2.2 Theoretical Framework
“I Would” is a song. A song is categorizes as a poetry. In order to analyze “I Would”, the writer needs the theory of poetry. Theory of poetry is taken from
Perrine and Murphy’s theories. The writer will use the theories of character and characterization in order to analyze I
’s description in “I Would”. The theories of character and characterization were taken from Abrams, Beaty, Bio, Child and
Fowler, Prudchenko and Media, and Webber. After finding the character and characterization of “I”, the writer will find “I” personalities. “I” personalities will
be shown though the characterization. The writer uses theory from Hurlock to analyz
e “I” personalities.
The writer chose the theory from Fromm, Byrne and Hatfield and Rapson for the theory of love, theory motivation taken from Aiken and psychological
approach from Lahey Aiken and Akhter to find the meanings of love in “I
Would ”. The writer is going to find the surface meaning and the deeper meaning
of love in “I Would.” The surface meaning of love can be found on the lyric because it is written in the song whereas the deeper meaning is implicit in the
song. After finding the surface meaning, the meaning is combined with the related theories to find the deeper meaning from ‘I Would”
2.3 Context
“I Would” is a song which written by Andrew Choi and Kim Taesung, South Korea composers, and it is included in k-pop song. Although it is k-
pop, “I Would” uses English so it can be listened and understood by people around the
world. South Korea had incredible history in forming k-pop. According to Cynicalkpop https:cynicalkpop.wordpress.com the history of k-pop in South
Korea started from over the past 60 years. It had been literally burned to the ground in a vicious civil war, and now today its a top 15 world economy and
Asian pop culture heavyweight. This economic success is often called the Miracle on the Han River the river which runs through Seoul. Yet this was no miracle
–it was the consequences of specific historical events, policies, and actions unique to
that place and time. Then, the Yushin era, state-run enterprises and control, the protection of infant industry, the shadow of Japanese colonialism and Japanese
development, cheap labor, and more created the Miracle on the Han. K-pop sprung from new found economic surplus, and thus the ability to develop
entertainment and cultural products. Other information also says that k-pop also popular among people in Asia.
According to Asianinfo http:www.asianinfo.org k-pop is an abbreviation of Korean pop or Korean popular music. In addition to music, K-pop has grown into
a popular subculture among teenagers and young adults throughout Asia, resulting in widespread interest in the fashion and style of top Korean idol groups and
singer. K-pop or Korean pop not only about fashion or style but the popular one is the appearance of boyband and girlband in South Korea.
The definition of korean pop or k-pop also related to the term ‘Hallyu’.
The statement given by Tuk 2014 who states that the term hallyu or Korean wave refers to Korea becoming the most important cultural force in Asia and
beyond. The Korean wave started with the export of dramas to China and since
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