DURSASANA GUGUR: SEBUAH KAJIAN RESEPSI

Rahno Triyogo (Staf Pengajar Jurusan Pedalangan Fak. Seni Pertunjukan ISI Surakarta)

Lakon Jurnal Pengkajian & Penciptaan Wayang
Vol 12, No 1 (2016)

A valuable literary work will get continually perception from its surrounding society. Problem of thisresearch is how the perception of society towards the death of Dursasana is. The study aims todescribe the various perceptions towards Dursasana’s death. Based on the perception approach,finding of this research shows that the death of Dursasana gets perception on five thingsincluding the name of Dursasana, his reason to join in the war, the place of his death, the way heis killed, and the finding of the legend village around Kroya, Cilacap.Keywords: literature, perception, the death, Dursasana.