achieving the main goal of feminism on the equal position of men and women in society and the empowerment of women for a better life and employment. Representation: Cultural Representation and Signifying Practice. http://isites.harvard.edu/fs/docs/icb.topic500286.files/Representation_by. Cultural Implications - Second Edition: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions, and Organizations Across Nations. https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/asi/cultures-consequences/book9710).
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