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Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Published by Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang
ISSN : -     EISSN : 26228653     DOI : https://doi.org/10.18860/prdg.v3i1.8230
Core Subject : Humanities, Education,
Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media
Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies is one of the professional publications of the Faculty of Humanities, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang (E-ISSN: 2622-8653). The journal presents information and ideas on theories, research, and methods related to linguistics and literature. It includes analyses, studies, application of theories, research report, and reviews in such areas as micro-linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, pragmatics, (critical) discourse analysis, language and culture, applied linguistics, stylistics, literary history, literary criticism, and comparative literature.
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THE AMERICANIZATION OF SUPER SENTAI IN THE POWER RANGERS TELEVISION SERIES Pasopati, Rommel Utungga; Hamdani, Farham Nazhib; Putra, Ananda Syahromi; Andharu, Devito; Fadillah, Muhammad Reza Ishadi
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 7, No 2 (2024): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v7i2.31389

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This article investigates matters of Americanization in the adaptation of Power Rangers superhero serials to be imbued with American values from its original Japanese version entitled Super Sentai. Even though transcultural serials are considered successful in the United States and worldwide, they are deemed culturally problematic. Through a qualitative method and an explorative approach, the analysis explores that Power Rangers’ adaptation is shadowed by gender, racial, and second character issues. For instance, the gender aspect is related to gender swap, pink rangers, and the wearing of skirts by female rangers. Racial issues cover matters of the idealized melting pot in the U.S. Second character issues include matters of child employment, demonized monsters, and the usage of armed weapons. In conclusion, while Power Rangers is commercially successful, its adaptation process selectively modifies cultural elements, presenting an idealized rather than an authentic reality.
EX NIHILO IN AJIDARMA’S SHORT STORY "KERONCONG PEMBUNUHAN" Kholidah, Uci Elly
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 7, No 2 (2024): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v7i2.34376

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This study delves into how ex nihilo—a radical departure from the usual order—manifests in Seno Gumira Ajidarma’s short story “Keroncong Pembunuhan,” drawing on Slavoj Žižek’s theory. In this research, the authors conducted a detailed examination of the main character’s moments of crisis and rebellion, revealing that these disruptions transcend personal struggles. Rather, they emerge as significant acts of protest against the societal norms and regulations that exert influence over individual identity and behavior. The analysis does not stop at the story itself, as it also draws on Ajidarma’s background, highlighting parallels between the marksman’s crisis of conscience and the author’s real-life struggles with authority during Indonesia’s New Order Era. Unlike earlier studies that primarily examined inner conflicts or moral dilemmas, this research distinguishes itself by employing Žižek’s ideas to illustrate how radical subjectivity and novel forms of resistance emerge in a contemporary Indonesian novel. The findings demonstrate how ex nihilo becomes a tool for expressing agency and dissent, opening up new ways to consider the connections between literature, ideology, and politics. This study concludes by encouraging further research on Žižek’s theories in the context of Indonesian writing, suggesting how stories can challenge power and envision new forms of subjectivity in the aftermath of authoritarianism.
IDEOLOGICAL FRAMING OF TWO SENATORS TOWARD BIDEN’S PALESTINIAN IMMIGRATION PLAN Fadllur Rohmah Ziyadatur Rosyidah; I Dewa Putu Wijana
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v8i1.32967

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The ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestine after October 7 exacerbates, currently becoming the world’s most alarming issue. In the United States, which has an intimate relationship with Israel for providing arms and funds, American pro-Palestinian citizens march to the streets to chastise the government’s stance that bestows the wrong side. The endless action prompted Biden to consider the Palestinians entering the United States, which triggered the Republicans and Democrats to take sides, either to humiliate or support Biden’s manoeuvre. The political polarization related to Biden’s breakthrough became an enthralling topic delivered by politicians in their press releases, debates, or interviews. This study examines the contradictory ideological framing of the Republican and Democratic Senators toward the Palestinian immigration plan. The authors analyzed the interviews of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell and Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders, taken from YouTube, using a CDA approach. The transcribed interviews were observed to unveil the stylistic, syntactic, and semantic elements aimed at uncovering these senators’ ideological biases. The study, which focuses merely on van Dijk’s micro-textual structures, shows that McConnell rarely utilized stylistic and syntactic elements but heavily relied on actor description and evidentiality. In contrast, Sanders heavily applied dysphemism and example/illustration strategies.
MORALIZING WAR AND CONSTRUCTING ENEMIES IN TRUMP’S 2025 IRAN SPEECH Agwin Degaf; Hamadah Ashfiya
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 2 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v8i2.36758

