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ABSTRACT
Rizki Dhian Nushur, 2016. Hikayat Prang Sabi and The Uplifting of The Acehnese
Spirit During The Wartime:ADiscourse Analysis. Thesis, Graduate Program in
English Language Education of Syiah Kuala University.
Advisors: (1) Dr. Bukhari Daud, M.Ed (2) Dr. Siti Sarah Fitriani, M.A.
Keywords: Hikayat Prang Sabi, Generic Structure, Lexical Features
Hikayat Prang Sabi became so incendiary to courage jihad or holy war in the war
against the Netherlands more than 30 years. This study has the purpose to analyse
this fenomenal Hikayat Prang Sabi in uplifting the spirit of the Acehnese in the
wartime. The document needed for the research was the script or text of Hikayat
Prang Sabi that was transliterated by Tgk. Mahmud Ali, the grandchild of the author
of the Hikayat. This study obtained documentation type of qualitative data, and since
the study was a descriptive research, thus all data were analyzed descriptively.In this
study, the Hikayat Prang Sabi was analyzed by two aspects; generic structures and
lexical features, in order to know how this Hikayat could uplift the spirit of the
Acehnese in wartime. The generic structure of this Hikayat was analyzed by using
Swales‘ rhetorical movement analysis approach, while the lexical features were
analyzed by using stylistic method. The analysis of generic structure indicates that
the Hikayat consists of three moves: introduction, content, and conclusion. There are
some steps under each moves and these are discussed in this thesis. The messages
written by the author in the moves and steps are closely related to Islamic teaching.
The analysis of the lexical features used by the author shows that the te chnical terms
used in Hikayat are those found in Islamic teaching. To conclude, the generic
structure and lexical features in Hikayat Prang Sabi consists of Islamic message and
these have uplifted the spirit of Acehnese to fight during the wartime.

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