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Donny Syofyan
Universitas Andalas
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Fashioning the Self: Reinvention as Depicted in Jennifer Down's "Bodies of Light" Syofyan, Donny
Jurnal Ceteris Paribus Vol 3 No 1 (2024)
Publisher : Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra in cooperation with Kato Institute.

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/jcp.v3i1.29

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A recent study has identified the key factors that contribute to the themes explored in Jennifer Down's award-winning novel, Bodies of Light. The book has received literary criticism for its portrayal of human bondage, vulnerability, and social distinction, making these themes the primary focus of the study. By delving into the underlying themes and attributions within the novel, this analysis has provided valuable insights into the story. Notably, the study has shed light on the power dynamics between male characters, and the protagonist's struggle with pain, emotional trauma, and poignancy. Furthermore, previous research has highlighted the connections between the novel's exploration of existential crisis and identity. Keywords: Human Bondage, Emotional Investment, Vulnerability, Childhood Grief, Emotional Instability.
The Survival of the Script: Disavowal and the Persistence of the Symbolic Order in The Last One Oktariza, Dodi; Syofyan, Donny
Krinok:Jurnal Linguistik Budaya Vol 9, No 2 (2025): Desember
Publisher : Universitas Muara Bungo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36355/krinok.v9i2.1956

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This study provides a psychoanalytic exploration of Alexandra Oliva’s novel The Last One (2016), examining the protagonist Zoo’s psychological endurance through a global pandemic. By utilizing a qualitative symptomatic reading of the text, the research investigates how Zoo maintains her equilibrium by adhering to the "Symbolic Order" of a reality television show even as the "Real" foundations of civilization collapse. Central to this analysis is the mechanism of fetishistic disavowal, expressed through the formula "I know very well, but nevertheless," which allows the protagonist to reframe catastrophic evidence—such as corpses and societal decay—as elaborate production "props" and scripted "challenges" (Žižek, 1997; Oliva, 2016).The findings reveal that Zoo’s survival is predicated on an "internalized gaze" and a persistent performance for an imagined audience, illustrating the profound power of mediated narratives over visceral reality (Lacan, 1978). However, the study also identifies the "Abject" as the ultimate point of psychological failure, where maternal anxiety and sensory intimacy finally pierce her symbolic shield (Kristeva, 1982). Ultimately, this article argues that The Last One serves as a haunting allegory for a hyperreal culture, demonstrating that the human psyche may prioritize a constructed "Script" to defer the trauma of the unassimilable Real.
THE COQUETTE’S PRISON: ROSALIE MURRAY AND THE FAILURE OF HIGH-SOCIETY MARRIAGE AS A PATH TO AUTONOMY Syofyan, Donny
Jurnal Ceteris Paribus Vol 5 No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra in cooperation with Kato Institute.

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/jcp.v5i1.60

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Research on women's agency in Victorian literature typically focuses on the marginalized figure of the governess. At the same time, the upper-class coquette—who appears to wield power—remains overlooked in critical readings as a victim of systemic oppression. This research examines the coquette’s prison in Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey, specifically analyzing how Rosalie Murray’s pursuit of high-society marriage serves as a mechanism of self-erasure rather than a path to autonomy. The study employs a qualitative approach rooted in feminist literary criticism and historical realism. The data consist of textual evidence from the novel, analyzed through close reading and character-comparative analysis. The research evaluates the transition from pre-marital performative power to post-marital domestic entrapment. The results indicate that Rosalie’s flirtatious artillery provides only a temporary and illusory agency. Upon marrying Sir Thomas Ashby for rank and wealth, she experiences a catastrophic loss of freedom, becoming a prisoner and a slave within the physical and psychological enclosures of Ashby Park. The research concludes that Victorian high-society marriage, when divorced from moral compatibility, leads to psychological petrifaction. Further studies are recommended to employ a digital humanities approach to map motifs of spatial and psychological confinement across the broader canon of the Brontës and to identify systemic patterns of gender inequality.
Labor, Discipline, and the Underclass: Hierarchy in Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London Donny Syofyan; Isramirawati Isramirawati
Sintaks: Jurnal Bahasa & Sastra Indonesia Vol. 6 No. 1 (2026)
Publisher : Medan Resource Center

