SHRINKING VIOLET : Media Role in Identity Constructionin Stephen Chbosky's "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"

• Main Author: Aninda Pradita Haryawan, - (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: 2013-02.
• Subjects: Thesis; NonPeerReviewed
• Online Access: Link Metadata
• Notes: http://repository.upi.edu/86143/1/S_ING_0808516_Title.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/2/S_ING_0808516_Chapter1.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/3/S_ING_0808516_Chapter2.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/4/S_ING_0808516_Chapter3.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/5/S_ING_0808516_Chapter4.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/6/S_ING_0808516_Chapter5.pdf; http://repository.upi.edu/86143/7/S_ING_0808516_Appendix.pdf
• Keywords: L Education (General); P Philology. Linguistics

The present study entitled Shrinking Violet: Media Role in Identity Construction in Stephen Chbosky 's The Perks of Being a Wallflower focuses on the issue of identity construction and media role on the main character of the story. The study investigates the main character's, Charlie, identity construction in the novel and the contribution of media role, particularly print-rich environment, in the construction of Charlie's identity. The study is conducted within a descriptive text analysis by applying a qualitative method and is framed by theoretical frameworks such as identity theory (Hall, 2000) and young adult literature (Nilsen & Donelson, 2001 ). The results demonstrate that Charlie's identity is constructed through two different contexts. These contexts are 'home and family' context and 'school and friends' context which also stimulates changes in Charlie's identity. The study also finds that there are roles of print-rich environment play to the construction of Charlie's identity: as a tool of literacy and critical thinking improvement as well as a bibliotherapy which is aimed to be a self-coping problem through reading books.