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PESAN MORAL RANGGAWARSITA DALAM KALATIDHA DAN SERAT JAKA LODHANG
Full text linkAbstract. Through Javanese lyrical poem “macapatâ€, Ranggawarsita delivered his social critiques toward the Solo’s royal family disgraceful behaviors in the middle of XIX century. The substance of the critiques, however, is still actual for the Indonesia in the Reformation Order since this order practices corruption, collusion, and nepotism worse. Ranggawarsita’s moral messages that are still actual up to the present are: (1) the lack of role model of leadership’s behaviors resulting in country depravity; (2) intelligence without morality causing misfortune; (3) no matter how happy the forgetful people, being happier those who are alert and still remember; sticking to the truth one to be despite his surrounding doing greedy; (4) the religious leaders and intellectuals having to be standing up for temptation. Key words: moral message, macapat, coruption, state leaders, cultural resistenc
LINGUISTIC POLITENESS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES
Full text linkAbstrak. Dalam artikel ini, penulis mendiskusikan kesantunan bahasa dalam budaya yang berbeda. Kesantunan merupakan salah satu aspek yang perlu diperhatikan pengguna bahasa dalam komunikasi lintas budaya. Setiap budaya memiliki prinsip-prinsip kesantunan masing-masing dalam komunikasi lisan. Kesantunan tersebut dapat meliputi: salam, penolakan atau penerimaan sebuah tawaran, sapaan, admonisi, pembicaraan bisnis Kata kunci: kesantunan bahasa, budaya, komunikasi lisa
KELAINAN SEKSUAL DALAM SANG GURU PIANO KARYA ELFRIEDE JELINEK DAN ODE UNTUK LEOPOLD VON SACHER–MASOCH KARYA DINAR RAHAYU Sebuah Kajian Bandingan
Full text linkAbstract: This thesis aims at comparing sexual disorders existed in Elfriede Jelinek’s Sang Guru Piano and Dinar Rahayu’s Ode untuk Leopold Von Sacher–Masoch. This study examines two problems: (1) the similarities and the differences of sexual disorders existed in Elfriede Jelinek’s Sang Guru Piano and Dinar Rahayu’s Ode untuk Leopold Von Sacher–Masoch and (2) psychological motivation of the main characters’ sexual disorders in Elfriede Jelinek’s Sang Guru Piano and Dinar Rahayu’s Ode untuk Leopold Von Sacher–Masoch. Descriptive qualitative method are used to analyze the texts in the two novels. The analysis shows that the main characters in each novel suffer more than one forms of sexual disorder. Comparison to sexual masochism indicates similarities to the symptoms of a person suffering masochism. The differences are the partner of each character in each novel. The motivation for the sexual disorder in each novel are family problem and personal experience factors. The study concludes that the two novels criticize inequalities faced by women in patriarchal societies and mother’s oppression on her children (Elfriede Jelinek’s Sang Guru Piano) and excessive sexual adoration of high class urban societies and disregard of moral norms and values (Dinar Rahayu’s Ode untuk Leopold Von Sacher–Masoch.) Key words: penyimpangan seksual, voyeurisme, sadisme, masokhisme, sadomasokhisme,mutilasi diri, inses, biseksua
THE IMPORTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP IN JOHN STEINBECK’S OF MICE AND MEN
Full text linkAbstrak. Of Mice and Men adalah salah satu karya John Steinbeck yang popular. Artikel ini ingin mengupas tema persahabatan yang terkandung dalam novel pendek ini. Untuk sampai pada pengungkapan tema tersebut, penulis melakukan analisis terhadap plot. Plot novel ini termasuk plot lurus. Artinya kejadian-kejadian dipaparkan berdasarkan urutan waktu kejadian dan tidak ada cerita yang bercabang. Cerita berkisar pada tokoh-tokoh, yaitu Lennie, Goerge, Curley, dan istri Curley. Konflik yang membangun plot terjadi tokoh-tokoh tersebut yang memuncak pada pembunuhan; pembunuhan yang tidak disengaja terhadap istri Curley yang dilakukan oleh Lennie, dan pembunuhan terhadap Lennie yang dilakukan oleh George. George membunuh Lennie karena tidak ingin melihat sabahatnya ini di penjara seperti hewan.  Kata Kunci: analisa plot, urutan sesuai waktu, unsur-unsur plotÂ
PERSOALAN PSIKOLOGIS DAN REKONSTRUKSI MITOS DALAM CERITA FANTASTIK PADA KUMPULAN CERPEN BUMI KUNTILANAK KARYA DENNY HERDY
Full text linkAbstract. Bumi Kuntilanak is collection of short stories written by two young writers: Denny Herdy and Sandza. This article discusses seven short stories by Denny Herdy of the collection, namely "Lunatic", "Samak Lulun", "Memelihara Burung Koreak", "Dunia Setelah Senja", "Kuntilanak", "Dongeng Luna" and "Pelet Marongge". The study found that Denny Herdy’s short stories are fantastic stories that reconstruct the shape of a fairy tale. In addition there are also psychological problems related on human needs structured, namely physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem and self-actualization. This study uses content analysis by utilizing the fantastic theories advanced by Tzvetan Todorov to describe and examine the structure of the fantastic stories.Kata-kata kunci: dongeng, mitos, fantastik, psikologi
SEX WORKER STIGMA IN MAUPASSANT’S “BOULE DE SUIF” AND TIRTAWIRYA’S “CATATAN SEORANG PELACUR”
