POLITENESS STRATEGIES USED BY THE CHARACTERS IN THE CONVERSATION OF LESS SOAP, MORE BLOOD SHORT COMEDY BY JOSEPH ARNONE
Abstract
Abstract. Less Soap, More Blood is a short comedy drama played by several actors with slightly different scripts but with the same meaning. For this reason, the researcher chose one of the authors of "Less Soap, More Blood" by Joseph Arnone with a duration of about four minutes. This comedy drama is only played by 2 actors, namely between the actor and the agent. The conversations used by these short drama players use politeness strategies. This study aims to analyze the politeness strategies used in comedy conversations. The data analysis method uses the sources proposed by Brown and Levinson (1987: 68-69) of which there are four types, namely: Bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness and off-record, using a descriptive qualitative approach in which the data comes from speech. The actors containing politeness strategies were then written and identified based on the types of politeness strategies proposed by Brown and Levinson. The data source comes from the script for the short comedy drama "Less Soap, More Blood" written by Joseph Arnone. Politeness strategies are the subject of pragmaticKeywords: less soap, more blood, politeness strategies, pragmaticsAbstrak. Less Soap, More Blood adalah drama pendek komedi yang banyak dimainkan oleh beberapa aktor dengan script yang sedikit berbeda namun tetap dengan makna yang sama. Untuk itu peneliti memilih salah satu dari sekian penulis “Less Soap, More Blood” yaitu oleh Joseph Arnone dengan durasi sekitar empat menit. Drama komedi ini hanya diperankan oleh 2 aktor yaitu antara aktor dan agen. Percakapn yang digunakan para pemain drama pendek ini menggunakan strategi kesantunan (politeness strategies). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis strategi kesantunan yang digunakan dalam percakapan komedi. Metode analisis data menggunakan sumber yang dikemukakan oleh Brown and Levinson (1987: 68-69) yang mana terdapat empat jenis yaitu: Bald on record, positive politeness, negative politeness dan off-record, dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif yang mana data berasal dari ujaran para aktor yang mengandung strategi kesantunan lalu ditulis dan diidentifikasi berdasarkan jenis strategi kesopanan yang dikemukakan oleh Brown and Levinson. Sumber data berasal dari naskah drama komedi pendek “Less Soap, More Blood” yang ditulis oleh Joseph Arnone. Strategi kesopanan adalah materi pada studi pragmatikKata kunci: less soap, more blood, strategi kesopanan, pragmatikReferences
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