Apollo Project: Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Sastra Inggris

Apollo Project: Jurnal Ilmiah Program Studi Sastra Inggris merupakan sebuah wadah bagi para peneliti dalam bidang ilmu bahasa, sastra, dan budaya untuk menyampaikan berbagai gagasan yang dapat mengembangkan khasanah keilmuan masyarakat akademis Indonesia. Pada edisi perdana ini, kami mengangkat beberapa tema berkaitan dengan gejala bahasa maupun sosial yang muncul dalam pelbagai aspek kehidupan dan media

List of Papers (Total 106)

Lexical Hedges Used by the Female Characters in Birds of Prey Movie

This study was entitled Lexical Hedges Used by The Female Characters in Birds of Prey Movie. This study aimed to figure out the lexicons used as lexical hedges and analyzed why those were used in Birds of Prey movie. The data was collected from the utterances of the female characters in the 2020 movie Birds of Prey, directed by Cathy Yan. The data was collected through...

The Meaning of Sign in Public Service Advertisement

This research entitled “The Meaning of Signs in Public Service Advertisement”. The aims to find the verbal and visual signs in the United Nation International Children Emergency Fund’s public service advertisement and explain the meaning of signs in the advertisement. The data was taken from website. The discussion of this study was about the verbal and visual signs that found in...

The Feminism Melancholia for the Main Characters of the Novel “Kim Ji-Yeong”

Trauma is inseparable from a strong memory matter. The bond between trauma and memory is inseparable so memory will always remember the trauma of an individual. Conflicts in a literature work cause various impacts and are influenced by social, cultural, and psychological factors. One of the factors is an internal family conflict. The conflict may lead to psychological factor...

A Semiotic Analysis of Mental Health: Depression Reflected in Voices in My Head by Falling in Reverse Music Video

This research discusses the meaning of mental health, specifically depression that is reflected in the lyrics and music video of the song titled Voices in My Head by Falling in Reverse. This research applied qualitative descriptive method along with Roland Barthes semiotic perspective to find the signification process in the data that is related to the issue, and also types of...

Compound Words in Five Selected Skincare Articles from Vogue Website

A compound word is one of the processes of creating new words. Knowing compound words will make it easier for people to increase their vocabulary because vocabulary building is essential to any education. As a student's vocabulary becomes more complex, it becomes increasingly important to understand the meaning of words and how they function as part of the overall language...

Women’s Language Style of Understanding Used in Pitch Perfect Movie.

The title of this article is Women’s Language Style of Understanding Used in Pitch Perfect Movie. The article focuses on the language style used by women in movies, specifically understanding, and the function of understanding applied in the movies. This article uses Tannen's theory about women's language style of understanding that was presented by the main characters in Pitch...

Satire Humor in the Children's Cartoon Series Spongebob Squarepants by Stephen Hillenburg

The title of this is satirical humor in the childrens cartoon series Spongebob Squarepants. The purpose of this study is to show and explain the scenes containing satirical humor in this cartoon that has been shown to many underage audiences who do not understand what the humor means. In this study, researchers used a descriptive qualitative method and used an objective approach...

Psychoanalysis on Conflict of the Main Character in TV Series Emily in Paris Season 2: Psychoanalytic Analysis

This study aims to examine the character of Emily Cooper in the second season of the television series Emily in Paris from a psychoanalytic perspective. The focus of the research will be on Emily Cooper's problems and how Emily solves them. This study applies a qualitative methodology, as qualitative research mainly concerns qualitative phenomena. This study aims to determine how...

Language Features of Women in Zoe Sugg’s Vlog a Very Homey Weekend

Women’s language in the field of sociolinguistics indicated the women’s behaviour characteristics. The women’s language is women are expected to speak in universal characteristics suggested by Lakoff (1975). The aims of this research are to analyse and describe the features of women’s language in a vlog by Zoe Sugg. The method of this research is qualitative research with a...

Women’s Language Features Used by The Female Main Character on It Ends with Us Novel

This study entitled Women’s Language Feature Used by The Female Main Character on It Ends Us novel aims to explore the women’s language features and the function that was used by the female main character, Lily Bloom from Colleen Hoover’s Novel ‘It Ends with Us.’ A documentation method was applied as the method of collecting data, to analyze the data, a descriptive qualitative...

A Friendship Values of Anna in the Novel When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson

The title of this research is the Friendship Values ​​of Anna in the Novel When Marnie Was There by Joan G Robinson. This study aims to find out how the two main characters, namely Anna and Marnie, live their friendship. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods to describe Anna and Marnie's friendship values, the approach used in this study is an objective approach. The...

