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Trauma Analysis of the Main Characters in the Novel a Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) Nurul Azkya; Nia Nafisah
Passage Vol 12, No 1 (2024): April 2024
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/psg.v12i1.75272

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Nowadays, the issue regarding trauma and its impacts have been raised seriously in society. This issue is important to understand because trauma can have a negative influence on one's life. Trauma could be understood from various media and sources among us, such as literary works that represent trauma. This study aims to analyze trauma in the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) by Khaled Hosseini. This study unveils the traumatic events experienced by the main characters, the trauma responses illustrated by the main characters, and the sources of trauma. In analyzing the data from the novel, this study used a qualitative design and textual analysis method. The data collection process was carried out by close reading the novel, and then the data were highlighted and annotated. Subsequently, the data were identified and classified based on each character’s traumatic experiences, trauma responses, and its sources. By using Caruth’s concept of trauma (1995) and Vickroy’s trauma theory (2014), it was found that the main characters of the novel, Mariam and Laila, undergo similar traumatic experiences, and they illustrate different trauma responses. In addition, the sources of their traumas are the socio-cultural environment and political situation, which results in betrayal trauma and insidious trauma. It can be concluded that the socio-cultural environment can be a source of trauma if it fails to provide a safe and reliable environment, and it impacts one’s experience and understanding of trauma.
A Semiotic analysis on Kanye West’s Runaway short movie Adil Billa Bagy; Nia Nafisah
Passage Vol 11, No 2 (2023): November 2023
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/psg.v11i2.56400

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This research aims to analyze the short movie Runaway, directed by a Chicago artist and musician, Kanye West, to find the meaning stored in the sign in the work using Roland Barthes’ (1977) semiotic theory. This theory interprets things like words, images, sounds, gestures, and objects to embrace any system of signs regardless of their nature and limitations. According to Barthes (1977), signs are divided into two types, which are denotative and connotative. Denotative is the most apparent meaning of the symbol while connotative describes a concept that is connected to a word or evoked by an emotion or a cultural value. The study has revealed that there are five significant signs in Runaway, in which Kanye West, who is the main character, runs in a forest, a herd of deer, ballerinas in black costumes, the phoenix, and Ku Klux Klan organization. This finding suggests that analyzing literary work like movies, songs, novels, and other forms of art needs more than just literal meaning. There could be other meanings underlying the printed texts or images, which can reveal the cultural values behind the work.
Co-Authors Adil Billa Bagy Nurul Azkya