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Litera Kultura : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies accepts articles within the scope of Literature and Cultural Studies. The journal is published three times in a year: April, August, and December.
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Eco-Warning in the Legend of Lake Tondano: An Ecocritical Study of Tourism Literature Sabrina Wardatul Jannah Husain; Muhammad Ilham Ali; Herminus Efrando Pabur; Ceisy Nita Wuntu
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 13 No. 3 (2025): December
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This study examines the Legend of Lake Tondano as an instrument of ecological literacy in the context of sustainable tourism through Greg Garrard's ecocritical approach, specifically the concept of eco-warning. The modern tourism industry often exploits local narratives for commercial purposes without considering the substantive environmental messages they convey. This phenomenon creates a gap between the idealistic narrative promoted to tourists and the reality of ecological degradation experienced by Lake Tondano, including silt deposition, water hyacinth growth, and declining water quality. This study aims to analyze the dimensions of ecological warning in the legend and explore its potential as a medium for critical reflection on environmental conditions. Using descriptive qualitative methods with close reading techniques, this study identifies narrative units containing representations of ecological warning based on Garrard's theoretical framework. The analysis focuses on three main aspects: apocalyptic rhetoric, the concept of wilderness, and representations of human-nature relationships. This study proposes a reinterpretation of the legend as an instrument of ecological literacy that emphasizes ecologically conscious tourism, the development of thematic tourism routes that connect past apocalyptic events with present-day ecological challenges, and infrastructure policies that respect the active role of nature.
Anxiety as a Narrative Force: A Freudian Psychoanalytic Analysis of Ian Lightfoot in Onward (2020) Mundi Rahayu; Zannuba Arrifah
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 13 No. 3 (2025): December
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Animated films increasingly address psychological struggles, making them important texts for understanding emotional development in popular culture. This study examines the representation of anxiety in the animated film Onward (2020) through the character of Ian Lightfoot and its role in shaping his psychological development. The study aims to analyze the types of anxiety experienced by Ian and how this anxiety is portrayed through the film's visuals and dialogue. Using a descriptive qualitative method and a film studies approach, the research applies Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of anxiety—realistic, neurotic, and moral anxiety—as an analytical framework. Freud’s typology of anxiety functions as the primary analytical framework for categorizing Ian’s psychological responses. The data for this study consists of scenes showing Ian's anxiety in certain situations. The analysis results show that realistic anxiety arises because Ian faces real threats, such as learning to drive on the highway, neurotic anxiety is seen in Ian's anxiety when he interacts with his friends, and moral anxiety arises because Ian feels guilty for failing to fulfil his moral responsibilities to his family. Through the representation of these anxieties, the film Onward depicts the process of Ian's character development from a person who lacks confidence to someone who is more emotionally mature.
Anya Forger’s Childhood Trauma in Spy X Family Season 1 (2022): Cathy Caruth’s Trauma Theory Dyah Ningrum Jaya Wisnu Murti -
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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This study analyzes the representation of childhood trauma in Spy × Family Season 1 (2022) using Cathy Caruth’s trauma theory. Although the anime is widely recognized as a family comedy, it implicitly portrays traumatic experiences through the characterization of its child protagonist, Anya Forger. This research focuses on examining how childhood trauma is represented through narrative structure, characterization, and visual symbolism, as well as how Anya’s traumatic experiences reflect Caruth’s concept of trauma as an unassimilated experience that returns through repetition and delayed understanding (belatedness).
Lacan's Concept of Desire Through Peter Turner and Gloria Grahame Age-Gap Relationship in Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) Putri Angelika Nur Maghfiroh
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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This study explores the portrayal of desire in Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool (2017), focusing on how the main character’s desire is depicted and how it is influenced by the age-gap relationship between Peter Turner and Gloria Grahame. Using Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory, particularly the concepts of lack, objet petit a, and the three orders such as, The Imaginary, The Symbolic, And The Real, this research investigates the unconscious forces shaping the characters’ emotional experiences and interpersonal dynamics. This study applies close analysis of selected film scenes to reveal how Peter Turner and Gloria Grahame’s desires emerge and evolve. By analyzing cinematic elements such as dialogue, character behavior, and visual symbolism, the study demonstrates how the age difference between the two characters adds complexity to their longing, illusions, and emotional breakdowns. The findings suggest that their desires are not merely romantic, but psychologically constructed within a system of loss, idealization, and social constraints.
