transformation, deep structure and surface structure, synchrony and diachrony, and metaphor and metonymy. Detweiler. 1978: 17
One of the key concepts mentioned by Detweiler as the method of analysis
used in this study is metaphor and metonymy. The analysis on metaphor and metonymy is used to find the underlying structure of the verbal music in the story
of “Sonny’s Blues”.
While, the historical approach is used in order to support the structural analysis. According to Michael Ryan in An Introduction To Criticism
, “Historical information can explain a cultural text by providing meaning for events and
characters that is not lo catable within the text itself.” Ryan, 2012:32. This study
features revival meeting and blues-jazz as an archetypal culture. Therefore, historical support is needed.
C. Method of The Study
The study of verbal music in “Sonny’s Blues” conducted here is library
research. The study used the work of Steven Paul Scher titled Notes Toward a Theory Of Verbal Music
as the primary source of the research. Another theory and history about the revival meeting in African American and blues-jazz music is
also considered as important sources. While the step or procedure of the research is that first the story is read for
several times with the focus on the verbal music. Next, the theories are also read and highlighted in some important point. Furthermore, the study compares the
verbal music in the story of Sonny’s Blues to the theory of verbal music by Scher.
From this point the description of verbal music in the story become the main data of this research analysis.
The next step, each verbal music is analyzed by the theory of the structure in verbal music. In this step, the analysis is expected to find the structure of each
verbal music, similarity, or other important details in each verbal music. Afterwards, the two verbal music are compared and analyzed based on the theory
of methapor and metonymy. The result is then analyzed using historical information. The conclusion is drawn from the last point of analysis, whether both
revival meeting and jazz performance are an archetype and their contribution toward the whole story.
