THE FUNCTIONALITY OF REPETITION IN THE AL-ABRAR NOVEL: A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS

This article discusses the functionality of repetition in the Al-Abrar novel based on a discourse approach. The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the functionality of repetition at the paragraph level. Halliday’s theory (1985) which uses themes and rhemes was used to explain the functionality of repetition in the novel. Eight forms of repetition were identified. Four of them are anaphora, symploke, anadiplosis and parallelism which function as idea explanation, idea expansion, idea harmonization and idea addition respectively. The rest are epizeuxis and mesodiplosis which function as argument emphasis and support, as well as epistrophe and epanalepsis which function as fact complements and meaning-emphasis in a paragraph.