Constructing Identity Through Language: A Critical and Appraisal-Based Analysis of Veronica Roth’s Insurgent
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https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1607.03Keywords:
Tris, emotions, ideology, identityAbstract
Identity construction has recently received attention in psychology and philosophy, but little research has examined how identity is constructed linguistically and emotionally in Veronica Roth’s Insurgent. This paper aims to investigate how identity is constructed through language, ideology, and emotions. The research adopts a qualitative approach based on identity types, Vignoles’ functions, Bamberg’s model of identity construction, intersubjective tactics, Van Dijk’s ideological square, and Martin and White’s appraisal framework to analyze the data. The findings reveal that identity in Insurgent is effectively constructed through personal, political, gender, and cultural dimensions. Furthermore, emotions and ideology operate interdependently to shape and construct identity through affect, judgment, and appreciation, which reveals internal struggle and social conflicts. The study concludes that identity construction in Insurgent came from the interaction between ideology and emotions with discourse, demonstrating how identity is developed and shaped in each situation with different ideologies and emotions.
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