IDEOLOGY IN THE SCARLET LETTER BY NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS
This study aims to reveal ideology in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data collection methods and techniques used are the reading method and note-taking technique. Data were analyzed based on Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis which focuses on analyzing text dimensions that is syntax analysis (sentence patterns) in the form of interpretation of the meaning of subject-objects. The results of this research show that sentence pattern analysis reveals power in the disposition of subjects and objects in sentences which highlights social hierarchy in the Puritan era. The social sanctions imposed on Hester as a sinner reflect the ideals of morality and holiness promoted by the Puritan government which placed them in a position of moral authority. The woman character (Hester) is depicted as a passive object without power, while the male characters, the priests, the government, and the society, are considered as active subjects with power. Based on dimensions of text analysis, two ideologies were found embedded in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne that is the Puritan ideology and patriarchal ideology.
Critical Discourse Analysis (AWK), The Scarlet Letter, Ideology.