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Akutagawa Ryunosuke's Repertoire in the Short Story "Rashomon" Aulia Rahman; Fakhria Nesa
IZUMI Vol 12, No 1 (2023)
Publisher : Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/izumi.12.1.13-21

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An author's creative process cannot be separated from the storehouse of knowledge obtained from different results of reading, hearing, or observing of the events around him. This store of knowledge, when juxtaposed with the concept introduced by Wolfgang Iser in his book The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response (1987), can be called a Repertoire. Shortly, repertoire can be understood as the basis for creating a work, as the background to make the foreground the author aims at through his work. This process also applies to Akutagawa Ryuunosuke's short story entitled Rashomon as the foreground of Konjakumonogatari, the 29th volume of the 18th story. This research aims to describe how the social, historical, and cultural writings by Akutagawa Ryunosuke in the Rashomon and compared with Konjakumonogatari, using the Aesthetic Repertoire theory proposed by Wolfgang Iser. The process through which, among others, grouping the data to be analyzed is related to social, historical, and cultural norms of Japanese society. Next, compare the data to see the relationship between Rashomon and Konjakumonogatari. The results showed (1) There are similarities between social, historical, and cultural similarities between literature and reality, (2) Social norms indicate the life of the Japanese lower class in the Heian period called Genin, (3) Historical norms show the dark conditions that Japanese people went through in the Heian era, because of the many problems that occurred at that time, and (4) Cultural Norms show the efforts made by Japanese people in the Heian period to survive despite hurting others.
HYBRIDITY OF SABINE KUEGLER’S IDENTITY IN HER AUTOBIOGRAPHY, JUNGLE CHILD Andina Meutia Hawa; Dyani Prades Pratiwi; Fakhria Nesa
Linguistics and Literature Students' Journal Vol 4, No 2 (2023): LINGUISTICS AND LITERATURE JOURNAL
Publisher : English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Arts and Education Universitas Teknokrat Indo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.33365/llj.v4i2.3993

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Sabine Kuegler is a German author who was born in Nepal. In her autobiography, Jungle Child, she shared her life experience living in a Papuan jungle as a child.She was accustomed to living a simple life that was untouched by modernization, among the Fayu people, a newly discovered tribe in Foida, West Papua. At the age of 17 she moved back to Germany by herself and found it difficult adjusting to her new environment. This was mainly caused of her deep-rooted connection to Papua culture and her lack of knowledge about European culture. This study aims to reveal the form of the appearance of hybridity, liminality, and ambivalence in Sabine's identity. This paper uses a qualitative method which is in line with postcolonialism discourse. Bhabha (1994)suggest that hybridity is a cross between cultures in society, which appears in various forms, such as language and manner. The result shows that the process of reforming her subjectivity is shown through symbolizations such as place and time setting which at fist creates dichotomies such as East vs West, and childhood vs adulthood. However, Sabine managed to find the connection between those dichotomies, which led to acceptance of her hybrid identity as a German who will always be a part of the jungle. The ambivalence of her identity is shown through her interaction as a German kid with Fayu People and her constant attempt to integrate into Western culture which always brings her back to her life in the jungle.Keywords: ambivalence, autobiography, hybridity, identity, postcolonialism