INDEXICALITY IN STEPHEN KING’S IT NOVEL

Callista Alda; Pininta Veronika Silalahi

Callista Alda University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya, Indonesia
Pininta Veronika Silalahi University of 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya, Indonesia

Abstract

This study is entitled “Indexical sign in Stephen King’s IT Novel”. The objective of this study is to find the indexical sign through semiotic theory. Semiotics is the study of signs that can be found in utterances or texts in stories that have meaning. This study used Pierce' (1931) triadic model theory, where the used of objects as representation in through interpretant. Stephen King's IT Novel with thriller genre is the data used in this study. The novel was published in 1968, there are 3 chapter with each 9 parts of it. The data used written text and utterances that implied a sign. The researcher uses qualitative descriptive analysis to conduct this study. From 100 data in written text in the form of utterances, 72 indexical signs were found. In index there are history, culture, characteristic through the intertextuality as a result.

Keywords: indexical sign, semiotic, sign, Stephen King