Dimas Setiawan, 2013 A Bodily Code Analysis Used in Revealing an Imagin
ary Friend Character in Bill Watterson’s Comic Strip Calvin and Hobbes
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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which the sign takes; preconceptual experience, the basic level categorization of the sign; metaphor or metonymy, the abstract thought which is used for creative strategies
to interpret the sign; and conceptual structure , the sign’s independent and abstract
reasoning Buckland, 2004.
1.2 Research Questions
This study was conducted to answer these following questions: 1.
What kinds of bodily codes are dominantly used by Hobbes as Calvin’s imaginary friend character in Bill Watterson’s comic strip entitled Calvin and Hobbes?
2. What are the representations of Hobbes as Calvin’s imaginary friend character in
Bill Watterson’s comic strip entitled Calvin and Hobbes?
1.3 Aims of the Study
Based on the research questions above, this study was conducted to describe the kinds
of bodily codes used by Hobbes as Calvin’s imaginary friend character in Bill Watterson’s comic strip entitled Calvin and Hobbes and to describe the
re presentations of Hobbes’ bodily codes in Bill Watterson’s comic strip.
Dimas Setiawan, 2013 A Bodily Code Analysis Used in Revealing an Imagin
ary Friend Character in Bill Watterson’s Comic Strip Calvin and Hobbes
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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1.4 Scope of the Study
The study investigates the main character Hobbes’ in Bill Watterson’s comic strip entitled Calvin and Hobbes from the aspect of its bodily codes and its
representations. Bodily codes include his ways of dealing with things which can be seen from his bodily codes, which are bodily contact, proximity, physical orientation,
appearance, facial expression, gaze, head-nod, gesture, and posture Chandler, 2002.
1.5 Significance of the Study
This study is expected to reveal Hobbes’ bodily codes used in Bill Watterson’s comic strip entitled Calvin and Hobbes and its representations. It is
expected that this study can help people to have a better understanding of pictures using a bodily code analysis.
Moreover, this topic is rarely investigated by the students in the English Department of the Indonesia University of Education as their final paper. There are
two studies found which investigate pictures as their data. One is about comics by Puspitasari 2009. She investigated political ideologies which appear in Benny and
Mice’s comic book entitled Lagak Jakarta: collection edition volume 2. The other one was a study about a semiotic analysis by Baiin 2011. Baiin applied a semiosis
process proposed by Peirce in order to examine the image of masculinity in an A- volution cigarette TV advertisement.
Dimas Setiawan, 2013 A Bodily Code Analysis Used in Revealing an Imagin
ary Friend Character in Bill Watterson’s Comic Strip Calvin and Hobbes
Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia
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1.6 Research Method 1.6.1 Research Design
