THE ELEMENT OF POLITENESS IN STEPHEN CHBOSKY NOVEL : THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER

Abstract

The objective of this study were to analyze the type politeness principle used and how the politeness principle use in the novel written by Stephen Chbosky. The data source used in this research was The Perks of Being a wallflower novel. In analyzing the data, the writer used a qualitative descriptive research method through a sociopragmatic approach. The data were obtained by using reading, collecting, and analyzing techniques and to classify the politeness principle in the novel by Geoffrey Leech theory. The result of this research were 28 utterances that contain maxim of politeness principle where 6 utterances of tact maxim, 2 utterances of generosity maxim, 5 utterances of approbation maxim, 5 utterances of modesty maxim, 6 utterances of agreement maxim and 4 utterances of sympathy maxim. Furthermore, the characters used politeness by followed some of the pragmatic scale to express their politeness. Those pragmatic scale were the cost-benefit scale, the optionally scale, the indirectness scale, the authority scale and the social distance scale.