English Prayer text: abstract

Erlan Aditya Ardiansyah

Al-Tsaqafa : Jurnal Ilmiah Peradaban Islam. Vol 17 No. 1, 2020 58

Al-Tsaqafa : Jurnal Ilmiah Peradaban Islam

Vol. 17 No. 1, 2020, 58–66
P-ISSN 0216-5937, E-ISSN 2654-4598
DOI: 10.15575/al-Tsaqafa.v17i1.8345
CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS ON A TEXT “FRIDAY
PRAYER AT
HOME FOR MOST BUT SOME RISK INFECTION AT
MOSQUES” BY
THE AL JAZEERA ENGLISH
ERLAN ADITYA ARDIANSYAH

Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung

email: erlanaditiya@uinsgd.ac.id

Abstrak
This study aimed to investigate a discourse conveyed in an article
published by a news agency namely Al Jazeera English (AJE) relating to
prohibition of the Friday Prayer in many countries and power presented
by the certain countries due to prevent Covid-19. A descriptive-
qualitative method was applied in the study. A three-dimensional critical
discourse analysis
(CDA) stated Fairclough (1995; 2004) was used as the fundamental
theory. The results were observed through micro-, meso-, and macro-
levels of analyses. Data analysis performed by
using the microlevel of analysis showed that the text contains active
transitive structure to demonstrate subjects of the sentences. There are
words which mostly appear in the text such as Muslim and prayers. In
the mesolevel of analysis, intertextual analysis describes that there are
assumption in the text. The data also depict that people showed
disobedience to the governmental regulation and the worshippers still
practiced prayers at the mosques. The macrolevel of analysis illustrates
the text published by the AJE generally converse updated
issues because people recognize the news agency with a good
reputation. The study concluded
that the text mainly discussed the prohibition of communal prayers by
many countries which is originated from other related texts. The text
displays power of the governments power via transitivity structure by
regulating policy to stop the communal prays due to the Covid-19.
Critics as a protest against the regulation from some people were also
found in the discourse.

Keywords: Critical discourse analysis, covid-19, Muslim prayers, power