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The growing intersection of political communication and ideological persuasion raises concerns about how language is used to legitimize state violence. Although previous research has addressed themes of populism and nationalistic rhetoric, limited attention has been given to how wartime speeches function as discursive practices that construct moral legitimacy for military intervention. Addressing this gap, this study investigates how Donald Trump’s June 2025 Iran speech constructs the enemy, moralizes war, and normalizes pre-emptive military violence. Using qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study examines both the transcript and delivery of the speech through Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model of discourse, focusing on the ideological square and micro-level strategies such as actor description, metaphor, hyperbole, euphemism, presupposition, religious authority, victimization, and lexicalization. The findings show that the speech constructs a polarized moral framework in which the United States and its allies are represented as morally virtuous and divinely sanctioned, while Iran is framed as an irrational and existential threat. Military aggression is legitimized through hyperbolic glorification, religious invocation, euphemistic framing of destruction, and the strategic omission of civilian suffering, presenting war as a moral necessity rather than a political choice. While limited to a single case and not supported by corpus-based analysis, the study contributes to the literature on wartime political discourse by extending Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive model to contemporary conflict rhetoric and identifying a morally framed adaptation of the burden argument, shifting from economic to security and ethical justification. These findings underscore the ideological power of political language in shaping public consent for military action and highlight the need for sustained critical scrutiny of wartime political communication.
NEGOTIATING IDENTITY AND AUTHORITY THROUGH CODE-MIXING IN SARA WIJAYANTO’S MYSTICAL YOUTUBE Dini Arifa Ayunisa
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 2 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v8i2.36182

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The phenomenon of code-mixing in digital mystical content demonstrates a shift in the role of language from a communication tool to a technique for establishing spiritual authority and social legitimacy. Although there has been a lot of research on code-mixing in education, entertainment, and general media, there have been few studies that emphasize this technique in the world of digital mysticism. This research will look at how Sara Wijayanto uses code-mixing in her three mystical YouTube videos to negotiate identity and establish spiritual authority in front of a digital audience. The study material consisted of three movies totaling 150 minutes in length, which were transcribed and analyzed using Muysken's code-mixing typology to identify linguistic forms and Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis to evaluate ideological and social aspects. The study's findings demonstrate that English vocabulary terms such as "energy," "possessed," and "safe zone" are purposefully used during spiritual interactions to project a professional image and scientific legitimacy. In the digital domain, code-mixing represents cosmopolitan identity and spiritual power.
OPPENHEIMER (2023) BIOPIC: PERFORMING ACTING OUT, SEEKING WORKING THROUGH Sevtia Nanda; Uci Elly Kholidah; Zietha Arlamanda Asri
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 9, No 1 (2026): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v9i1.41381

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Mental health and trauma now dominate social discourse as well as contemporary cinema, reflecting a growing collective awareness of post-war historical wounds. This study examines the representation of J. Robert Oppenheimer’s traumatic experiences in the film Oppenheimer (2023) and assesses how that cinematic narrative aligns with selected biographical records. The analysis draws on Cathy Caruth’s concepts of belatedness and repetition compulsion and is complemented by Dominick LaCapra’s distinction between acting out and working through. Using a biographical approach, trauma-related moments identified in the film script are juxtaposed with historical documents in Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections. The findings identify 59 trauma-related instances: 32 cases (54%) reflect acting out, while 27 cases (46%) reflect working through. In the film, trauma is primarily conveyed through psychological disturbances and the intrusion of subconscious memories. In contrast, the biographical documents portray a more structured and sustained pattern of reconciliation, in which working through appears more dominant.
POWER RELATIONS REPRESENTED IN BURNT SHADOWS AND HOPE AND OTHER DANGEROUS PURSUITS Muhamad Arifin Ilham
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
Publisher : Department of English Literature, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v8i1.39416

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This paper examines the critics of power in Burnt Shadows and Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits. As a literary study, this paper tries to find the main cause of the political and economic downfall of colonized countries and countries destined for immigrants and diasporas mentioned in the text by focusing on political clashes between policy makers and the people through power relations, a theory suggested by Michel Foucault to deconstruct interlinked power distribution among social hierarchies. These novels talk about the dynamic life of a post-war family and immigrants, victims of the policy makers who hold the power over the people. The ignorance over millions of human lives turns them into mere statistics rather than sentient beings. Therefore, this paper argues that these novels try to evoke humanity’s issues by intertwining storytelling for every chapter through characters’ intrigues of life related to the actual real-world problem. This paper uses a descriptive qualitative method, analyzing textual evidence written in the narratives. The findings indicate that the characters express their resistance through personal traits, pop-culture references, and acts of defiance against those in power, despite feeling powerless.
OBSERVANCE AND NON-OBSERVANCE OF GRICEAN MAXIMS IN FAMILY DIALOGUE IN EUGENE O’NEILL’S LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Irza Firmandi Majid; Nur Fitria Anggrisia; Satria Adi Pradana
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 9, No 1 (2026): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v9i1.42511

