4. Theory of Character
This study uses the theory of character in order to identify the contribution of noun phrase to the character in the novel. Abrams 1999: 33 states that
characters are the persons represented in a dramatic or narrative work, who are
interpreted by the reader as being endowed with particular moral, intellectual, and emotional qualities by inferences from what the persons
say and their distinctive ways of saying it —the dialogue— and from what
they do —the action. The grounds in the characters’ temperament, desires,
and moral nature for their speech and actions are called their motivation. According to Murphy, a writer using the ‘eye-of-god’ method or any
method that involves the ‘stream of consciousness’, can lay bare the innermost thoughts of the characters that people his books 1972: 161. The way an author
present the character is called characterization. Abrams 1999: 33 states that there are broad differences of the method of
characterizing such as “showing” and “telling”. In “showing” method, the author
just presents the characters by letting the reader infer their own interpretations of the character’s acting and talking to find the character’s motives and dispositions
in what the characters say o r do. In “telling” method, the author just directly
describes and evaluates the quality of character’s motives and dispositions. This study uses the author’s “showing” method interpretation and
characterization through character’s speech in order to identify the character in the
novel since the object of this study is noun phrases found in character’s utterances.
C. Theoretical Framework
The theories above are beneficial to help the writer conduct the analysis in order to answer the problem formulation of this study. The theory of stylistics is
used as the basic guidance of this study due to the purpose of this study is to find out the style and patterning of language and its contribution in a literary work.
Therefore, this study has its main focus on the noun phrase distribution and function in a novel. In order to be in the right path, the writer would like to apply the theory
of syntax along with the theory of noun phrase as the more specific element in this study.
Theory of foregrounding is also applied in this study because the writer would like to point out the elements of language that stand out in the literary work.
This theory also helps the writer examine the patterning and parallelism of language features found in the literary work.
Theory of character is used by the writer due to the analysis that requires a better understanding of the literary work in terms of character. This theory is also
beneficial to identify the character of the novel to answer the second problem formulation concerning to the
function of noun phrases found in the character’s utterances to the character itself.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The writer would like to focus on the noun phrases in a novel entitled Mortal Instruments: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare as the object of the study.
The novel was published in 2007 and become one of the best seller fiction adventure book according to nytimes.com, The New York Times Best Seller List. It is a famous
and successful best-selling book lists in the United States. Mortal Instruments: City of Bones was first addressed for the young-adult readers but later teenage readers
are the majority fan of this novel because of the main character that happens to be teenagers.
Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is the first book of other upcoming books series such as City of Ashes, City of Glass, City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost
Souls, and City of Heavenly Fire. The title Mortal Instruments itself is the part of trilogy book by the author, Cassandra Clare. It is an adventurous story about a
demon hunter battling the evil force lurking in the world. Clarissa Fray, the main character, is not aware that she is actually the part of Shadowhunter World. It is a
parallel world with the angel and demon half-breed inhabitants live in this very earth. With the assistance of Jace Wayland, she is introduced to that brand new
world with some mysteries yet to be uncovered. The linguistic elements from the novel to be analyzed in this study are
noun phrases. Noun phrase can serve different functions in a sentence. This study PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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