21 million in its first week of release and went on to sell over 10 million copies. This
made Eminem became the only artist in history with two diamond certified albums. Eminem got so many awards and certificates because of his good career
in music.
B. Theorictical Framework
In this part, the writer discusses the contribution of the theories mentioned in this chapter in order to answer the research problems in previous chapter. There
are two research problems to be analysed in this research. The first point concerns on
the metaphor on Eminem‟s selected rap song lyrics. While the second points concern on the function of connotation meaning by each metaphor found in
Eminem‟s selected rap song lyrics. Further, in order to analyze the first research problem, the writer applies
the formalist approach, theory of metaphor and theory of metaphor types based on grammatical construction. The writer is going to find the me
taphor in Eminem‟s song lyrics. The answer can be seen through formalist approach. By analyzing the
text, the writer can find out the metaphor which is used in the song lyrics. Then, after finding the metaphor, the theory of metaphor and theory of metaphor types
are applied. In theory of metaphor, Mooij gives explanation about the process of identifying a metaphor clearly. Then in theory of metaphor types, Myers and Sims
classify metaphor types into five types such as: noun metaphor, verb metaphor, preposition metaphor, adjectival metaphor and adverbial metaphor.
22 In addition, in second research problem the writer is going to analyse the
reason why Eminem uses the metaphor into his song lyrics. The reason is going to be seen through biographical approach. By
analysing the author‟s life and personality, the writer can understand the reason why the author used the
metaphor. After finding the reason, theory of connotation meaning‟s function by Parera 2004 is used to understand the aim or function of the metaphor in
Eminem‟s song lyrics. Then, three last theories such as the typography of song lyrics, Lyric
structure and Review of Eminem‟s background are used as general theory to strengthen this research. Since the object of this research is song lyrics, it is worth
to know about the typography of song lyrics. It is because in this research, the writer treats the song lyrics as poetry. Then, lyric structure theory is needed in
order to assist the code of lyrics. Finally, the theory about Eminem‟s background is i
ncluded because this research is about Eminem‟s song. It is important for the writer to understand Eminem‟s life, so the writer can conduct this research based
on Eminem‟s life background.
