Directive Speech Acts and Educational Values in the Dialogue of the Rentang Kisah Novel

Abstract

This study aims to examine the directive speech acts and moral value education discovered in the dialogue of the Rentang Kisah novel by employing a descriptive qualitative method. The novel serves as the subject of study, while the objects are the directive speech acts and the moral value education contained in the dialogue. The sentences within the dialogue function as the data source for this study. The data collecting approach involved listening and note-taking. The extralinguistic equivalent approach was applied to analyze the data. Dialogue analysis of the Rentang Kisah book by Gita Savitri revealed five distinct types of directive speech acts in three fields. There were three forms of command speech acts, two in health and one in education. Three distinct forms of speech acts of invitation were discovered, one in health and two in the religious sector. There were ten request speech acts, six in health, two in education, and the rest were in religion. There were nine speech acts of advice, five in education, one in health, and three others in the field of religion. Regarding critical speech acts, 32 forms were discovered, 16 in education, three in health, and 13 in the religious field. These data indicate that the novel has 57 directive speech acts. Moreover, both good and bad moral value education was also acquired. The good values included caring for parents, surrendering to God, working hard, loving, and believing in God. Conversely, the negative values covered badmouthing parents and stubbornness.