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NARRATIVE TRANSFORMATION IN BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE: A STRUCTURALIST APPROACH Agung Wijianto; Fardan Rezkiawan Faida
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 9, No 1: June 2025
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v9i1.11064

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This study aims to find the character Winn-Dixie’s narrative function in Kate DiCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie using A.J. Greimas’ actantial model. While previous research often focused on the novel’s emotional and psychological themes, this paper offers a structuralist approach to highlighting how narrative functions operate beneath the surface through the usage of actantial models and isotopes. The study uses descriptive qualitative method to examine narrative sequences to show how Winn-Dixie facilitates Opal’s movement from loneliness to connection, and from emotional fragmentation to relational wholeness. The findings demonstrate Winn-Dixie’s structural role as a helper actant and catalyst for the protagonist’s emotional transformation and that Winn-Dixie is not merely a symbolic or emotional figure but an essential structural force that shapes the novel’s progression and coherence. This research contributes an innovative perspective by applying classical structuralist theory to contemporary children’s literature, thereby enriching both narrative studies and literary criticism in the field.
CYBERDRAMATIC GRIEF IN CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33 Agung Wijianto; Fardan Rezkiawan Faida
Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Jurusan Sastra Indonesia, Fakultas Sastra, Universitas Negeri Malang (UM)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17977/um006v10i12026p57-79

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This study examines how grief functions within the narrative structure of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, addressing a gap left by previous research focused primarily on translation, trauma, and player experience. Combining A. J. Greimas’s actantial model and modalities with Janet Murray’s concept of cyberdrama, the study utilizes qualitative textual analysis of narrative events, dialogues, gameplay sequences, and cyberdramatic structures across three acts. The findings reveal that grief operates as a modal intensifier, sustaining the characters' orientation toward action (vouloir-faire) despite shifts in subjects, objects, and knowledge. Additional exploration and optional content further drive this narrative motivation rather than diminishing it. Consequently, this study offers a new structural perspective, showing how grief operates within interactive systems.