Journal of Literary Prose and Society

The Inner Conflict of the Character Dinda in the Novel Kisah untuk Geri by Erisca Febriani

2025-05-05T02:55:08+00:00

This article tries to analyze the inner conflict experienced by the main character, Dinda, in the novel Kisah untuk Geri by Erisca Febriani. The novel was chosen as the object of research because this novel contains the inner conflict of Dinda's character researched using the study of literary psychology. This article aims to: (1) show the character Dinda's inner conflict with other characters, (2) identify the causes of inner conflict based on the personality structure of Sigmund Freud's perspective literary psychology theory, and (3) show Dinda's character has happiness again. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method. Data is obtained through case studies and collecting data related to Dinda's inner conflict. Based on the results of the research conducted, it shows that: (1) a situation created as a result of actions and behaviors that cause changes in the activities, attitudes, and roles of the closest people, and (2) Dinda's character resolves inner conflict.

Ideological Representation in the Short Story Collection Corat-coret di Toilet by Eka Kurniawan: Gramsci's Hegemony Analysis

2025-05-05T02:59:12+00:00

This article explores ideological representation in Eka Kurniawan’s short story collection Corat-coret di Toilet using Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony. The study aims to examine how dominant and subaltern ideologies are contested and negotiated within the selected stories. Employing a qualitative descriptive method, the research focuses on four short stories that exhibit significant ideological formations: "Doodling in the Toilet," "The Beauty Who Can’t Go Out at Night," "Peter Pan," and "The Capture of the Little Bread Thief." The findings reveal the presence of dominant ideologies such as idealism, feudalism, and capitalism, while the subaltern ideologies attempting negotiation include democracy, humanism, liberalism, and nationalism. Each story presents ideological resistance, yet the talks ultimately fail due to the persistence of dominant power. In Gramscian terms, the hegemony depicted in these narratives aligns with minimal hegemony, where consensus between rulers and the ruled is absent. The study also concludes that Eka Kurniawan, as an organic intellectual, fails to create a transformative ideological shift. Instead, the stories illustrate ongoing struggles without resolution. This research contributes to the understanding of literature as a site of ideological conflict and suggests that future studies examine other dimensions of Gramsci’s hegemony within Indonesian literary texts.

The Image of Lesbians in the Short Story "When Everyone Rejected My Presence Nearby" by Yael Stefany Sinaga

2025-05-05T03:09:57+00:00

This paper aims to describe the image of lesbians in the short story "When Everyone Rejects My Presence Nearby" by Yael Stefany Sinaga which was published in 2019 on the Suarausu.co.id page. This short story was criticized by the rectorate of the University of North Sumatra (USU) for telling the life experience of a lesbian woman who fell in love with her female friend. This short story was chosen as the object of research because there is a depiction by the author of the life of being a lesbian and provides several views on lesbians. This research uses qualitative research methods. The data is analyzed through words, sentences, and dialogues that show the image of lesbians narrated in this short story. The results of this study show that the author describes a lesbian as someone who is considered despicable and disgusting by others. The author also portrays lesbians as not feeling that being a lesbian is wrong because she also loves her female partner seriously.

Postcolonial Ecocritical Perspectives in Indonesian Literature

2025-05-05T03:27:21+00:00

Colonialism in Indonesia has not only left political and cultural legacies, but also ecological damage recorded in literary works. This study aims to analyze the representation of human and environmental relationships in Indonesian literary works through a postcolonial ecocritical approach. Using a descriptive qualitative research method, data was collected from Indonesian novels, short stories, and poems with themes of colonialism and the environment. Thematic analysis showed the dominance of the themes of nature exploitation, local resistance, nature symbolism, and ecological decolonization. The results show that Indonesian literature is an important arena for building ecological awareness and critiquing colonial legacies. The findings have practical implications in the development of ecology-based literary studies and encourage the integration of sustainability perspectives in education and cultural policy.

Subjectivity of Travelers in Tere Liye's Novel Janji: Carl Thompson's Travel Literature Analysis

2025-05-05T03:31:56+00:00

This article uses the material object of Tere Liye's novel Janji and the formal object of Carl Thompson's depiction of the world of travel literature. This research is made to analyze the world depiction, negotiation, and ideology in the novel. Then, descriptive qualitative is used as the research method. The results of this study are (1) subjective long-distance world depiction dominates the novel Janji by Tere Liye; (2) there are three types of negotiation, namely agreement, comparison, and change. There are also three ideologies of the travelers, namely theism, humanism, and racism; and (3) based on the depiction of the world, there are negotiations and ideologies carried by the travelers.