CHAPTER III METHODS OF INVESTIGATION
The methods of investigation are divided into several parts i.e. object of the study, types of data, method of data collection, and method of data analysis. The data
will be in form of words, phrases, and idioms; may be some of them are in hidden meaning.
3.1 Object of the Study
Stratovarius’ songs Dreamspace and Forever which were released in “The chosen ones” album in 1999 were two evidences of how the band was able to
explore the term of ones’ dream and imagination. The lyrics were chosen for the object of the study of the final project.
There were several motivations established the object of the study. First, Stratovarius’s Dreamspace and Forever were phenomenal masterpieces
succeeded in turning a small amateur band to be a well-known world professional metal band. Second, the Lyric of Dreamspace and Forever were differently
‘touching’ along with the other masterpieces of the band which offered a lot of hard and metallic lyrics. It emotionally contained the adults’ childhood dream
represented in almost every single stanza on both songs. Third, the lyrics of Dreamspace and Forever brought the band, Stratovarius, to be well-known as a
dimensional metal band with their lyrics that seemed always to take the listeners to the cosmic fantasy. They made their fans taking their deepest concern to the
dream of the childhood which belonged to almost all adults during their life 38
conflicts and forgetting for a while that Stratovarius is a metal music maker. This thing sounded so principally surprising.
3.2 Types of Data
The paraphrased data will be the lyrics’ words, phrases, and idioms; including some hidden meaning beyond the lyrics. By analyzing “Dreamspace”
and “Forever” through the paraphrasing, the writer hopes to be able to understand the adults’ existence, personality traits, conflicts and dreams, especially about
their childhood, unfathomably.
3.3 Role of the Researcher
The content of the final project was all about the writer responsibility, the writer should be a good researcher, and consequently, the writer held the role as a
data collector and data analyzer. The writer composed the data from Stratovarius’s songs lyrics, Dreamspace and Forever, and their references through some sources,
such as books, E-books, and biography to analyze a number of elements of the poetical lyric; the theme, intention, rhyme and feeling of the lyric through
paraphrasing, then supplied the data and categorized the data. The writer tried to give details about the lyric’s reflection of how the adults have such experience of
dreaming about their childhood.
3.4 Method of Data Collection
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