SOCIAL CRITICISM OF BOB DYLAN'S SONG LYRICS, Study notes of Sociology

Download SOCIAL CRITICISM OF BOB DYLAN'S SONG LYRICS and more Study notes Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! SOCIAL CRITICISM OF BOB DYLAN’S SONG LYRICS: A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF LITERATURE PUBLICATION ARTICLES Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Getting Bachelor Degree of Education in English Education Department Proposed by: Hafid Muhadi A 320 090 160 SCHOOL OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION MUHAMMADIYAH UNIVERSITY OF SURAKARTA 2014 UNIVERSITAS MUHAMMADIYAH SURAKARTA FAKULTAS KEGURUAN DAN ILMU PENDIDIKAN Sekretariat JL. A Yani Tromol Pos 4 Pabelan, Kartasura, Surakarta 57102 Telp. (0271) 717417 Ext. 188 a ————— Surat Persetujuan Artikel Publikasi Ilmiah Yang bertanda tangan di bawah ini pembimbing skripsi/tugas akhir: Nama : Dr. M. Thoyibi, M.S NIK : 410 Nama : Nur Hidyat, S. Pd. NIK 1771 Telah membaca mencermati naskah artikel publikasi ilmiah, yang merupakan ringkasan skripsi (tugas akhir) dari mahasiswa: Nama : Hafid Muhadi NIM : A320 090 160 Program Study : Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris Judul Skripsi : Social Criticism of Bob Dylan’s song lyric’s: A Sociological Study of Literature Naskah artikel tersebut layak dan dapat disetujui untuk dipublikasikan. Demikian persetujuan ini dibuat, semoga dapat dipergunakan seperlunya. Surakarta, 11 February 2014 Pembimbing I Pembimbing II Tbr f. Dr. M. Thoyibi, M.S Nur Hidyat. S. Pd. NIK. 410 NIK. 771 3 Besides the adding of knowledge about music, the songs of Bob Dylan also are interest in language style that he applies in the lyric’s content. In lyrics of Bob Dylan song’s also contain the story which is interesting to be studied by researcher. Because, there are humanism values and lesson which are in a part of each event. Based on the explanation above, the writer interested to analyze about song, with title “SOCIAL CRITICISM OF BOB DYLAN’S SONG LYRICS: SOCIOLOGY OF LITERARTURE”. B. Literature Review After the searching on several literary studies in Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta and Sebelas Maret University in Central Java, the writer has not found research about Song lyrics of Bob Dylan’s. However, there are articles and research paper from other Universities, literary books, and internet which study about Song lyrics of Bob Dylan’s. The research was written by, Student of English Teaching Learning Program (TBI), The State of Islamic College (STAIN) Pamekasan, Madura, Najibul Khairi, Akhmad (2012) has conducted his research The Social Problem in Bob Dylan’s Song Album in Soejono Soekanto’s Perspective, this study deals with social problems in Bob Dylan’s song and how the social problems in Bob Dylan’s song. In the theoretical approach employed in this study is the Soejono Soekanto’s perspective. And other is Student of Communication Faculty of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Riddle Bette, Laura (May 2010) has conducted her research Bob Dylan Pete Seeger And The Movement Persona, of those fighting for social change in 1960s America using Aristotle’s concept of ethos and Edwin Black’s theory of the second persona, This study deals with a textual analysis of three songs of Bob Dylan and three songs of Pete Seeger serve as the artifacts for her thesis. Then, Christopher Ph.D (2011) has conducted his research Hispanicised Dylan Reflection on the translation of Bob Dylan’s 4 Chronicles, Volume I Into Spanish. This study deals with the target audience of Spanish translation, there are some problems: what are particular translation cruxes and difficulties in Dylan’s text, especially for Hispanophone readership and finally, how much in the text of Chronicles is ultimately untranslatable. The target translation employed in the study is the nature of chronicles as text requires comment, since a successful translation strategy will necessarily be predicated on the characteristic of the source text, among them genre, style and intertextuality. In this case conducive to use of concepts developed by Translation studies such as foreign section or documentation or does it subvert those concepts. From the literary review, the researcher makes different in this study. The researcher uses the analysis as the data source. C. Underlying Theory This study analyzes the structural elements in the Song Lyric of Bob Dylan’s by Sociological analysis approach. Sociology is explained that most literary study of companionship quoted in Burns and Burns (1973:56). Other conception came from Wellek and Warren (1956:102- 103) describes the most common approach to the relations of literature and society is the study of works of literature as social documents, as the portraits of social reality. Therefore, literature can be made to yield the outlines of social history if it is used in social document. It portraits many aspects of social structure, family relationship, class friction, and so on. Laurenson and Swingewood (1972:169) state sociology of literature is one of literary approaches which can be applied in the study of literary work. Sociology of literature is basically aimed to analyze literary works in terms of the author’s social status, the availability of the markets, the stipulation of type of publication, and also the structure of the readers. Sociology is the scientific study of human behavior in society or social forces that influence that behavior. It focused in influenced of social relationship, as filed the study sociology has extremely broad scope. It was 5 that concerned about love, discrimination, community, feeling, and culture and confirming. From the goal of sociology is as an instrument in social relationship of human life and to the literary work. From the Song lyrics of Bob Dylan’s, there are many approaches and concept of sociology and literature as theory and perspective in sociological approach. In literary book, or critics more than theory to proposed about sociology of literature and sociological approach. According to Laurensen and Swingewood (1972, 13-21) explained that the sociology of literature have a classification: (1) sociology of the society or community; this is a study of historical social condition from literary text and it focused on view of society in literary work. (2) Sociology of the writer, especially to the social situation of the author. It focused about the literary work between position where