Full text linkThis study aims to reveal stigma toward sex worker depicted in two literary texts i. e. a short story entitled “Boule de Suif” by Guy de Maupassant, a French writer and a short story entitled “Catatan Seorang Pelacur” by Putu Arya Tirtawirya, an Indonesian writer. The two short stories are chosen for the reason that both works depect the life of a female sex worker. This study is designed as a descriptive qualitative study with sociological approach. The sociological approach is applied because this study looks at society’s views on female sex workers tht is reflected in the short stories. Moreover, theories of stigma are reviewed to support the analysis. The Analysis is focused on the sex worker stigma, the manifestation of stigmatization against sex workers, how the female sex worker in each short story responds to the stigmatization, and whether authors of the short stories affirm or criticize their society
THE DEPICTION OF RELIGIOUS CONFLICT IN BHAGAT’S THE GIRL IN ROOM 105
No full textThis study aims to discuss the issue of religious conflict in Bhagat’s The Girl in Room 105. The objectives of this study are to analyze the religious conflicts and characteristics of the religious conflict reflected in the novel. This study uses descriptive qualitative method using sociological approach and several theories of religious conflict. The result, this study depicts the religious conflicts between by Muslim and Hindu as well as the characteristics of the religious conflict. The religious conflicts are presented in the sphere of belief: conflict between Muslim and Hindu, ideology: conflict between Kashmiri and Indian, organization: conflict between separatist groups of Kashmir against Indian government, family: conflict between Keshav and Zara’s family, and individual: conflict between Zara and Keshav
GAY REPRESENTATION IN BECKY ALBERTALLI'S SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA
Full text linkThis study aims to reveal gay habitus in Becky Albertalli's Simon VS The Homo Sapiens Agenda. This study is descriptive qualitative which applies both intrinsic and extrinsic approaches. The intrinsic approach is applied due to the fact that the study deals with the characterization of the main character in the novel. Moreover, the sociological approach is applied because the study is primarily concerned with a social phenomenon reflected in literary work as the novel portrays the representation of gay habitus reflected in the attitude and behaviours of one of the main characters in the novel. In revealing the gay habitus reflected in the novel, Bourdieu's theory of habitus is applied. The discussion is focused on the Simon's habitation as a gay and the factors that contribute to the formation of Simon's habitus as a gay. The result of the study shows that Simon develops gay habitus. The representations of his gay habitus include are having no attraction to the opposite sex, adoring the same sex, obsessing and fantasizing about the same sex, feeling jealous and cynical to the suspected competitors, and falling in love with the same sex. There are two factors that support the development of Simon's gay habitus i.e. primary and secondary socialization
A COMPARISON OF TYPES OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN ZORA NEALE HURSTON’S “SWEAT†AND IN SANDRA CISNEROS’S “WOMAN HOLLERING CREEKâ€
Full text link. This study reveals the types of domestic violence in “Sweat†by Zora Neale Hurston and “Woman Hollering Creek†by Sandra Cisneros. The discussion will involve the types of abuse, the reactions of the victims, and the similarities and differences about the abuse in the two selected short stories. This study is designed to interpret phenomena of life associated to domestic violence reflected in the selected stories. Thus, this is a qualitative study. As the discussion is focused on the characters’ psychological aspects, the extrinsic approach is applied. The study finds out that the types of domestic violence that exist in the stories are emotional/psychological violence and physical violence and the victims of the abuse response somewhat differently to the abuse. The reactions of the abuse victim in Hurston’s “Sweat†include taking the violent silently and then to be moved to fight back, and the reactions of the abuse victim in Cisneros “Woman Hollering Creek†include  taking the violent silently and then making an effort to be free from the abuse by getting help from other people. The analysis also shows that the two short stories contain both similarities and differences
STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF EARLE BIRNEY’S THE BEAR ON THE DELHI ROAD
Full text linkexamine poetic expression, point of view, meaning, and themes. By using the linguistics approach, stylistics helps to objectively disclose literal meaning and poetic expression in the text. Thus, this research attempts a stylistic analysis of Earle Birney’s poem The Bear on the Delhi Road and examines how language features affect the poetic expression and literal meaning in the poem. Furthermore, this research is a content analysis approach that is analyzed through the stylistics analysis. Stylistics analysis in this research focuses on the three language levels, phonology and syntactic. In the part of phonology levels, the researchers focus on the alliteration, assonance, and consonance. While syntactic levels focus on the transitivity patterns, affixes, and pronouns. By showing how specific linguistic features contribute to the overall meaning and emotional impact of a poem, this study encourages readers and scholars alike to engage more deeply with poetic texts. It also underlines the value of stylistics in bridging the gap between linguistic theory and literary appreciation, helping to bring about a greater awareness of the complicated relationship between form and content in literature
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