Manuscript Number : GISRRJ120331

Mimetics on East Asian Metaphoric Children Stories

Authors(1) :-Ferril Irham Muzaki

This study aims to (1) to describe moral messages that are packaged in metaphors in international children's stories, (2) to analyze moral messages that are packaged in metaphors in international children's stories, and (3) to encode the metaphors used in international children's stories. This research uses theme analysis. The research data in this study are the form of phrases, clauses, and sentences that contain moral messages. The data source of this research is children's stories on the internet. This research produces findings that metaphors used to package moral messages in children's films consist of six forms, namely (1) natural metaphors, (2) symbolic metaphors, (3) association metaphor, (4) diverse metaphor, (5) environment metaphor and (6) landscape metaphor. The conclusion of this study is the moral message for learning materials in elementary schools delivered in the form of children's stories that are packaged in the form of metaphors.

Authors and Affiliations

Ferril Irham Muzaki
Department of Preschool and Elementary Education, Faculty of Education Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia

Children's Stories, Moral Messages, Theme Analysis, Universality, Metaphors

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 4 | Issue 1 | January-February 2021
Date of Publication : 2021-01-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 01-11
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ120331
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

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Ferril Irham Muzaki, "Mimetics on East Asian Metaphoric Children Stories", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp.01-11, January-February.2021
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ120331

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