CHA PTE R I I NTROD U CTION 1.
I .1 Background of S tud y A na
ly z i ng m ovie i s a n activity , whic
h has concerne d many sp ectat ors for
many y ea rs . It i s a g
iven assump tion, t ha t anal y
zing movi e is enj oy a ble. Not onl y
do p e op le a naly z e t he c
ont ent p lot , p i ct ure , s cre enp la y , m us i c of movi e, but a lso anal y ze messag es g i ven im p lic it
l y a nd t he m ess a ge s ba s e d on t he soci o-culture p oint
of vi ew.
F i lm or m
ovie i s not me r e ly a motion p ic t ure where w e c an enj oy the vi s ua lizat i on of w ri t t e n
materia l into a com p lete movi ng ima
ge on t he scre en. T he word fi lm de
als wit h seve ral c oncerns of art , such a s
p l ot , chara ct e r, s e t t i ng , s tory , ac t ing , a nd so on
which i ndica t e how fil m ex i s t in t he
human l ife a nd civi lizat i on, as Rooney (2000) sai d in his p ag e at htt
p /hom e.att .net, t hat: Ar t , whet he r good, bad, or
mediocre , ca nnot lie . The t r
ut h va lue of any
wor ks of art r es ides
wit hin t he fact
of it s very
exis t enc e. T he imp or t ance
of an ar t ist s cont r ibut ion t o t he art f
or ms t e rms alway s
f rom t he s oul, and it is t
he et e rnal t rut h- value in and of it
se lf as a wor k of va
lue in it s own right
t hat remains t hrough
it all a nd s t ay s
t o be r ecog nized in it s na ked es se nce even a ft er
he and we are
all gone fr om t his plac e Fil m coul d be bot h, e nt ertainm
ent a nd cultur a l ric hness for e ach p la ce a nd land i n the world t
ha t have it s own s ty l e and way of life
refle ct ed within. As a matt er of fa ct , fi lm c an al s o g i ve
furt her rol e as equi p ment in scientifi c s tudy a nd t ec hnolog y . Let us see the ne w e s t film rele ased now a day s , m os t of t hem involve
t he sp ec ial effect and hig
h-tech i nt erfe rence i n t hei r w a y
to s e rve t he vi ewers. I t s hows how
fi lm takes a sig ni ficant p lac e tog et he r w i t h t he s i ft ing .
O ur soci et y is more
fami lia r w i t h some c omme rcial
film s p lay ed widel y throug h c
inem as and t he at res. T hi s c omme
rcia l one offers ex citement and enj oy m ent of a
film a nd int e nded in g ai ning
bene fit a s m uch as p oss i ble. Unfort unately , t hi
s ki nd of film often ig nores the
art e lem ent s of a fi lm for any sim p le rea s on l ike trends, lim it e d
fees etc.
S t i ll , w e found a g ood movie
w i t h t he gre at be nefit like
T i tanic , Arm age don, Men in B lack, and so on w hi ch are then p
ione ering the bet ter t re nd in fil
mma king . S ocia l p he nomena s uc h
as life sty l e, fashion, ac cessories, and new habi t s are a f fe ct e d
by a p a rt ic ular a nd s ucc ess
ful film . G ost (1994) for i ns tance ,
p op ularized a short ha ircut s ty l e for
woma n p erformed by its a ct re s s, Demi M oore .
N owada y s, a m ovie or a f i lm
is categ oriz e d int o a literary wor k, be cause usual ly a m ot ion p i ct ure is t ake n from a nove l, sort st ory , and ot her writt en l it e rary w orks. A s a l it e rary w ork, m ovie al w a y s descri bes and refle
ct s cl earl y rel at e d t o t he s oc ial
and cul t ure c ondit i ons i n
its sett ing t a ken, inc luding the t i me a nd p lace w he re t he
movie is made .
Re lated t o Roone y Gil berg
s a id, li t era t ure, howeve r , fa nt ast i c or my st ic al i n cont
e nt , is a nima t ed by a p
rofound socia l conc ern, and this is t
rue or eve ns the most fl ag rant ni hili st ic w ork. T hi s
stat em ent c lea rly rep resent s t ha t a l it e rary
w ork i n w hatever i t s t y p e (fa nt ast i c or my st ic ), it p uts
the big att ention on the s oc
ial p henome non. T his li t era ry work
will alway s s hows t he oc currence
s i n t he soci et y . A nd of c ours e
, literary make rs wil l al w a y s dist
ort t he soci al fa ct s based on t he ir own t houg ht .
