THE NARRATIVE STRUCTURE OF LIFE STORY IN SOEKARWO'S NARRATIVES (A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS APPROACH ON LABOV'S THEORY)

Abstract

This study attempts to analyze the narrative structure found in the narration of life of Soekarwo, a prominent politicians at the present time. Soekarwo was chosen to be analyzed as szxx he represent the senior politician in this country. Soekarwo won the governor election in East Java Province for the period of 2009-2014 and 2014-2019. He won both the first and second election in July and November election (according to the Election Commision / KPU). The main objective of this study is to find out the narrative structure in the participant's narratives as obtained from the interview session with him. From the analysis of the participants' narratives, it is expected to find out how they portray themselves or how they reveal the story in such a way that the listener may capture their figure. After analyzing the text, the writer finally concludes that he wants to present themselves in certain ways, all of which are unique and are basically influenced by his memories, childhood experience, environment, socio-political condition, and the era in which they live. Even though his basic intention may be the same, which is being considered as capable and good figures in politics, but the way he deliver his narratives and the messages within is quite different. Here, the Narrative Analysis (NA) is helpful to analyze such narrativization of the participants' life story. The participants' narrative structure can be analyzed by using Labov's Narrative Structure consisting of abstract, orientation, complicating action, evaluation, and coda. Keywords: Narrative Analysis (NA), Narrative Structure, Life Story