[:en]RAHMAT ADE DARMAWAN   Abstract Literary works can be said as the representation of human life. John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is the novella that brings the issues about agricultural worker, especially ranch worker. Most of the characters in Of Mice and Men are men. It shows strong sense of masculinity of ranch workers...Read More

[:en]Nuri Lailiatul Fadila ABSTRACT This article discusses (1) the form of terms in slametan (a traditional ritual) mowang na’as and arokat and (2) the interpretation meaning and the use of them in the two rituals in Kalitapen Village, Tapen Sub-district, Bondowoso Regency. The data collected through observation and interviews were analyzed to know them as...Read More

[:en]Mohamad Ulil Albab Abstract This thesis discusses governmental control and intervention towards songs writing in Indonesia, espescially in Soekarno’s Managed Democracy (Demokrasi Terpimpin) untill Soeharto’s Pancasila regime, namely from 1959-1998. The thesis compares the intervention imposed in both regime. Along Managed Democracy, music is part of revolutionary struggle since it is written to enhance nationalism...Read More

[:en]Mega Ayu Lestari Abstract This article discusses the roles of Akbar Tanjung in saving Golkar Party at the political crises times 1998-1999, emphasizing on the political aspects. The goal of this study is to know how Akbar Tanjung brought successfully Golkar as the second winner in the 1999 General Election, so his party was safe...Read More

[:en]Maya Novita Sari ABSTRACT Through Fangirl, Rowell delivers the phenomena of fandom in two different points of view. She shows both the portrayal of fans who see fandom as a common thing and she also exposes the depiction of people who give a bad perspective to fandom. The discourse of fandom in the novel is...Read More

[:en]Mas’ula   Abstract This Article proposes an analysis of Alex Flinn’s A Kiss in Time using postmodern perspective. Through postmodern perspective, this text discusses the postmodern strategies used to present the ontological dominant in A Kiss in Time. Brian McHale’s postmodern perspective is used as the theoretical framework to find the ontological dominant in A...Read More

[:en]Karomatul Lisa ABSTRACT The issues which are examined in this study are (1) the directive speech acts conducted amongst adolescents, and (2) how to reduce the impoliteness in directive speech acts amongst adolescents in Rambipuji Sub-district, Jember Regency. The research methods used are (1) observation method to collect the data, (2) pragmatic equivalent method and...Read More

[:en]IQBAL MAHRUS SHOLEH   Abstract This study deals with translation, particularly in practical application of techniques, methods, and ideologies of translation. They are used in translating one of texts entitled Isra‘ Mi’raj in Pidato Tiga Bahasa book. The purposes of the research are to find out and to elaborate techniques, methods, and the dominant ideology...Read More

[:en]Fenti Tanjung Sari   Abstract   This study is focused on the use of language in the Misogyny Speech delivered by Julia Gillard, the first female Australian Prime Minister, on 22 October 2012. Data is obtained from The Sydney Moring Herald website as much as 264 clauses of Julia Gillard’s Misogyny Speech transcript. To reveal...Read More

Erfina Prabandari Abstract   This article identifies and describes the structural and intertextual elements in Ken Arok story in Saini K.M.’s Ken Arok, Pararaton and Nagarakretagama. The technicque of analysis used in this article is descriptive qualitative for describing the structural and intertextual elements in the hypogram texts as the background of earlier texts, the...Read More