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The Expositions of Expressionism in Elliot Flower’s Winner’s Loss Wijayanto, Bagus Pratama; Oktavia, Dian; Ayu, Evangelin Rambu; Putri, Alvina Salshabilla Linjani; Pasopati, Rommel Utungga
Educalitra: English Education, Linguistics, and Literature Journal Vol. 4 No. 1 (2025)
Publisher : English Language Education Study Program, Faculty of Social, Economics, and Humanities, University of Nahdlatul Ulama Purwokerto

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This paper underlines the idea of expressionism in flash fiction of Elliot Flower entitled Winner’s Loss. Expressionism exposes matters of distorted people and object, emotional pain and anguish, unrealistic feelings of modern world, and symbolistic understanding. This story tells about someone who entrusts the money to the main character name Jack and he accidentally loses the money and accuses someone else of being thief. It turns out the money is taken by Jack’s wife because he lies to his wife by saying he did not have the money. By using qualitative method and explorative approach, the analysis includes how any gambling is actually expression of the desperate men. Those who hold to such gambling then are already at loss from the beginning. The money being gambled belongs to anyone but the ones that use it for another useful matter. In conclusion, expressionism in Flower’s flash fiction indicates how the gambling, the loss of money, and the wife’s attitude may intertwine consecutively to show any changing in the story of anyone’s life in general.
Kant’s Aesthetic Essentiality as Exposed on Selena Gomez’s Who Says Pasopati, Rommel Utungga; Firda, Erlis Hersetya; Ayu, Evangelin Rambu; Fahmi, Muhammad Abu Rijal; Salsabiyla, Raddine
Journal Corner of Education, Linguistics, and Literature Vol. 3 No. 3 (2024): February
Publisher : CV. Tripe Konsultan

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Beauty for women is crucial as an intersection of their desires, needs, and satisfactions. Who Says is a song by Selena Gomez released in 2011 that inspires women to be confident since beauty is actually essential. Immanuel Kant’s aesthetic essentiality underlines that beauty is not agreeable since it relies on its own essence. Then, how may Kant’s aesthetic essentiality see the position of beauty in Selena Gomez’s Who Says? Through qualitative method on cultural studies, this article exposes Kant’s perspective and Gomez’s song. Recent various beauty standards make women feel insecure, but the song encourages girls to be who they are and not let what other people say get to them. All women should ignore forceful beauty standards because any expectation could be detrimental to women’s self-esteem. In conclusion, the song shows that beauty is essential and could only be experienced by individuals, not by any beauty standard.