Refusal strategies used by characters in Netflix serial The End of The Fing World - Strategi penolakan yang digunakan oleh karakter dalam series Netflix The End Of The Fing World

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Nafi, Zidni Ilman (2023) Refusal strategies used by characters in Netflix serial The End of The F***ing World - Strategi penolakan yang digunakan oleh karakter dalam series Netflix The End Of The F***ing World. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study is aims to investigate refusal strategies in ‘The End of The F***ing World’ Series, which shows the refusal strategy phenomena occurring in British teenager. There are 2 problems to be solved in this study, namely: (1) what types of refusal strategies used the most in the conversation among the characters of “TEOTFW” Series; (2) what factors of refusal strategies used in the conversation among the main characters of “TEOTFW” Series This study used qualitative approach in relation to the use of clear and systematic description about the phenomena being studied. Descriptive study in textual analysis was applied in this study to analyze conversation of the main characters through the script of TEOTFW Series. The data were collected by first transcribing the ‘TEOTFW’ Series. The transcription was then analyzed by identifying the types of refusal strategies by applying suitable codes in the appropriate text. The analysis was continued by identifying the strategies applied by the characters in the Series. Finally, reasons why particular strategies were identified by looking at the setting of the conversations. This study reveals that all refusal strategies (direct and indirect refusal strategies) are applied in the series. From the occurrence of all refusal strategies, the main characters, Alyssa and James tends to use indirect refusal which belong to the factors of relation intimacy. He applied it because he had a bad relationship with the environment they lived and consider that the world hated them because they are presumed by the people to be weird. They applied it to show the world that they are against with. As a teenager which had problematic and looking for their true identity, the main characters tend to apply refusal strategy appropriately.