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3. Radio Drama
A radio drama is a story or a drama performed by actors through radio medium. It recounts a series of events and tells about relationship between the
characters through radio. Since it is a form of a drama, radio dramas possesses the characteristic of a drama. Radio dramas involves character, plot, setting and theme
like other form of dramas do Fossard, 1996, p. 33.
As a radio drama is broadcasted through a radio medium, which means it is not supported by visual aids, ear becomes the only sense that works on
receiving the information or the story. This becomes one absolute limitation of a drama conveyed through a radio medium. Fossard 1996 mentions that the whole
experience of radio is perceived by the ear alone, which is in contrast if it is compared to the multisensory perception of everyday life p.7.
To overcome this undeniable limitation, the dialogue within radio drama should fulfil some characteristics as it holds the key in delivering the story to the
audience. A good radio drama should have a convincing dialogue uttered by the characters. Fossard 1996 mentions some guidelines to be noticed in writing the
dialogues within a radio drama. He mentions that the dialogue within a radio drama should be fully scripted and natural, suits the character and the actions,
names the characters‟ name often, and avoids soliloquy p. 103. Speaking of radio drama, there are three types of radio dramas. They are
independent dramas, series dramas, and serial dramas. Each of them has its own characteristics. Independent radio dramas are radio dramas that end in one
episode. It tells the whole story, usually a short one, in one broadcast. A radio PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
30 drama series is a compilation of radio dramas which has the same main characters
in each episode. Each story in a drama series is completed in one program. Extra characters may appear and disappear throughout the stories, but the major
character stay the same. A serial radio drama tells about one big story that continues from one broadcast to another; each episode in serial is open-ended
Fossard, 1996, p.38. In radio drama series, there is
a popular term called “sit com” or situation comedy. It refers to the type of radio drama that is intended to amuse the audience
or the listeners. It is a type of radio drama that is funny or, at least, has a happy ending. Sit-coms often use exaggerated or far-fetched plots Fossard, 1996, p. 38.
4. Reviews of Related Research
A number of studies of humour have been conducted. This section will elaborate briefly some of the researches that have been done prior before this
study. There are two studies that will be reviewed briefly here. The first one is a study conducted by Magnotta and Strohl in 2011. In their
paper entitled A linguistic analysis of humor: A look at Seinfeld, they investigates humour found in a Television Show Seinfeld. Using the Incongruity Theory of
humour and the Interactional Sociolinguistic Methodology of discourse analysis, they examine the incongruous elements, such as moral short-comings, ignorance,
and impersonation found within the object. In addition, they also observe the contextualization cues used in its humour production. This study results that the
incongruities and contextualization cues provokes humour in the object. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI
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