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Family communication in literary works often reflects hidden emotional conflict, denial, and psychological tension expressed through indirect language and implied meaning. Within literary pragmatics, discussions of Grice’s cooperative principle have mostly focused on films, advertisements, and educational discourse, while emotionally conflicted family dialogue in drama remains less explored, particularly in relation to both observance and non-observance of conversational maxims. This article examines how the characters in Eugene O’Neill’s Long Day’s Journey into Night employ conversational strategies to maintain relationships, avoid confrontation, and express emotional suffering. The study is based on qualitative data collected from 21 selected dialogues in the drama script and analyzed interpretively using Grice’s cooperative principle as the main theoretical foundation. Cutting’s framework was used to elaborate the observance of Gricean maxims, while Nemesi’s classification was used to examine the forms of Gricean maxim non-observance. The findings reveal that the characters simultaneously observe and fail to observe conversational maxims in emotionally tense interactions. Observance of maxims is mainly used to maintain conversational continuity and emotional connection, while non-observance, particularly violation and exploitation, functions as a strategy for denial, sarcasm, emotional defense, and concealment of painful realities. These findings demonstrate that pragmatic strategies in dramatic dialogue closely reflect fractured family relationships and unresolved psychological trauma.
STRUCTURAL PATTERNS IN ELT CONFERENCE PROCEEDING INTRODUCTIONS Mahmud Yusron; Ima Fitriyah
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 2 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v9i1.41600

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Research article introductions play an important role in establishing the significance, focus, and contribution of a study. Although many studies have examined the rhetorical structure of research article introductions, limited attention has been given to introductions in English language teaching conference proceedings, particularly those written by Indonesian student writers. This study aims to identify the generic structure of introduction sections in ten English language teaching conference proceeding articles written by students from English education study programs in Indonesia. Using a qualitative case study design, the study analysed the introductions based on the modified CARS (Create a Research Space) model. The findings show that Move 1, establishing a territory, and Move 3, occupying a niche, appeared in all introductions, whereas Move 2, establishing a niche, appeared less consistently. The most frequent steps were claiming centrality, making topic generalisations, counter-claiming, outlining the purpose, and listing research questions or hypotheses. However, reviewing previous research, indicating a gap, continuing a tradition, and stating the value of the research appeared less frequently. These findings suggest that the writers were generally able to introduce their topics and present their studies, but they need stronger rhetorical awareness in using previous literature to establish clear research gaps and justify the significance of their research.
FROM INHERITED RECIPES TO IMPROVISATIONAL SELF-AUTHORSHIP: FOOD, DIASPORA, AND GENDER IN DIANA ABU-JABER’S MEMOIRS Mochammad Arif Fadilah; Hasnul Insani Djohar
PARADIGM: Journal of Language and Literary Studies Vol 8, No 1 (2025): Paradigm: Journal of Language and Literary Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.18860/prdg.v8i1.37825

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This paper examines how Diana Abu-Jaber’s food memoirs, The Language of Baklava (2005) and Life Without a Recipe (2016), use food to negotiate questions of diasporic identity, gender, cultural inheritance, and self-authorship. Rather than treating food as a stable symbol of ethnic nostalgia, the study argues that Abu-Jaber presents meals, recipes, kitchens, and bodily responses as contested sites where belonging is remembered, fractured, revised, and remade. Using qualitative textual analysis informed by food studies, postcolonial and diaspora studies, and intersectional feminism, the article analyzes key culinary episodes, including the failed lamb slaughter, Bud’s Jordanian cooking, Grace’s baking, Diana’s nausea and reliance on lebeneh, the magloubeh scene, and the embedded recipes that interrupt the memoirs’ narrative structure. The findings show that food functions simultaneously as a sign of diasporic fracture, a Third Space of minority home-making, a gendered field of domestic power, a bodily site of refusal, and a formal strategy that disrupts linear autobiography. The comparison between the two memoirs reveals a movement from inherited culinary and cultural “recipes” toward improvisational self-authorship. By foregrounding food as memory, conflict, form, and agency, this paper contributes to Arab-American literary studies, food studies, and women’s life writing by showing that belonging in Abu-Jaber’s memoirs is not passively inherited but actively prepared, adjusted, and remade.

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