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.57251/sin.v6i1.2201

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This study examines the construction of labor hierarchies and institutional discipline in George Orwell’s Down and Out in Paris and London. Using a qualitative textual analysis grounded in Marxist Literary Theory and New Historicism, the research investigates how social stratification is maintained within the service economy of 1930s Paris and the casual ward system of London. The primary analytical focus is two-fold: first, a deconstruction of the internal caste system of the modern hotel, where labor alienation and professional rivalries function to prevent proletarian solidarity; and second, an evaluation of the Vagrancy Act of 1824 as a state mechanism for social control through forced mobility.  Findings indicate that the hotel kitchen operates as a site of rigid stratification where the pride of the drudge creates a form of false consciousness among workers. Additionally, the study reveals that the state-mandated spike system in London functions to subdue the underclass by exhausting their intellectual and political capacity through purposeless movement. The research concludes that these institutions serve to manage a floating population through performative luxury and systemic de-pauperization, highlighting a profound waste of human potential in the pursuit of maintaining class boundaries.
Perbandingan Film Romeo and Juliet dan The Merchant of Venice sebagai adaptasi karya William Shakespeare: Sebuah Pendekatan Production Analysis Syofyan, Donny
Jurnal Ceteris Paribus Vol 1 No 2 (2022)
Publisher : Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University, Padang, West Sumatra in cooperation with Kato Institute.

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (141.434 KB) | DOI: 10.25077/jcp.v1i2.10

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Kajian ini mengambil topik “Perbandingan Film Romeo and Juliet dan The Merchant of Venice sebagai adaptasi karya William Shakespeare: Sebuah Pendekatan Production Analysis”. Permasalahan penelitian ini adalah Meskipun film Romeo and Juliet dan The Merchant of Venice sama-sama diadaptasi dari karya-karya Shakespeare dengan judul yang sama, namun ternyata terjadi perbedaan, baik dalam proses proses produksi yang dijalani maupun resepsi masyarakat atas kedua film adaptasi Shakespeare tersebut. Perbedaan ini menjadi penting untuk dicermati bukan saja untuk melihat tarik-menarik dalam proses produksi tapi juga kenapa terjadi perbedaan resepsi masyarakat, terutama para penonton film, yang akhirnya mempengaruhi distribusi film-film tersebut. Tulisan ini mencoba menggunakan teori ekranisasi dan hegemoni. Ada sejumlah kesimpulan yang bisa diambil dari tulisan sebelumnya. Pertama, adaptasi karya-karya Shakespeare menjadi film merupakan salah satu karya-karya sinematografis yan tak kunjung padam di Amerika. Kedua, popularitas film Romeo and Juliet terletak pada proses adaptasi yang luar biasa dan universalisme tema yang diusung, yakni percintaan. Ketiga, kehadiran film Romeo and Juliet dan The Merchant of Venice memberikan dampak yang besar terhadap masyarakat. Romeo and Juliet mendorong munculnya kembali minat intelektual dan akademis sekolah-sekolah, seperti Amerika Serikat dan Jepang, mempelajari Shakespeare. Kata kunci: Wlliam Shakespeare, produksi, resepsi, distribusi, universalisme
FROM "STREET ARAB" TO SCHOLAR: NEGOTIATING THE STATUS OF THE ORPHAN IN LATE VICTORIAN CANADIAN LITERATURE Donny Syofyan
Krinok:Jurnal Linguistik Budaya Vol 10, No 1 (2026): Krinok: Jurnal Linguistik Budaya
Publisher : Universitas Muara Bungo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36355/krinok.v10i1.2078

