This study aims to describe the form and representation of socio-political historical events in Ayu Utami's novels. The data sources were four novels written by Ayu Utami, namely Saman, Larung, Manjali dan Cakrabirawa, and Cerita Cinta Enrico. They were analyzed using the New Historicism perspective. The findings are as follows. First, socio-political historical events in the novels are: (a) an event in Medan from 1 March to 16 April 1994, (b) 30 September Movement in 1965, (c) the tragedy of 27 July 1996 in Jakarta, (d)the rebellion by the Republic of Indonesia's Revolutionary Government, 15 February 1958 in Padang,(e)the demonstration by students of Technology Institute of Bandung and the publication of the Student Struggle White Book in 1978. Second, the events are represented in parts integrated into the events that the characters experience. Historical events from factual events are contextualized in the novels. In the New Historicism perspective, socio-political historical events are presented to question historical truths previously recorded.
In Indonesia's sociopolitical context, Buru Island is one of the areas oftenassociated with political detainees. Buru Island is also the setting of severalIndonesian novels that highlight political detainees' stories, notably Amba (2012)by Laksmi Pamuntjak. This paper aims to describe the locus of Buru Island,Indonesia, as one of the places for political detainees during the country's NewOrder era and afterward, and as depicted in a number of Indonesian literary works,particularly in Pamuntjak's Amba, by using the perspective of new historicism.Through this study, it is hoped that the significance of Buru Island for manypeople and particularly the relatives of political detainees and fighters for humanrights yearning for justice could be brought to light and better understood. As oneof the literary works retelling the life of the political detainees on Buru Island,Amba can be considered as a novel endeavoring to reopen the collective memoryof the Indonesian people to the mystery surrounding the event of the Movementof September 30, 1965 and the exile of political detainees from Java to the Island.
This study aims to analyse (1) how the characters in the novel Amba by Laksmi Pamuntjak conquest and care for the preservation of nature and environment, and (2) the depiction of nature and the environment in relation to the overall story of Amba using ecocriticism perspective. The results are as follows. First, the nature and the environment of Buru are described as an arena to be conquered by the main character (Bhishma), who was a political prisoner in the New Order era. In addition, the preservation of nature and environment of Buru Island also should be protected from exploitation, especially by outsiders who came to the island of Buru. Second, the depiction of nature and the environment in Amba is related to the creation of the setting of story (place and time), i.e. Buru Island as political prisoners' detention place in the New Order era, between 1969–2006. From the perspective of ecocriticism these findings demonstrate how an island that was secluded so used to dispose of political prisoners have experienced the dynamics of an arena which was originally a natural and fierce, eventually turned into an island that invites entrants to explore and exploit natural wealth, so must be preserved.
Colonialism exerts its influence on the colonized in the fields of economy, politics, and ideology. Iksaka Banu, a well-known Indonesian writer, takes colonialism issues as the topic in his works. This qualitative descriptive research implemented postcolonial approach to uncover and explain various forms of the West hegemony and the East resistance in fictions entitled "Semua Untuk Hindia" and "Teh dan Pengkhianat". The research results reveal that: (1) there are forms of hegemony carried out by the colonizer (West) in perpetuating its power in the colonized (East), (2) there are forms of resistance carried out by the colonized (East) to resist the power domination carried out by the colonizer, (3) The forms of hegemony carried out by the colonizer include torturing, restricting access, and degrading the natives, and (4) the forms of resistance carried out by the colonized include performing both passive and active resistances such as learning a language, wearing traditional clothes, building schools, building painting studios, performing coolie rebellion, and kidnapping the colonizer.
Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui (1) wujud wacana kekuasaan, (2) praktik wacana kekuasaan, (3) wujud wacana politik, dan (4) praktik wacana politik dalam kumpulan cerita pendek Penembak Misterius dan kumpulan cerita pendek Saksi Mata karya Seno Gumira Ajidarma. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif deskriftif. Objek peneltian adalah kumpulan cerita pendek Penembak Misterius dan kumpulan cerita pendek Saksi Mata karya Seno Gumira Ajidarma. Pengumpulan data menggunakan studi pustaka. Analisis data menggunakan kualitatif deskriftif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan kumpulan cerita pendek Penembak Misterius dan kumpulan kumpulan cerita pendek Saksi Mata karya ditemukan empat wujud wacana kekuasaan yang berbentuk disiplin atau disciplinary, hukuman atau punisment, kuasa tubuh atau biopower, dan pengetahuan atau knowledge. Praktik wacana kekuasaan ditemukan empat praktik yang berbentuk pembunuhan, teror, penculikan, dan penyiksaan. Wujud wacana politik dalam kumpulan cerita pendek Penembak Misterius dan kumpulan cerita pendek Saksi Mata karya Seno Gumira Ajidarma ditemukan tiga wujud wacana politik yang berbentuk politik pemerintah atau negara, politik seksual atau gender, dan politik instansi. Praktik wacana politik ditemukan dua jenis praktik yang berbentuk kebijakan dan aturan. Power and politic discourse in Seno Gumira Ajidarma's short stories entitled Penembak Misterius and Saksi Mata Abstract: The purpose of this study is to understand (1) the existence of discourse of power, (2) the example of power, (3) the existence of political discourse, and (4) the example of political discourse in Seno Gumira Ajidarma's Short Stories Penembak Misterius and Saksi Mata. The study is qualitative research. The data were obtained by reading intensively, making a systematic list, looking for other references, identifying the existing discourse of power and the example of power, identifying the existing discourse of politics and the example of political case. The analysis of this study used the descriptive qualitative method ...
