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| The Grammar of Devil and Angel (The Characterization of Protagonist and Antagonist in Famous English Fairytales through Appraisal) |
Jati R. Martopo, Djatmika, Riyadi Santosa
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Abstract:
Protagonist and antagonist in fairytales are presented to have extremely distinctive quality in term of psychology, personality and even physic. Protagonists in most fairy tales are presented as heroine; they have good personality, innocent, and good looking. Whereas antagonist are commonly presented as villain; they are wicked in personality as well as psychology and they are commonly presented as the'beast'. In construing the quality of the characters, an author relies on a set of language to negotiate their feeling, judgment toward character, and appreciation toward a value. Such language is technically perceived as Appraisal System. Under the tradition of Systemic Functional Linguistics as an approach in discourse study, this descriptive qualitative study tries to reveal the characterization of protagonist and antagonist in 3 English fairytales through appraisal system. The data employed in this research are therefore any discourse unit realizing the negotiation of attitude (affect, judgment and appreciation). The data were analyzed through ethnographic method with domain, taxonomy, and componential analysis as the procedures to discover the cultural meaning. The analysis reveals that protagonists are described as innocent, virtuous, and good looking figures. It is supported with the findings of discourse units realizing affect of misery, disquiet, positive judgment of propriety and normality and positive appreciation on quality. Meanwhile, antagonists are described as evil, and wicked. The interpretation is supported by the findings of discourse units realizing affect of misery, negative judgment on normality and propriety.
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