Irony in Markus Zusak's the Messenger

Irony in Markus Zusak’s The Messenger

ABSTRACT

This research paper, entitled Irony in Makus Zusak’s The Messenger, is a textual analysis of The Messenger focusing in a study of irony. The analysis is aimed to find out the types of irony employed in the novel and to reveal the meaning of the types of irony. This research is framed by theory of irony proposed by Littel (2002) which he categorizes irony into three types: verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony. Based on the findings, it is revealed that all the types of irony are found in the novel. It also discusses how context plays its role to help the construction of irony by employing theory of context proposed by Dijk (2008). In this novel, context helps the construction of irony by providing situations which make all participants, when the irony occurs, realize the existence of the irony. This research paper, which is also aimed to reveal the meaning of the irony, explains that from the irony, it can be revealed that The Messenger constructs an idea that a messenger is a message.
Key words: Irony, context, meaning.

TABLES OF CONTENTS
PREFACE i
ABSTRACT iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS iv
LIST OF TABLES vi
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2. Statement of Problem 4
1.3. Aims of Study 4
1.4. Research Method 5 1.4.1 Research Design 5
1.5. Organization of Paper 5
CHAPTER II THEORITICAL FRAMEWORK 7
2.1. Figurative Language 7
2.2. Irony 8
2.3. Types of Irony 12 2.3.1. Vebal Irony 12 2.3.2. Situational Irony 14 2.3.3. Dramatic Irony 15
2.4. Irony and Context 16
2.5. The Summary of The Messenger 18
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 22
3.1. Research Method 22
3.2. Research Prosedures 23
3.3. Data Source 24
3.4. Data Collection and Data Analysis 24
3.5 Clarrification of Terms 26
CHAPTER IV DATA PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION 28
4.1. Irony in The Messenger 28 4.1.1. Verbal irony 28 4.1.1.1. Self-directed Irony 29 4.1.1.2.

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