SOCIAL CLASS AND POWER REPRESENTATION IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001)

MUHAMMAD DIAZ ILYASA, . (2026) SOCIAL CLASS AND POWER REPRESENTATION IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (2001). Sarjana thesis, UNIVERSITAS NEGERI JAKARTA.

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Abstract

This study focuses on how the placing of Hobbits in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) reflects social class and power. While past research has primarily focused on heroism, morality, and character development, the Hobbits have received little study as a marginalized social group within Middle-earth's hierarchical framework. This study employs a qualitative research approach and uses Marxist Social Class Theory by Marx and Engels as the core theoretical framework, reinforced by Gramsci's notion of hegemony, Stuart Hall's theory of representation, Todorov's narrative structure, and Boggs and Petrie's cinema analysis. The data includes chosen sequences, dialogues, and visual compositions representing the Hobbits' relationships with various social groupings throughout the film. The analysis demonstrates that the Hobbits are continually represented as the lowest social class through narrative roles, speech, spatial organization, cinematic framing, and unequal involvement in institutional power. However, the film eventually restores the Hobbits' minor status by restoring their symbolic power through courage, loyalty, sacrifice, and moral responsibility. The findings show that The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring reinforces hierarchical social structures while challenging traditional assumptions that political authority alone determines power, implying that marginalized social groups can gain symbolic agency through narrative and cinematic representation. ***** Studi ini berfokus pada bagaimana penempatan Hobbit dalam The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) mencerminkan kelas sosial dan kekuasaan. Sementara penelitian sebelumnya terutama berfokus pada kepahlawanan, moralitas, dan pengembangan karakter, para Hobbit telah menerima sedikit studi sebagai kelompok sosial yang terpinggirkan dalam kerangka hierarki Middle-earth. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan penelitian kualitatif dan menggunakan Teori Kelas Sosial Marxis oleh Marx dan Engels sebagai kerangka teori inti, diperkuat oleh gagasan hegemoni Gramsci, teori representasi Stuart Hall, struktur naratif Todorov, dan analisis sinema Boggs dan Petrie. Data tersebut mencakup urutan pilihan, dialog, dan komposisi visual yang mewakili hubungan para Hobbit dengan berbagai kelompok sosial di sepanjang film. Analisis tersebut menunjukkan bahwa Hobbit terus-menerus direpresentasikan sebagai kelas sosial terendah melalui peran naratif, pidato, organisasi spasial, pembingkaian sinematik, dan keterlibatan yang tidak setara dalam kekuasaan institusional. Namun, film tersebut akhirnya mengembalikan status kecil para Hobbit dengan mengembalikan kekuatan simbolis mereka melalui keberanian, kesetiaan, pengorbanan, dan tanggung jawab moral. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring memperkuat struktur sosial hierarkis sambil menantang asumsi tradisional bahwa otoritas politik saja yang menentukan kekuasaan, menyiratkan bahwa kelompok sosial yang terpinggirkan dapat memperoleh hak pilihan simbolis melalui representasi naratif dan sinematik.

Item Type:	Thesis (Sarjana)
Additional Information:	1). Atikah Ruslianti, M.Hum. ; 2). Dr. Ellita Permata Widjayanti, M.A.
Subjects:	Bahasa dan Kesusastraan > Semiotik dan Semantik Bahasa dan Kesusastraan > Kesusastraan Bahasa dan Kesusastraan > Sastra Inggris
Divisions:	FBS > S1 Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Muhammad Diaz Ilyasa .
Date Deposited:	20 Aug 2026 03:19
Last Modified:	20 Aug 2026 03:19
URI:	http://repository.unj.ac.id/id/eprint/71958

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