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A Marxism Analysis of Different Social Classes
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
112010069
ENGLISH TEACHER AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014
A Marxism Analysis of Different Social Classes
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
112010069
ENGLISH TEACHER AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014
Sari 4
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2014. Dewi Putri Lintang Sari and Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Teacher Education Program,
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari:
Sari 1
A Marxism Analysis of Different Social Classes
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
Abstract
Analyzing Step Up Revolution by Scott Speer, this academic paper
draws on Marxism theory, paying particular attention to the work of Karl Marx about
false consciousness, Anthonio Gramsci‘s ideas about hegemony; and also Althusser‘s
claims of ideology to analyze the different social classes and their effects to the lower
classes. Marxism is an economic theory with a goal to bring about a classless society
and focus on material aspect. This journal article will look for the answers of these
two pivotal questions: how do the upper classes treat the lower classes in a dance film,
Step Up Revolution; and how does Marxism look at that treatment? The findings
cover two pivotal points: that the bourgeoisie people become the one who control the
world‘s natural, economic, and human resources and are seen as the superior; whereas
Spring Garden‘s citizens, the proletariat, live in substandard conditions under the
ruling of their powerful controller, seen as the inferior and always perform the manual
labor with no choice. Applying a Marxism lens to this literary work will make readers
think that whether they‘re aware of it or not, conflict, which is caused by different
social classes, will always exist in our society as long as we live.
Key words: marxism, capitalism, ideology, hegemony, false consciousness
“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.”
-Karl Marx-
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
112010069
ENGLISH TEACHER AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014
A Marxism Analysis of Different Social Classes
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
112010069
ENGLISH TEACHER AND EDUCATION PROGRAM
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2014
Sari 4
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2014. Dewi Putri Lintang Sari and Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Teacher Education Program,
Faculty of Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari:
Sari 1
A Marxism Analysis of Different Social Classes
in A Dance Film: “Step Up Revolution”
Dewi Putri Lintang Sari
Abstract
Analyzing Step Up Revolution by Scott Speer, this academic paper
draws on Marxism theory, paying particular attention to the work of Karl Marx about
false consciousness, Anthonio Gramsci‘s ideas about hegemony; and also Althusser‘s
claims of ideology to analyze the different social classes and their effects to the lower
classes. Marxism is an economic theory with a goal to bring about a classless society
and focus on material aspect. This journal article will look for the answers of these
two pivotal questions: how do the upper classes treat the lower classes in a dance film,
Step Up Revolution; and how does Marxism look at that treatment? The findings
cover two pivotal points: that the bourgeoisie people become the one who control the
world‘s natural, economic, and human resources and are seen as the superior; whereas
Spring Garden‘s citizens, the proletariat, live in substandard conditions under the
ruling of their powerful controller, seen as the inferior and always perform the manual
labor with no choice. Applying a Marxism lens to this literary work will make readers
think that whether they‘re aware of it or not, conflict, which is caused by different
social classes, will always exist in our society as long as we live.
Key words: marxism, capitalism, ideology, hegemony, false consciousness
“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.”
-Karl Marx-