SATIRE BY ELLEN DEGENERES IN “THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW”: A STYLISTICS STUDY

Abstract

This study deals with satire in Ellen DeGeneres Show. The researcher is accumulating all dialogues from The Ellen DeGeneres Show, beginning with English subtitles of script data 1 and 2. The research identified types of satire in dialogue between guest stars and hosts on the Ellen DeGeneres Show using Abrams' theory (2012). The types of satire were used to examine dialogue from the Ellen DeGeneres Show, namely horatian, juvenalian and menippean. Further, the data was classified all the satire language found in the show. These are classified into types of satire. It was found that there are 27 data of satire. It was found that there are 13 Horatian satire with a percentage (68.4%) from the first script and 5 data with a percentage (62.5%) from the second script. There are 6 data of Juvenalian satire with a percentage (31.5%) from the first script and 3 data with a percentage (37.5%) from the second script. And none for Menippean satire was found in scripts 1 and 2 on the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Horatian satire is the most dominant type of satire found in the two scripts. This is due to the use of satirical language expressed by Ellen or guest stars aimed at Ellen DeGeneres, pets, fans, and herself. The used of satirical language on the Ellen DeGeneres Show was spontaneous.