Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak Film: Psycholinguistic Approach

Abstract

This study aims to identify the influence of the language used on the emotions and actions of victims of sexual harassment in the film Marlina Si Pembunuh Dalam Empat Babak  “Marlina The Killer in Four Acts”. This study applies psycholinguistic studies into four aspects, namely competence, performance, verbal association and problems of meaning, perception and speech cognition in the film Marlina Si Killer in Four Acts, especially in scenes of sexual harassment. In this study, the researcher used qualitative research and the researcher was the instrument of this research. The researcher uses two types of data, primary data comes directly from scenes involving sexual harassment in Mouly Surya's film Marlina Si Killer in Four Acts and secondary data obtained indirectly or through media that can be obtained from books, journals, and the internet. related to this research. The data obtained scenes containing sexual harassment and analyzed them in several levels of sexual harassment categories. Researchers also identified the types of actions or emotions felt by sexually harassed characters and how these characters used resistance mechanisms when sexually harassed. In the film, Marlina shows some of her emotions and actions related to the impact of the robbery and rape cases she experienced such as fear, anger, worry, anxiety, depression, and feelings of disgust for what she has done.