ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS DETERMINASI DIRI TOKOH CHRISTINE MCPHERSON DALAM FILM LADY BIRD

Abstract

Critical Discourse Analysis of Christine Mcpherson’s Self-Determination in the “Lady Bird” Film. The research aimed to analyse the aspects of self-determination portrayed in the character’s three dimensions throughout the story. Lady Bird’s storyline was about an adolescence, Christine, chasing her dream of study abroad in New York The method used in this research was Teun A. van Dijk’s critical discourse analysis. The van Dijk method has three analytical dimensions: text analysis, social cognition analysis and social context analysis. The self-determination was manifested in the character’s determination through some scenes. Gerwig as the filmmaker wanted to see the phenomena that happens to adolescence. Some other researchers found that bonds between daughter and father had huge impacts to the daughter’s self-determination. From three analytical process above, it was seen that the self-determination aspect reflected through her age as an adolescence and her closeness to her father.