Mourning and Melancholia Condition Represented in Denotative and Connotative Meaning of Billie Eilish’s Album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
Keywords:
Mourning, Melancholia, Album, Denotative Meaning, Connotative Meaning
Mourning, Melancholia, Album, Denotative Meaning, Connotative Meaning
Abstract
ABSTRACT
This article presents the study result of mourning and melancholia conditions of the character presented in Billie Eilish’s album. This research aims to reveal the connotative and denotative meaning presented in selected songs in Billie Eilish’s album namely, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). The method applied in this research is a qualitative approach using Sigmund Freud's mourning and melancholia theory and Roland Barthé's Connotative and Denotative theory. The result of the study showed that mourning and melancholia condition experienced by the character in the songs reflected the heartbreak and suicide.
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Freud, S.1917. Mourning and melancholia. London.
Hadumod Bussmann. 1996. Routledge dictionary of language and linguistics. 1st ed. New York. Routledge.
Harry Jamieson. 2007. Visual communication.1st ed. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Hartmann, R. R. K., & Stork. F. C. (1972). Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. Applied science publisher LTD.
Hatam, Sara and Al Gabra. 2021. Barthes' Semiotic Theory and Interpretation of Signs. International Journal of Research in Social Sciences & Humanities Volume: 11, Issue: 3, July-September 2021.
John Fisk .1990. Introduction to Communication Studies .2nd ed. New York: Routledge
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Leader, Darian. 2008. The New Black Mourning, Melancholia, and Depression. Third Avenue North, United States of America: Graywolf Press.
Moon, H. R. F. D. of E. R., Knowles, M., & Moon, R. (2006). Introducing Metaphor. Psychology Press.
Padilla, Zsa Zsa. 2015. Psychological Problem Suffered by Anna and Sara in Jodi Picoult’s Novel My Sister’s Keeper (A Freudian Psychoanalysis). A Thesis. Malang: Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University Of Malang.
Purnamasari, Ita. 2018. An Analysis of Connotative Meaning on Justin Bieber’s Song Lyrics. Pioneer Journal, Volume 10, Issue 2, December 2018: 156 -169.
Roland Barthes. 1968. Elements of semiology.1st ed. New York: Hill and Wang.4 Sibhan Chapman, Christopher Routledge 2009.Key Ideas in Linguistics and Philosophy of Language. Edinburg. Edinburg University Press.
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Published
2023-08-27
How to Cite
OcvianzaA., & WidiyantiA. (2023, August 27). Mourning and Melancholia Condition Represented in Denotative and Connotative Meaning of Billie Eilish’s Album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019). LINCA: Jurnal Kajian Bahasa, 1(1), 37-49. Retrieved from https://ojs.unsiq.ac.id/index.php/linca/article/view/4744
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