Depicting the Character of Santiago in the Novel the Old Man and the Sea from the Systemic Functional Linguistics Perspective

Dyah Ayu Nila Khrisna, M.R. Nababan, Djatmika Djatmika, Riyadi Santosa

Abstract

Character is one of main elements in a novel. The reader’s eagerness toward a novel can establish from this section. The character of imaginary persons in a novel is made up of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from others. Accordingly, it is always interesting to conduct study on characterization. The evaluation of novel’s character is commonly carried out with psychological approach. This research is trying to examine the character differently from the perspective of linguistics, particularly SFL, and specifically Appraisal theory. The object of the research is Santiago, the main character of novel The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway. The evaluation focuses on his emotion, personality, and physical condition. Appraisal is considerably chosen as it can systemically examine the characterization and support with linguistic proof.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.20961/pras.v0i0.32020

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