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f. Epigram
Epigram is the brief form of all poems. It is may be a short as two lines, indeed the shorter the more effective. The qualities of a good epigram are pithiness, point and
neatness of a form.
2.3 Rebellion
Albert Camus in his book entitled Resistence, Rebellion and Death: Essays argues that the only way to deal with a unfree world is to become so absolutely free that
your existence is an act of rebellion. However, rebellion refers to the action of some people or group in order to reject the authority because of wanted some changes.
Rebellion is a kind of behavior with some reasons. No behavior comes without any reason. Somereasons of rebellionare usually causedfromfamiliesandsocietywhich
are not integrated well. How parents behave and the social condition really gives a great impact on people. What the parents preached and how they behave give a big impact in
their children’s personal life. In addition, when their children try to reject their behaviour, so it is a signal that their children tried to do rebellion. A rebellious person
likes to choose another way and live without rules. Alice Walker said that poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution and the
raising of consciousness Retrieved from brainyquote.com. This shows that rebellion can be expressed in many ways, including poetry. Rock N’ Roll is a genre of music
which uses hard rhyme or melody in expressing the music. This is known as rebellion of music where usually used to criticize something.
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There are some kinds of rebellion, such rebellious idea towards religious regulations, rebellious idea towards religious dogma, rebellious idea towards the
existence of God and rebellious idea towards hypocrite people. ThisthesisusesReligion and the Rebel book in analyzingofrebellionin addition tousing Poetry and Prose:
Appreciation for Overseas Student book which talks about the structure of poetry. This thesis focuses on rebellion against religious institutions. Rebellion explained by Colin
Wilson in his book entitled Religion and the Rebel. Colin says:
“I have tried to show how religion, the backbone of civilization, hardens into a Church that is unacceptable to Outsiders, and the
Outsiders — the men who strive to become visionaries — become the Rebels. In our case, the scientific progress that has brought us closer
than ever before to conquering the problems of civilization, has also robbed us of spiritual drive; and the Outsider is doubly a rebel: a rebel
against the Established Church, a rebel against the unestablished church of materialism. Yet for all this, he is the real spiritual heir of the
prophets, of Jesus and St. Peter, of St. Augustine and Peter Waldo. The purest religion of any age lies in the hands of its spiritual rebels.”
Colin, 1957: 320 Religious rebellion is an attitude of against the rules or regulations of a religion.
People who rebel to religion are they who are following in a specific religion and doing the dogmas, but later they feel that they have an opposite direction of its regulations or
in other hands reject the existence of God. Patrick Glynn defines some reasons why people feel discomfort to religion and later they rebel to religion and choose their own
way. Glynn in The Evidence: The Reconciliation of Faith and Reason in a Postsecular World 1999:18 defines there are some factors that made people lose faith, they are
Suicide, Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse, Depression and Stress, Divorce, Marital and Sexual Satisfaction, and Overall Happiness and Psychological Well-Being.
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Rebellion against religious institutions became the main idea in An Atheist Album by Shelley Segal. Shelley Segal is an Australian-Jewish singer who likes to express her
feeling in beautiful song. In An Atheist Album, she wrote her feeling toward religious institutions. She was born ina religious family and later she rejected the existence of God
and all the religious regulations because she wants a life in freedom. This is a kind of rebellion against religion where she ignores all the religious regulations and wants to
live in freedom.
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CHAPTER III METHOD OF THE STUDY
3. 1 Methodology of Research
A methodology research needs to be conducted in order to help finding the implied data. In book The Elements of Library Research: What Every Student Needs to
Know, George 2008:6-8 talks about some kinds of methodology research, they are; Library, Experimental, Explicatory, Field, Observational, Interview, Survey,
Longitudinal, Archival, Qualitative, Quantitative, Empirical and Theoretical. Library research and qualitative method are used to support to analyze the data.
Library research is a methodology where the researcher took the data from the book or the written text. George 2008:1 said that library research is not a mystery or lucky
dodge, but an investigation you control from the start to finish, you cannot usually tell what sources you will discover. Library research is a form of structured inquiry with
specific tools, rules, and techniques. There are two kinds of data; primary data and secondary data. Primary data is a
data which directly taken by the researcher. This data is taken by doing some interviews with informants or by filling out the questionnaires. Next is secondary data. This data is
taken by some written sources. The researcher doesn’t need to do an interview to get the data. In this thesis, the researcher uses library research and the data used are secondary
data. The data are taken from some resources, such as books, articles or even blog to support this analysis.
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Furthermore, George 2008:7 also says, “Qualitative research designates any research whole result are capture in words, images, or nonnumeric symbol, for instance
research on dreams”. Johannsen and Kajberd 2005: 11 added that in qualitative research, the generalizability of research result does not depend on the sample and data
gathering, procedures but on the method of analysis and the formulation research questions.
Talking about qualitative research can’t be separated with talking about quantitative research. Different from qualitative research, quantitative research serve
data into tables, numbers or diagrams. This thesis uses qualitative research because data which will be analyzed in words and do not need to use tables or numbers to present the
data. This thesis will analyze the secondary data by apply the qualitative research.
3. 1. 1 Sources Data
This thesis tried to find out about Shelley Segal’s feeling toward religious institutions in her album entitled An Atheist Album. The data presented in this analysis
are intended to describe about rebellion found on those songs. Library research is used on this analysis because the data are taken from some books, articles, and it will be
completed by some data which are taken from internet. The data which are going to be analyzed in this thesis are the texts itself in An Atheist Album. They are Afterlife, House
with No Walls, Saved, Eve, I Don’t Believe in Fairies, Gratitude and Apocalyptic Love Song.
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3. 1. 2 Data Collecting
After taking the data from some books and internet, so the procedure needs another step in order to get the main idea of Shelley Segal’s rebellion on religious
institutions. The next step is collecting the data.
The processes of collecting data in this analysis are: 1.
Listen to all Shelley Segal’s songs in An Atheist Album and understand the lyrics 2.
Read the book or search some data and information in internet to know about Shelley Segal personal life in order to find the things that influence her
3. Select these cases, determine and analysis data
4. Evaluate and prepare to report
3. 1. 3 Data Analysis
The last step after taking the data and collecting them is analyzing data. The data will be analyzed to gain a deeper understanding of the issues of rebellion in Shelley
Segal’s An Atheist Album. In data analysis, the data will be analyzed to get the aspects found on the album. This thesis will analyze the song as well as poetry, so this thesis
uses some books which talk about how to analyze the good poetry. After analyze the data and found the main idea in those songs, so it needs a conclusion from its analyzing.
The conclusion is talk about the whole theme found on An Atheist Album.
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CHAPTER IV DESCRIPTIONS AND FINDINGS
4.1 Rebellion Against Religious Institutions
