A symbol analysis on punk song Lyrics american idiot (green day) god save the queen sex pistols
| Main Author: | Galih Purwanto |
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| Other Authors: | Abdul Hamid |
| Format: | Bachelors |
| Terbitan: |
UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta : Fakultas Adab Dan Humaniora, 2010
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| Online Access: |
http://repository.uinjkt.ac.id/dspace/handle/123456789/4216 |
Daftar Isi:
- i: 56 hal.; 24 cm
- The aim of this research is to find out the Symbol, their meaning, and also purposed the theme in two punk songs lyric. The writer analyzes lyrics entitled “American Idiot” (Green Day), and “God Save The Queen” (Sex Pistols). The research discussed the lyric by Green Day and the lyric by Sex Pistols. The objectives of the research are to know about symbols that utilized in those lyrics, the meaning of them, and symbols contributions in building the themes of the lyrics. Here the writer studied two selected lyrics as the objects of the study; they were “American Idiot” by Green Day and “God Save The Queen” by Sex Pistols. Those lyrics were studied by using descriptive qualitative method and content analysis techniques. In this research, the writer focused in symbol analysis to those selected lyrics. By using symbol analysis, it makes an easier to conclude the theme that implicit in these two selected lyrics. The writer expects that this study will be useful to the readers who want to know further about symbol analysis and explication about the lyric, and their contribution in building the themes in those lyrics. The writer finds out the themes of them. These two selected lyrics have different themes. From the lyric “American Idiot” by Green Day, the writer has concluded that the suitable theme is about “A Criticism of Democracy” in the US Government. Then the writer makes a sentence for proposing the theme, and the sentence is “The Americans criticizes the application of their own Democracy”. And from the lyric “God Save the Queen” by Sex Pistols, the writer also has concluded that the suitable theme is about “Social Justice or Social Protest”. And the writer makes a sentence for proposing the theme, and the sentence is “The Super power of the Queen makes no future of the England”.