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Exchange of Public and Domestic Roles of Men and Women in Indonesian Television Soap Opera “Dunia Terbalik” (Analysis of Social Discourse M. K. Halliday)

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The method that will be used to analyze the messages in this Soup Opera “DuniaTerbalik” is Discourse Analysis with the M. A. K. Halliday Perspective that is commonly called the Situation Context Trilogy. Halliday through his theory of discourse theory states that language has 3 (three) main functions. Those are: communicates the process of the occurrence of events in the world and all involved in it (ideational function), expresses the speaker’s attitude to the propositions that have been arranged, and expresses the relationship between speakers and partners (interpersonal functions) and presents the expression coherently and adequately through the text (textual function). This research investigated the most dominant issues emerging along the soap opera that is the issue of the role of men and women in the domestic and public sphere, about their participation in the public sphere but not overriding their domestic nature. The issue is then examined in accordance with the method of the Situation Context Trilogy of M. A. K. Halliday by looking at the various sides in order to understand its meaning. Trilogy Context The situation includes who is involved, what kind of discourse, and what mode. The analysis is expected to find the meaning of the message that the director exactly wants to deliver.

Keywords: Domestic-Public Exchange; M. K. Halliday-Social Discouse; Men and Women-Soap Opera

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: Universitas Budi Luhur, Indonesia

Publication date: 01 October 2018

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