Open AccessSarcastic Utterances in North Country Film as English Teaching Materials
Author(s) -
. Mulyadi,
Denni Iskandar,
Mohd Hashairi Fauzi
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of english language
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1925-0711
pISSN - 1925-0703
DOI - 10.5430/wjel.v12n4p57
Subject(s) - sarcasm , enthusiasm , documentation , linguistics , character (mathematics) , psychology , atmosphere (unit) , computer science , irony , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , mathematics education , social psychology , mathematics , philosophy , geography , geometry , programming language , meteorology
This aim of the study is to determine sarcastic utterances in North Country film as a teaching material of American Cuture course at the department of English Literature, Lancang Kuning University. This analysis were using pragmatic approach. In collecting data, the researcher used the documentation type, the data were then analyzed through qualitative descriptive technique. The results show that there are three categories of sarcastic uterances found in the film discussed, (1) Propositional sarcasm, where numbers of impolite utterances used by the men workers towards women workers (2) Lexical sarcasm, that there are many positive utterances but have negative effects, and (3) illocutionary sarcasm, where many illocutionary utterances used by the opponents to defeat main character. The sarcastic utterances are used as teaching material in the American culture courseat the English Literature Study Program. The students seem to study with enthusiasm in a pleasant learning atmosphere so that the average learning outcomes they achieved are very satisfying.