This study aims to describe the sexual politics in fiksimini by using feminist critical discourse analysis. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that uses @fiksimini account during January-February 2020 on Twitter as the data source. The research data used is sexual politics discourse contained in literary worksfiksimini which has a total of 267 data with 44 topicsfiksimini. Data collection techniques are conducted by reading and recorded in the data cards. The data collection instrument was the researcher himself (human instrument) using Kate Millett's sexual politics parameters. Data analysis technique in this study used semantic and pragmatic equivalents in analyzing work fiksimini containing sexual politics in fiksimini. The data analysis stage is carried out by the work step of literature research, namely studying libraries related to research objects by reading, taking notes, and interpreting references related to research objects. The results showed that there are six forms of sexual politics contained in fiksimini, namely: sexual slavery, women's domestic work, control of women, abuse of sexuality, rape, projecting women and negotiations conducted by female characters in the story. Sexual politics contained in fiksimini is 80% written by male writers who recount the power of patriarchy. The ideology seen from writing about sexual politics shows that writers use male and female characters emerging from social classes, institutions of marriage, and free sex. The female characters narrated by the fiksimini writers still place women as inferior beings who are in the power of superior patriarchy.
Literary works, including in this context play scripts later performed, often go beyond mere entertainment or exhibition. Play scripts and theatrical performances as well frequently introduce particular moral lessons, educative messages, even social controls. This research aims to describe the following matters: (a) the coverage of national mass media on three performances of Tangis (Cry) by Teater Gandrik; (b) the socio-political phenomena presented in the performance; and (c) the construct of the readers or audience on the performance. The object of this research consists of a number of news or reviews of such performance covered in national mass media in 2015. To collect the data, reading and taking notes methods were applied. The validity and reliability of the data were measured by employing semantic validity as well as intra-rater and inter-rater reliabilities. The data was later categorized and analyzed using a descriptive qualitative approach, focusing on literary reception. There were at least 15 news or reviews compiled, signifying a considerable interest of the mass media in interpreting the performance. Almost each of these coverages discusses the social circumstance represented in the play. The issue of the conflict between KPK (Corruption Eradication Commission) and Polri (Indonesian National Police) is one of the actual phenomena indirectly captured by the media relating to this performance. These media reportages serve as a construct established by the audience (experts) or the review creator or news reporters about Teater Gandrik, particularly on the play that crowns this group as one of top-notch Indonesian theater companies.Keywords: reception, performance, teater gandrik, mass media, social phenomenaRESPON PEMBACA TERHADAP PERTUNJUKAN DRAMA TANGIS OLEH TEATER GADRIK DALAM FENOMENA SOSIAL-POLITIK TERKINIAbstrakKarya sastra, termasuk dalam konteks ini naskah drama yang kemudian dipentaskan, seringkali lebih dari sekadar hiburan atau pameran. Naskah drama dan pertunjukan teater juga sering memperkenalkan pelajaran moral tertentu, pesan edukatif, bahkan kontrol sosial. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan hal-hal sebagai berikut: (a) liputan media massa nasional atas tiga pertunjukan Tangis (Menangis) oleh Teater Gandrik; (b) fenomena sosial politik yang dihadirkan dalam pertunjukan; dan (c) konstruk pembaca atau penonton terhadap pertunjukan. Objek penelitian ini terdiri dari sejumlah berita atau ulasan tentang pertunjukan tersebut yang diliput di media massa nasional pada tahun 2015. Untuk mengumpulkan data digunakan metode membaca dan mencatat. Validitas dan reliabilitas data diukur dengan menggunakan validitas semantik serta reliabilitas intra-penilai dan antar-penilai. Data tersebut kemudian dikategorikandan dianalisis dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif deskriptif, dengan fokus pada resepsi sastra. Sedikitnya ada 15 berita atau resensi yang dihimpun, menandakan minat media massa yang cukup besar dalam memaknai pertunjukan tersebut. Hampir setiap liputan ini membahas tentang keadaan sosial yang direpresentasikan dalam lakon tersebut. Isu konflik antara KPK (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi) dan Polri (Polri) merupakan salah satu fenomena aktual yang secara tidak langsung ditangkap oleh media terkait kinerja tersebut. Reportase media ini menjadi konstruksi yang dibangun oleh penonton (pakar) atau pembuat resensi atau reporter berita tentang Teater Gandrik, terutama pada lakon yang menobatkan grup ini sebagai salah satu perusahaan teater terkemuka di Indonesia.Kata kunci: resepsi, pertunjukan, teater gandrik, media massa, fenomena sosial
The issue of women's gender equality in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) province provides important insights into gender roles in local communities. In her analysis, Mills highlights that women in Timor still face many challenges in achieving gender equality. Mills also highlights that women in Timor often face discrimination and violence, especially in domestic situations. This suggests that while there are laws that support gender equality, implementation is far from perfect. However, Mills also points out that there are some efforts that have been made to improve gender equality in Timor. This research is descriptive qualitative in nature using the critical discourse analysis approach of the Sara Mills model. The data in this study are Supreme Court decision documents. The subject of the research is the Supreme Court decision document, Kefamenanu district court. The object of research is decisions related to sexual violence against women in 2022 and 2023. The conclusion of this research is that Timorese women can show their existence in facing the patriarchal culture that often discriminates against their people in Timor.