author’s life and historical background of the author. (3) The sociology of the reader; from this perspective is study about the literary work and opinion of the reader attitude after reading the literary work. In the basically of the sociology of the society is a literature as perspective of human society. It explained that the social structure or social condition of the society on the periodic when the literary work was made. The study analyze from the Song Lyrics of Bob Dylan’s by using sociology of the author. Rene Wallek and Austin Warren (1972 : 92) state that the social allegiance, attitude, and ideology of the writer can be studied not only on his writing, but also, frequently, in biographical extra- documents. Other conceptions sociology of the author by Lucien Goldman (in Swingewood and Laurensen, 1972 : 20) state that the case of great writer is the purely sociological condition are surmounted and transcended so that the meaning within the text are unrelated to the market condition of authorships. From the sociology approach, the Song lyrics of Bob Dylan’s have been made in Middle of Twentieth Century of United States. The historical background in American at the time will be covers social aspect, economic 8 male and female. Its talk about them can be seen on the lyrics “She speaks good English/ And she invites you up into her room” (Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues: LL 19 & 20). In here, Dylan represents that a woman who is fluent in speaking English is an easy going for dating and is an easy to get job. d. Immigration Social criticism in the form of immigration aspect have not much been found in the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s song. In this case, the writer arrests one lyric talk about it titled Ballad Of Hollis Brown. The lyric “He lived on the outside of town, Hollis Brown,”. (Ballad Of Hollis Brown : LL 1). In here, Dylan describes the immigration of Americans as a result of urbanization in the America. 2. Economic Aspect Social criticism in the economic aspect that reflected in the Bob Dylan’s song a lyric includes the bad economic condition that the most of them are portrayed the needles, hunger and poverty. In here, Dylan reflects that an arrogant act of rich people that kills the poor people. And, the discrimination of human right to fulfill the life’s need. Then, the lyric reflected us that hunger has attacked them, when the felt hungry they have to fight with to brother to get some food. And the condition about the starvation mirrored, Dylans tells us that street walkers say that the man is a poor man. 3. Political Aspect The Bob Dylan’s song lyrics also reflect to the social criticism in the political aspect. In here, he potrayed that someone who makes the medicine is named Johnny. He is one of people who has class in the government, and he has made a mistake because he gives the high price of medicine it is not reachable for the people to get it. And, any other 9 Dylan explains that he doesn’t agree that the existence of discrimination of the skin’s color. It means the white people have the higher class than the black people (negro). Then, he explains that President of United States has shameful, because he hides goodness in behind of gate. 4. Science and Technology Aspect Social criticism in the form of science and technology aspect in the Bob Dylan’s song lyrics are reflected through the kind of tools that mentioned in the lyrics. These tools were reflection from the result of technological development. In here, he described that America has the ‘nuclear weapons’ that is ready to be exploded anytime. And, he explains that a ‘highway’ used by the gambler who uses sense to get something by fortune. Science and technology aspect can be seen from the tools that are mentioned in the story of lyrics such as the word “highway and weapons of the chemical dust”. Because the words of science and technology aspect it reflect that the condition at the time such as ‘age of technological inhumanity’ and ‘nuclear energy’. 5. Cultural Aspect Social criticism in the cultural aspect reflected in the Bob Dylan’s song appeared from the lyrics that talk about art, life style, behavioral facts, and ethnicity. Art, pleasure, sex, and behavioral, in the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s songs prefers to be inspiration, even it were found in the American. And he tells that An old woman sees the people in pairs in a place without limitation gender. But, exactly people who are in pairs audacious to the old lady. Any other, he explains that a leader of a family is finding the work and pleasure only (hobbies). 10 6. Religious Aspect Social criticism in the religious aspect reflected in the Bob Dylan’s song lyrics can be seen from the chosen words in the context of sentences used in the lyrics. In here, he explains that he is less in receiving the religion that confided by his girlfriend. And, he tells that the American who believe Christ is not friendly because he is not a prophet for them. Then, he explains that his beloved’s grandmother prays to a photo in the wall. III. Discussion Based on the classification of sociology of literature, the correlation between the theme of Bob Dylan’s song lyrics and the social background of American society are very close. Dylan’s reflected the theme in social realities pointed to the social and cultural aspect. In the realities of the social aspect, Dylan wants to tell the social stratification existed in America in the midlle twentieth century, they are upper class, middle class, and lower class. While in the cultural aspect, Dylans wants to show the popular art, life stile, and behavioral facts which become phenomenon for the whole people in the worldwide. Dylan in economic aspect of social background describes the bad economic condition of America in the midle twentieth century. There are many terms that become attention to Dylan in writing Lyrics. Simply, in the economic aspect Dylans wants to show the bad condition of America when he life in that time and write the lyrics, it is the time when the starvation, colonization, famine, and poverty. In political aspect Dylans wants to show the discriminations race and skin color between Blacks and Whites in the America, and also political violence in the authority system that existed in America in the midle twentieth century. Dylan shows political system which the majority class oppresses and dominates the minority class of American society.