A Narratology Analysis on Jun Chiu’s Crop Circles

Abstract

This thesis entitled A Narratology Analysis on Jun Chiu’s Crop Circles. The purpose of this study is to find out the elements of narrative found and the function of narrator found in Jun Chiu‟s Crop Circles. The design of this research was qualitative design. The data of this study were in the form of picture there were 20 pictures taken from silent comic. The data obtained from Jun Chiu‟s Crop Circles were published in June 4, 2016. The data were collected through stages: finding out and determining, classifying and separating the pictures of Jun Chiu‟s Crop Circles which included into the components of narrative. Analysis of data qualitatively using the analysis phase of Miles, Huberman and Saldana: condensation, display and verification. The research result show the elements of narrative found in Jun Chiu‟s Crop Circles those are narrative mood (transposed speech-indirect style); narrative instance (narrative voice: heterodiegetic narrator, time of narration: simultaneous narration; narrative perspective: external focalization), narrative levels (embedded narrative, metalepsis) and narrative time (order: analepsis, narrative speed: ellipsis, frequency of events: singulative narration). The functions of the narrator found is the ideological function because the narrator wants introduce public policy.

Skripsi ini berjudul: “A Narratology Analysis on Jun Chiu’s Crop Circles”. Tujuan dari tesis ini adalah untuk mengetahui unsur-unsur narasi dan fungsi narator pada komik tanpa teks Crop Circles karangan Jun Chiu. Desain penelitian ini adalah kualitatif. Data berupa gambar tanpa teks sebanyak 20 gambar yang diambil dari Crop Circles terbitan 4 Juni 2016. Data dikumpulkan melalui tahapan: mencari dan menentukan, mengklasifikasikan dan memisahkan gambar yang termasuk dalam elemen narasi. Analisis data secara kualitatif menggunakan fase analisis menurut Miles, Huberman dan Saldana: kondensasi, penyajian dan verifikasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan unsur-unsur narasi yang ditemukan di Lingkaran Tanaman Jun Chiu yaitu: narrative mood (transposed speech-indirect style); narrative instance (terdiri dari narrative voice: heterodiegetic narrator, time of narration: simultaneous narration; narrative perspective: external focalization), narrative levels (terdiri dari embedded narrative dan metalepsis) dan narrative time (terdiri dari order: analepsis, narrative speed: ellipsis, frequency of events: singulative narration). Fungsi narator yang ditemukan adalah fungsi ideologis karena penulis ingin memperkenalkan kebijakan publik lewat komiknya.