A PORTRAYAL OF LONELINESS AS SEEN IN SIMPLE PLAN’S ASTRONAUT

Loneliness is a natural phenomenon of human life. It can be experienced at any stages of lifecycle. The theme loneliness itself is depicted in the song lyric Astronaut by Simple Plan. The writer uses qualitative research as the method and combines with the interpretative approach to give more explanation about the song lyric as the object of research. Close reading method significantly has an important role in this research, especially when the writer collects the data and analyzes the lyric. By finding each little aspect or intrinsic element using close reading, the writer uses new criticism theory to interpret the meaning of the lyric. The presence of literary theory, such as New criticism carries four (4) main concepts analysis of meaning like ambiguity, irony, paradox, and tension. Those elements are compulsory to discover the purpose and the meaning of the lyric. Regardless this analysis may give a closer look how the loneliness is portrayed within 39 lines of lyrics and 7 stanzas. The outcome of this study is the writer finds the thematic unity understanding of loneliness in much ambiguity and in irony mostly. The theme of loneliness is often found in ambiguity and situational irony. This study may help the future research or people that interested in either the object or the theme