Ridwan. Syapi’i NI 101026021545
APPROVEMENT
MYTH ANALYSIS ON SYMBOLIC CODE IN BURIED CHILD
By SAM SHEPARD
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Adab and Humanities
In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement For Bachelor Degree
M. Ridwan. Syapi’i NIM. 101026021545
Approved by:
Inayatul Chusna M. Hum
NIP. 150331233
ENGLISH LETTERS DEPARTMENT FACULTY OF ADAB AND HUMANITIES
THE STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH
JAKARTA
1428 H 2008 M LEGALIZATION
The thesis entitled “Myth Analysis on Symbolic Code in Buried Child by Sam Shepard” has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s
Examination Committee on 4 June 2008. The thesis is already been accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Letters Scholar.
Jakarta, 4
June 2008
Examination Committee
Chair Person,
Secretary,
Dr. Muhammad Farkhan, M. Pd Drs. Asep Saefudin, M. Pd
NIP: 150229480
NIP: 150261902
Members:
Examiner I Examiner II
Dini Masitah, M. Hum Elve
Oktafiyani, M.
Hum NIP:
150317724 NIP:
150317725
ABSTRACT
M. Ridwan. Syapi’i , Myth Analysis on Symbolic Code in Buried Child by Sam Shepard. Skripsi. Jakarta: Letters and Humanities, UIN, April 2008.
The research is aimed at finding out symbolic codes used in drama Buried Child and their meanings. It is a research that employs Roland Barthes’ semiotic
approach. The data obtained through reading the play and checking list are analyzed qualitatively using relevant theories.
The symbols used in this play related to things that appeared on the play concerning to nature and the characters. They become symbols due to their
strange usage in every scene such as buckets of corn and carrots, blanket, wooden leg, yellow rose, Bradley’s clippers, the fact that Vince is not recognized by his
family, the fact that the mother leaves in a black dress and arrives in a yellow dress etc.
All the signs that have been discussed or have symbolized here contains meaning. These meaning are new signification of form are something like death,
dysfunction, the lost of identity, sinful sexual affair and hope and concept is optimism in life will always bring out a light or the way out of every problem. At
the end, the meanings become the ideology of the play where optimism in life will always bring out a light or the way out of every problem as a process to reach
happiness and harmony particularly in family although they have to pass through several barriers.
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by
another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher
learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the text.
Jakarta, 4
June 2008