GOTHIC STORY ELEMENTS IN SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN MOVIE

Rudiyati, Rudiyati (2019) GOTHIC STORY ELEMENTS IN SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN MOVIE. Skripsi thesis, Universitas Teknologi Yogyakarta.

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Abstract

Snow White and The Huntsman is the movie that tells about a daughter of a king named Snow White fights against her step mother who is mad at beauty, power and immortal life. Snow White is commonly known as a fairy tale or a bed time story for children but, Snow White and The Huntsman is shown differently from the story of Snow White in children book. One of the different aspects spotted in this movie is its gothic elements. The writer is more focus on gothic elements in the movie. The writer uses Abram’s Objective theory and Reader Response theory suggested by Rene Wellek and Austen Warren to analyze those gothic elements. The data were analyzed by using descriptive qualitative method which focuses on the analysis of textual data. The data were collected by reading the script of the movie repeatedly, watching the film, reading some references related to the theory and the movie, taking note of important data, arranging the data, classifying the important data, and drawing the conclusion. As the conclusion, the writer found the relationship each gothic intrinsic element that builds the whole story. However, gothic elements cannot be separated from the intrinsic elements because writer analyzed gothic elements in the characterization, setting, plot and atmosphere of the movie. The presence of psychopathic character, Ravenna, Is a characteristic of gothic. Dark castle and deathly forest is also the common setting place for the gothic story. Since gothic story is dealing with the multiple plot, writer also found that Snow White and the Huntsman plot is also multiple where there are stories inside a story. The last is the atmosphere. Writer found gloomy, decayed and mysterious senses in this movie that those are close to gothic atmosphere. Key words: movie, Snow White, Gothic elements, objective theory, reader response theory

Item Type: Thesis (Skripsi, Tugas Akhir or Kerja Praktek) (Skripsi)
Uncontrolled Keywords: movie, Snow White, Gothic elements, objective theory, reader response theory
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions: Fakultas Humaniora > S1 Bahasa Inggris
Depositing User: Kaprodi S1 Bahasa Inggris UTY
Date Deposited: 05 Mar 2019 02:55
Last Modified: 05 Mar 2019 02:55
URI: http://eprints.uty.ac.id/id/eprint/2425

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