Figurative Language in Sticks and Stones Standup Comedy by Dave Chappelle

This research analyzes the use of figurative language in Dave Chappelle's standup comedy special "Sticks & Stones." The issue addressed is how Chappelle employs various forms of figurative. The aim of this study is to identify and evaluate the types of figurative language used and understand how these techniques affect the messages conveyed and the audience's response. The...

The Violation of Cooperative Principle Done by Joni Mitchell in the Elton John’s Interview

This study is aim to identify the violation of cooperative principle done by Joni Mitchell in the interview with Elton John on his show, Rocket Hour. The violation of cooperative principles occurs when speaker intentionally or unintentionally do not obey the rule of the four maxims. The four maxims are maxim of quantity, maxim of quality, maxim of relevance, and maxim of manner...

Identification of Conflict in Short Story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

This study aims to identify the types of conversational maxims violated by the characters in the Inventing Anna series and to find out the motives behind the violation of maxims. This research used a qualitative approach because it involves descriptive and non-numerical analysis. Documentation method, note-taking technique, and content analysis are applied to collect and analyze...

Identification of Conflict in Short Story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell

The title taken in this study is Identification of Conflict in Short Story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. The purpose of this study is to identify the types of conflict experienced by the main character in the short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell. In this research, the writer started by collecting data by noting things related to the title of this...

Internal Conflict of Main Character in the Novel “It Ends with Us” by Collen Hoover

This research discusses internal conflicts of the main characters in Colleen Hoover's Novel It Ends With Us. The focus of this research is how to depict inner conflict in Colleen Hoover's novel It Ends With Us. The research method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with a goal approach. The results of this study found an analysis of the main character's inner...

Code-Mixing Used by Alexandra Asmasoebrata in Volix Media Youtube Channel

Sociolinguistics is the study that concerns the relation between society and language use. The part of sociolinguistics that is code-mixing The study aims at (1) identifying the types, and (2) defining the factors of code mixing used by Alexandra Asmasoebrata on the Volix Media YouTube Channel. The focused of the study is on code mixing Indonesian-English. The data was collected...

Inappropriate Scenes and Behavior in the Cartoon Crayon Shinchan

The title of this research is Inappropriate Scene and Behaviour in the Cartoon Crayon Shinchan, this research aims to show inappropriate scenes and behaviour that is being shown in this cartoon that is being watched by a lot of younger audiences in different countries but for this research, the writers are choosing on focusing on the country of Indonesia, the result of this...

Women's Language Features Found In "The Help" Movie

This study investigates the features, functions and differences of women’s language styles used by female characters of different skin colors in “The Help” movie. The movie was chosen because it involves many female characters and conversations among women of different races which are related to the purpose of this study. The data was collected by using documentation techniques...

Code Mixing Used by Yuki Kato in Bicara Cinta on Puella Id Youtube Channel

Code-mixing gives an understanding of a mix of two languages or more by the multilingual. This study aims at defining the types and the factors causing the code-mixing used by Yuki Kato in a Youtube video. A mixed method was applied, with both qualitative and quantitative methods used in the study. The data is all of the words, phrases, or sentences that include the use of mixed...

Analysis of Language Politeness in Students and Lecturer Interactions on WhatsApp group: a Pragmatic approach

This research presents an analysis of language politeness in interactions between students and lecturers on WhatsApp group. With the increasing integration of digital platforms in educational settings, understanding the dynamics of language use and politeness in these contexts becomes crucial. The study aims to investigate the strategies employed by students and lecturers to...

Mental Binary Opposition of Wednesday and Enid in Wednesday Series S1 Episode 1 and 4

This research aims to analyze the binary opposition present in the characters of Wednesday and Enid in the Wednesday Addams series season 1: episode 1 and 4. This research finds the binary opposition between these characters and uncovers their meanings, drawing upon Levi Strauss’s theory of binary oppositions. The descriptive qualitative method is employed, and scenes and English...

Maxims Flouting In Home Alone 2

This research study is a present research study that aims to find the maxims that are flouted in the Home alone 2 movie. There are two purposes of this study, namely to find what types of maxim that is flouted by the character in the movie, and what are the reasons for the characters to flout the maxim. This study takes the four maxims theory that was proposed by Paul Grice (1975...

Didactic Value in Disney's Movie Turning Red

This study analyzes the didactic value in the Turning red film by using a classification that divides it into: religious value, social value, moral value, and cultural value. Using qualitative descriptive s and an objective approach. The results of the study found that there were 15 data, points: 2 on religious values describing the Meilin family regarding their beliefs; 5 on...

Depiction of Systemic Racism in Hidden Figures Movie by Theodore Melfi

Racism is an act of differentiating behavior towards a society that is considered inferior by those who feel as superior. Racism is also divided into several dimensions, one of which is systemic racism which is closely related to regulations that affect people's lives in main sectors such as public facilities which include libraries and courts, and education. The purpose of this...