THE EPILOGUE OF DENNIS LEHANE’S MYSTIC RIVER: A SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS

The study aims to analyze the epilogue of Lehane’s Mystic River. It employs syntactic approach, and it is qualitative in nature. Departing from fact that novel considered as a form creative writing, syntax with its analysis then enables researcher go deeper into understand use language. five sentences are studied find out how Lehane produces his clause types thematic relations novel. results yield all finite clauses for they have verb each. In terms relations, each assigns different roles. Each has lexical representation. Verb come Datum 1 Agent Source. pull 2 Theme. look 3 Location. Meanwhile 4 two roles (Theme Location). no it. block 5 Agent, Theme, four state percentage where occupies highest number 36.36%. followed by both Theme Location 27.27% respectively. Source, contrary, lowest 9.09%.