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This article examines the status negotiation of the orphan in late Victorian Canadian literature through a postcolonial and settler-colonial lens. The primary objective is to analyze the transformation of the protagonist, Anne Shirley, from a marginalized Street Arab to an enfranchised Scholar, illustrating how this trajectory mirrors the consolidation of the British-Canadian settler state.  The methodology employs a qualitative literary analysis of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables (1908), utilizing close-reading techniques and coding for themes such as linguistic re-colonization, domestic discipline, and academic meritocracy. The study specifically maps the racialized and classed anxieties of the era by tracing the shift from Anne’s initial classification as a manual labor unit to her recognition as an intellectual vanguard. Main outcomes and results reveal that settler belonging is achieved through the systematic erasure of the original inhabitants of Prince Edward Island. Anne’s imagination serves as a colonial tool to rename the landscape and impose Eurocentric romantic ideals, while education functions as a primary mechanism for individual and professional recolonization. The conclusions indicate that the orphan heroine’s success is an affirmation of the settler’s radical underlying title to the land. Ultimately, the study demonstrates that achieving domestic and social belonging in Avonlea is contingent upon mastering the imperial canon and adopting a specific British-Protestant social sensibility.
The Self-Appointed Jury: Punitive Sentiment And Prosocial Aggression In Christie’s Orient Express Donny Syofyan
Krinok:Jurnal Linguistik Budaya Vol 9, No 2 (2025): Desember
Publisher : Universitas Muara Bungo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.36355/krinok.v9i2.1955

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This study presents a biocultural analysis of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express (1934) through the theoretical lens of Literary Darwinism. While traditional scholarship often focuses on the novel’s formalist "puzzle-box" structure, this research explores the underlying evolutionary pressures that drive its unconventional resolution. By utilizing key concepts such as inclusive fitness, altruistic punishment, and reciprocal altruism, the article argues that the narrative functions as a cognitive simulation of ancestral justice.The findings reveal that the "Armstrong Circle" operates as a surrogate kinship unit responding to a catastrophic fitness insult—the murder of a child. The collective execution of the predator, Cassetti, is analyzed as a biological correction triggered by an evolved punitive sentiment when formal legal structures fail. Furthermore, the study interprets Hercule Poirot’s final acquittal of the killers as a biocultural compromise, where the detective’s "modular mind" recognizes the validity of proximal biological imperatives over distal social laws. Ultimately, this research suggests that the novel’s enduring global popularity stems from its profound alignment with the fundamental evolutionary heritage and moral intuitions of the human species.Keywords: literary darwinism, inclusive fitness, altruistic punishment, biocultural compromise, cheater detection, fictive kinsh
Oral Traditions of the Road: Survival of Medieval Historical Echoes Among Modern Tramps Syofyan, Donny
LingoLitera Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): In Progress
Publisher : Program Studi Sastra Inggris

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.25077/lingolitera.v2.i2.2026.83-90

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This study investigates the persistence of medieval oral traditions among the destitute as recorded in George Orwell’s 1933 memoir, Down and Out in Paris and London. The primary objective is to analyze how these faint echoes from the Middle Ages function as a subterranean culture that preserves historical memory and communal identity outside of formal education. The methodology employs a Qualitative Textual Analysis grounded in New Historicism and Folkloristics. This approach treats the text as an ethnographic record, categorizing scraps of history, linguistic cant, and narrative revisions to understand their role in social survival. The main outcomes reveal that the tramp community acts as a living archaeological site. Linguistic fossils like deaner and kip indicate a direct lineage from medieval sources. Furthermore, results show that tramps engage in narrative revisionism—such as amending the Gilderoy legend to include a happy ending —and utilize historical myths like the "one bite law" to frame their suffering as part of an ancient struggle against aristocratic oppression. The conclusions indicate that these oral traditions are a byproduct of poverty’s annihilation of the future. Deprived of the written word, the marginalized mind reverts to a communal chain of speech that maintains human dignity through intellectual liberty. Ultimately, these echoes prove that the destitute are not a resourceless mob, but the reluctant guardians of a rich, epic tradition that modern industrial civilization has discarded as nonsense.
Co-Authors Agustin, Suciati Isramirawati Isramirawati Najma, Eva Oktariza, Dodi Zulprianto Zulprianto