T hi s i s
what named the rational iz a t ion of soci olog y of literatur e . Based on Wol fs vi ew (F a r
uk,1994: 3), s oc iolog y of li t era t
ure i s a di scip l ine with no s hap e
, can not i dent i fied a s wel l,
consist s of some e mp iri c st udie s a
nd s om e t ests on theory that l
itt le bit c omp li cated and g ene ral,
that onl y ha s a
n equal of e ach other in the t erm of t
he re lation be t ween soci et y and t
he literary works . He al s o form ulates s tudy of soci olog y t hat more p he nomenol og ical t hat has t arg e t in the le vel of m eaning of l it e rary work.
S ociol ogy of li t era t ure i s a
branch of li t era t ure resea rch t ha t refl ect i ve. T hi s ki nd of re s e arch has bee n int e rest ed
by t he re s e archers who w a nt t o see
a li t erary work as a m irror of
t he s oc ial life . T he basic ass um p t ion of re s e arch on sociol og
y of l it e rat ure i s t he outw a rd
of a li t erary work is not in the bla nk-s oc ial . T he succe s s li t
era ry work is which succ ess ful
ly reflec t s t he re al c ondit i on in
its e ra.
E ven t he re is a ce rt ai n
differe nt betw ee n s oc iolog y and l it e rat ure but it g i ves e x p lana t ion the me aning of the li t erary t e x t s (Laurenson and S wing wood, 1972).
I t can be unde rs tood, beca us e i t s obje ct of st udy
is about hum an and the socie t
y as literature does.
A li t era ry work is t he
ex p ression of human l ife than ca n not be sep a r a t ed from it s socie t y s root. A nd, onc e ag ai n,
even soci olog y a nd literature are tw
o di fferent t hing s, but they ful
fill eac h ot her. In t hi s c ase, li t erature is a re flection of socia
l and c ult ure t hat ex p la ins the
condi t ion i n t he soci et y and de s
c r i bed in a literary work by
an a ut hor.
It i s very
re asonable if t he re s e arch
on soci olog y of l it e rat ure much m ore t el ls a bout t he
rela t ionship be t ween the aut
hor a nd his or her socia l li fe. T he ty p e s or the c ont ents of l it e rary w ork will
be forme d by the sit ua t ion of
e nvironme nt in the socie t y a nd
by the socia l p ower in a c ert a in p
eri od. A l t houg h occa s i onall y
the im ag ination asp ec t a nd ot her m anip ul at i ons a re occur i n t he l it e rary w orks, but
the social asp ects c an not
be i g nored. T he soci al l ife a s p e ct s will fully
refl ect i nt o the li t
erary works .
In t hi s kind of researc h, t
here was another basic as sum p t ion
that the researc her is a s i lent
being, a creature wit h
sensations in his or her re al soci al l ife. It m eans li t erature is a lso formed by its
soci et y ; l it e rat ure i s in t he
link of sy s tem and va lue i n t he soci et y . By this t houg h, t he
re is a unde r standing t ha t li t era t ure ha s counterbal ance relation i n a c ert a in deg ree w i t h its
soci et y ; a nd t he soci et y t
ry t o descri be t he rela t ionship be t ween both in ma ny way s.
One of the most i mp ort a nt
in soci olog y of literat
ure is t he m irror conc ep t . In t hi
s c ase, a l it e rary work is nam ed as
t he m i m esi s (i mitat i on) of t he socie t y . But , li t
era t ure i s st i ll acknowledg e d
as the il lusion or the im ag ination of
t he real it y . Here, a l it e
rary w ork doe s not s how t he facts
di rect l y , i t does not cop
y the rea lity , but it shows
the interp reted re ali t y .
Once ag ain, m ovie was ca t eg orized as a l it e
rary w ork. Bec ause, usuall y i t is
t a ken from novel, short st ory , dram a and or another writ ten li t
era r y works . As a li t era ry work a m ovie a lway s i nt erp rets t he socia l condi t ion a nd
cultural ba ckg round, w he re t he s e
t t i ng of the movi e is t a ken or ma de, incl uding t he p
lac e and the t i me. It i s re lated t o the mi rr or c oncep t, mea
ns al l l it e rary works, how e ver its c ont ents , al w a y s ani mates t he p
rofound soci al a nd cultural c oncern, and off c our se the movi e does. As w
e know
there are many kinds of movi e, such as com edy , trag edy ,
ep ic , rom ance , s c ience fiction,
dram a ( fami ly movi e ) and my st
ery ( Enc art a, 2003 ). Here t he writer conc erns to t he ki nd of drama movie , and ofcourse cone rns to t he soci o-cultural l ife whic h are show
n i n t he m ovie.
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