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An undergrad proposal
Presented to the Faculty of the English Department
College of Social and Sciences humanities
Mindanao State University
Introduction
Theme is a general idea or insight about life society or human nature that a writer
wishes to express in a literary work. All elements of the literary work contributes to the
characters can also provide insight into a particular theme. A deep thematic content is
not required in literature; however, some readers would say that all stories inherently
project some kind of outlook on life that can be taken as a theme, regardless of whether
Television soap opera, deals with life and peoples culture. (Kwon, 2005)This then
make a Telenovela a good subject for a thematic analysis, where the development of
Korean wave in China, Japan and Taiwan has become a new trend since late
1990’s and its typical aspects seemed to have reached the Philippines since 2003,
through soup opera so called koreanovela .production quality, succinct plot and other
aspect in and outside of Koreanovela production supports the wide acceptance in the
This study sought to analyze the theme of koreanovela will answer some of these
questions;
2.) How are the issues about love resolve in the in the Korean telenovelas?
3.) Do the theme development of the telenovelas consistent with the character and
This study will focus on Korean telenovelas aired in the Philippines from 2003
up to 2009. This includes “Princess hours”, “My girl” and “Boys over flowers” . The
researcher will use Koreas’ culture as a guide topic in reviewing the theme, and will
focus on its Love culture of Korea since Telenovela is defined as a limited run serial
This study will serve as contributory information for the students who wants to
This may also serve as a contributory to those who want to attempt to study the
Definition of terms
melodrama the word combines tele, short for television, and novela, a word that Latin
Soap Opera- a series of television or radio programmes about the lives and problems
of a particular group of characters. The series continues over a long period and is
Culture – all shared products of society material and non material, the totality of learned
socially transmitted behavior. I include ideas, values and customs of groups of people.
Korean Wave – a phenomenon of becoming popular of Korean films, and drama and
synthesis. (plato.stanford.edu)
information (merriam-webster.com)
Chapter II
This chapter presents the conceptual framework of the study and the related
studies .
Conceptual framework
watching Korea novela. The themes that will be developed will do the understanding of
Korean culture as well. The cultural context will gives the crucial cues for rejecting or
The concept of analyzing the theme will also be based into the Korean culture
view when it comes to romantic relationship since Telenovela speaks about the study
associated with medium span romances. In Korean culture where a Korean couple
wishes to be married, a great deal of things happens. First some marriages are still
arranged. This is mainly found in the upper class society of Korea. Wealthy families
wish for their children to be married to a son or daughter of a wealthy family. Social
class is important in Korea. They believe that wealth will bring a long, happy life. The
arranged marriage gets started when a person with a great deal of information is
pointed to find a spouse for a family’s son or daughter. This person researches
This analysis will also consider the culture of Korea that all things are done with
the family’s permission. Where the oldest living relatives take acre of this group officials
are appointed, and the family has a type of small government running the show.
This research borrowed and modified the framework of Cultural space and
Public sphere in Asia 2006, Seoul Korea/260) that uses communication and culture
With the popularity o Korean Telenovelas’ scholars from media studies as well,
have attempted to analyze the “Korea Novela Phenomena” in Asia. A cultural proximity
thesis based on Cultural proximity thesis (Staubhar, 1999), Ryu and Lee (2001
analyzed the contents of accepted Korean telenovela among East Asia countries to find
out the commonalities. From the content analysis, they concluded that Korean dramas
have been widely accepted in Asia contain the Confucian values that are close to
Chinese culture
Another study was done because of the existence of the first study above. In a
thought that aside from western countries Philippines was also had adopted some of
Chinese culture in hard relation through trade (kwon 2005). The study is entitled “Is it
too early to talk about “Hallyu” in the Philippines? Koreanovela and its Reception among
Filipino Audiences. This research focuses on the Filipino experiences of the flow of
Korea Novelas in the Philippine free TV to find how Filipino audiences have received
the Korean Telenovela. The study is done though a discussion to two FGD (focused
Through this study closer viewership of Korean Telenovela, they had perceived
that are liked by Filipino audiences because koreanovelas dealt with the universal love
stories in different and fresh manner, with the plot that is simple, fast and funny and the
manner of dealing with love story which is not sensual compared to western soap
The ending of koreanovelas as fresh and different from a typical ending, which
the life made them disappointed and unsatisfied. Realistic plot seems to be happening
in the life made audiences interested in Koreanovelas id dot attempt to mystify the story
in the soap opera. The story projects the life of the contemporary koreans (kwon, 2005)
Chapter III
This chapter presents and discuses the research design and the data analysis of this
study.
Research Design
The research design of this study is thematic analysis. The subject of the
study is the theme of the selected Korean Telenovelas popular in Philippine television.
Since the Korean Telenovela started to be aired in the Philippines in 2003 the random
selection will start at 2003 to 2009 the year when the study will be conducted. The
theme that will be analyzed will be guided by the Korean culture for the validation of the
theme.
Data Gathering
To gather data for this study, the researcher will watch the selected Korean
telenovela that has been aired in the Philippines. The researcher will also read books in
the library of Mindanao state University- General Santos City. The researcher will also
chose books that talks about the written culture of Korea specifically their culture.
The researcher will also gather information’s internet through the websites
involvement on koreanovela and the books provided by the scribd.com that is related to
the topic.
Data analysis
The researcher will use cultural approach in analyzing the theme. After collecting
data patterns of experiences about love in telenovela can be listed this can come from
patterns into subthemes. Themes here are defined as units derived from patterns into
subthemes. Coherence of idea rests with the analyst who has rigorously studied how
different ideas components fit together in a meaningful way when linked together.
point of origination”.
The next step is to build a valid argument for choosing the themes. This is done
by reading the related literature wherein there speaks about the culture of Korea. In
referring back to related literature the analyst gains information that allows her to make
inferences.
Once themes have been collected and the literature has been studied the
researcher is now ready to formulate the theme statement to develop a story line. When
literature is interwoven with the findings, the theme that the researcher constructs is one