Title: DICTION IN A DRAMA ENTITLED ‘ROMEO AND JULIET’ BY WILLIAMSHAKESPEARE
Abstract: A literary work is a sign symbol and communication symbol which points the reader to
understand that a literary work represents an abstraction of various mechanisms
between others which is possible to be happened. The major element of literary works is
language, either oral or written. Without language, there is no literary work. Language
is a medium in literary works. In literary work, language represents the author or
playwrights’ ideas, feelings, and social structure of society. On that account, there is a
very wide freedom in using language to interpret the author’s or the playwright’s ideas
to the readers or the audience. Language style is a major element in writing literary
work to present the aspect of aesthetics. Diction has a tightly relationship with literary
works. In diction, the author or the playwright chooses an appropriate word and have
the strength of meaning and contains of aesthetics aspect. Drama is one of literary
works which contains of diction written by the author or the playwright to describe the
condition of the society or environment, or to represent his or her feelings, opinions,
and ideas. In drama, the reader or the audience can enjoy and give opinion, assesment,
and also appreciation to the author’s or the playwright’s diction as one of aesthetic
literary works that we also can see from Willam Shakespeare’s dramas.
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-11-18
Language: en
Type: article
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