AN ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN MALE EX-DRUGS ADDICT BY USING LABOV’S NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

AN ANALYSIS OF THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE IN
MALE EX-DRUGS ADDICT
BY USING LABOV’S NARRATIVE STRUCTURE

A THESIS

Submitted as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the
Sarjana Degree of English Department Faculty of Humanities
Airlangga University Surabaya






By:
ERRANIA ANDRIANA
St. N: 120610060


ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY
SURABAYA
2011
DECLARATION

This thesis contains no material which has been eccepted for the award of any other degree or diploma in any university. And to the best of this candidate’s knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person except where due reference is made in the text of the thesis.



Surabaya, 24 June 2011
Errania Andriana

















I DEDICATE THIS THESIS TO
MY BELOVED FAMILY AND FRIENDS









Approved to be examined
Surabaya, 24 June 2011



Thesis advisor





Lusvita Fitri Nuzuliyanti,S.S., M.App.Ling
NIP. 19731 214 20011 22001


Head of English Department




Dra. Lilla Musyahda, M.Pd
NIP. 196612102007012001




ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY
2011
This thesis has been approved and accepted by Board of Examiners, English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, on 14 July 2011

The Board of Examiners is:




Deny Arnos Kwary, Ph.D
NIP. 197501011999031001




Lusvita Fitri Nuzuliyanti, S.S., M.App.Ling
NIP. 197312142001122001




Jurianto, M.Pd
196505191991031003

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Alhamdullillahi Rabbil Alamin, I would like to dedicate my foremost gratitude to Allah SWT, for all of blesses, strengths and cares in all of the years in my life. The Almighty who gives a lot of miracles and loves in my life.
This dedication delivers to my thesis advisor, Lusvita Fitri Nuzuliyanti M,App.Ling., for her great patience, and the most important ones, her guidance and also her times in helping me finishing this thesis. Thanks for the advice and encouragement, for trusting me that I can overcome and finish it. With due respect, I would like also gratitude to the head of English Department and for all lecturer of English Department, Airlangga University for teaching me their knowledge and experiences.
My deepest wishes and thanks, I would like to dedicate to my family, for all of their support and encouragement in finishing my thesis. Especially to my beloved father, mother, sister, aunt, and boyfriend, Bayu Istiyoko who are being the reason and spirit in my life Thanks to Fransisca Agustina W.P, S.Hum as my proofreader.


The Writer

Errania Andriana








“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity;
an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty”
(Winston C. Hurchill)




TABLE OF CONTENTS


Inside Cover Page ..………………………………………………………..........
Inside Title Page ..….…………………………………………………………...…
Declaration Page …………………………………………………………………..
Dedication Page …………………………………………………………….........
Advisor’s Approval Page ……………………………………………………...
Board of examiners’ Approval ……………………………………………...........
Acknowledgements …………………………………………...…………….......
Epigraph.…………………………...……………………………...…...……….
Table of Contents………………………………………………………….…...…
Abstract ……………………………………………………………………….....
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………......
1.1 Background of the Study .………………………………………….............
1.2 Statement of the Problem ….…………………………………….…………...
1.3 Objectives of the Study .……………………………………………...………
1.4 Significances of the Study .………………………………………..................
1.6 Definitions of Key Terms .……………………………………………….....
CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW …………………………..…………
2.1 Review of related theories ………………………………………………...….
2.1.1. Narrative Theory ...........……...……………………..…………….
2.1.2. Narrative Structure According to William Labov …………………
a. Abstract ………………………………………………………...
b. Orientation ……………………………………………………..
c. Complicating action ……………………………………………
d. Evaluation ……………………………………………………...
e. Resolution ……………………………………………………...
f. Coda ……………………………………………………………
2.2 Discourse of Drug Abuse in Indonesia ……………...………….………
2.3 Review of Related Studies ………………………………………………

CHAPTER III: METHOD OF THE STUDY ……………………………….
3.1 Method Of The Study …….………………….………………………….
3.2 Participant .…………………………..…………………………………..
3.3 Techniques of the Data Collection ………………..…………………….
1. Peak experience ……………………………………………………..
2. Nadir experience .................................................................................
3. Turning point ………………………………………………………...
4. Continuity ……………………………………………………………
5. Earliest memory ……………………………………………………..
6. Childhood event ……………………………………………………..
7. Adolescent event ……………………………………………………..
8. Goal …………………………………………………………………..
3.4 Techniques of the Data Analysis ………………………………………..

CHAPTER IV: DISCUSSION ………………………………………………
4.1 Labov Theory .......................................................................…………….
4.1.1 Abstract ……………………………………………………………
4.1.2 Orientation ………………………………………………………...
4.1.3 Complicating Action ………………………………………………
4.1.4 Evaluation …………………………………………………………
4.1.5 Resolution …………………………………………………………
4.1.6 Coda ……………………………………………………………….
4.2 Interpretation of the Data ………………………………………………..

CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION……………………………………………...
REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………...
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ABSTRACT

Andriana, Errania. An Analysis of the Narrative Structure in Male Ex-Drugs Addict By Using Labov’s Narrative Structure. A thesis submitted as a partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Sarjana Degree of English Department, Faculty of Humanities, Airlangga University, 2011.


This paper deals with narrative structure of a former drug-addict, it uses Labov’s theory about narrative structure that has six elements. There are Abstract, Orientation, Complicating Action, Evaluation, Resolution and Coda. As we know that there is an increasing number of drugs addict every year. This phenomenon is very annoying our daily life. Furthermore in this research, the researcher concerns with life story of male ex-drug addict, how he becomes drug addict before. Life story is regarded as a basic narrative of human being. This research aims to reveal how the stories of male ex-drug addict are structured by using Labovs’ theory. In the process of data collection, the researcher used a semi-structured interview toward the participant in obtaining the data. After getting and choosing the data, the researcher is doing the interview. Then, the story is recorded, and it is transcribed, and the last is coding it according to its informational function by Labovs’ Narrative Structure theory. After analyzing the data, the researcher found that all elements are present in a male ex-drug addict’s story. The limitation of this analysis is the writer wants to make some analysis of narrative structure in male ex-drug addict’s life story only. The writer hopes the result can be arranged in narrative structure by using Labov’s theory, and how the participant sees his position in a drug abuse phenomenon in Indonesia.


Keywords: Labov Narrative Structure, Life Story, Drug Addict