The Influence of Trauma on Nakajima Atsushi's Character Development in Bungo Stray Dogs Afitra Devi
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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This study analyzes the representation of trauma in Nakajima Atsushi’s character development in Bungo Stray Dogs using trauma theory proposed by Cathy Caruth. Trauma is understood not merely as a painful event, but as an experience that cannot be fully comprehended at the moment it occurs and later returns through flashbacks and recurring emotional wounds. The findings reveal that Atsushi’s childhood trauma influences his self-perception, relationships with others, and decision-making, although over time he begins to accept his past and gradually develops resilience and deeper self-understanding.
Hero's Journey Study of Lucy Pevensie: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) Film Gading Oryza Sativa Putri
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) film, Lucy Pevensie is going through an adventure to find the Seven Lords that lost and she must face several challenges such as monsters and villains, but her actual challenge are actually the physically invisible things which was the challenge between her and her internal side that related to her transformation and the acceptance of her own identity. Combined with the framework of the Hero’s Journey from Campbell, this study are based on three main phases: Departure, Initiation, and Return related to Lucy’s character development towards her main victory to recognize her own value and her identity. Thus, this study aims to analyze Lucy’s journey cycle and her character development process through the Hero’s Journey framework by Joseph Campbell.
Absurdism in The Adam Project (2022) film Catherine Morgan
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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In a world that moves forward without offering answers, humans still persist in their search for meaning. Albert Camus’ philosophy of absurdism is born from this dissonance the confrontation between human longing for clarity and the universe’s unwavering silence. The Adam Project (2022) presents more than a sci-fi adventure; it unfolds as a meditation on grief, alienation, and the futile yet deeply human desire to control time and fate. Using film study and Camus’ absurdist lens, this research explores how absurdism materializes through narrative, visuals, and the characters’ existential responses. Adam, both young and old, embodies the absurd hero: defiant yet wounded, sarcastic yet sincere, constantly questioning within a universe that offers none. As Camus writes, “One must imagine Sisyphus happy”and this film quietly echoes that sentiment. In a chaotic world governed by an indifferent universe, meaning is not found, but made. The Adam Project thus becomes not just a cinematic text, but a philosophical mirror: revealing how absurdism is not a surrender to despair, but a choice to live meaningfully in spite of it.
Women’s Wounds in the Narrative Voice of Eka Kurniawan’s Novel Cantik Itu Luka: A Narratological Analysis Ni Luh Putu Hasti Sri Maharani Maharani
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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This study aims to examine the narrative voice in Eka Kurniawan’s novel Cantik Itu Luka through Gérard Genette’s narratological perspective, focusing on the aspects of time of narration, person, and narrative level. A descriptive qualitative method was employed, involving data collection through reading and annotating the novel’s text, as well as analysis based on the categories of voice in Genette’s theory. The results show the use of the four models of narrative time (subsequent, prior, simultaneous, interpolated) with a dominance of the past and present tenses, an omniscient heterodiegetic narrator, and an extradiegetic-heterodiegetic level with embedded stories. The narrative voice functions as an aesthetic strategy to represent the complexity of women’s experiences and social reality within the framework of magical realism for confronting the wounds experienced by the female characters.
An Analysis of the Caregiver Archetype in the Film Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Fascho Bintang Maulana; Winarti; Sri Kuncoro Dibyo Sarjono Maskuri
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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Using Jung’s archetypal theory, this study analyzes the Caregiver Archetype in Hacksaw Ridge (2016). While prior research has focused on heroism, faith, and courage, little attention has been given to caregiving traits. Using qualitative textual and content analysis of dialogues, actions, and narrative situations, the study identifies four caregiver characteristics: compassion (empathy and concern), protection (safeguarding the vulnerable), nurturing (physical and emotional care), and selflessness (prioritizing others’ welfare over personal safety). The study aims to identify and analyze the caregiving traits portrayed through the film's characters, actions, and narrative situations. By concentrating specifically on the Caregiver Archetype, this research contributes to the development of Jungian archetypal criticism in film studies and expands our understanding of how values such as compassion, protection, nurturing, generosity, and self-sacrifice are represented in cinematic narratives. The findings of this research show that caregiving acts as a psychological and moral force in the film, even within the context of war. This contributes to Jungian criticism by highlighting the Caregiver Archetype’s role in shaping narrative meaning in war films.
Intergenerational Subalternity and the Resistance of Balinese Women in the Novel Racun Puan Devy Selpia
LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies Vol. 14 No. 1 (2026): April
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The novel Racun Puan by Ni Nyoman Ayu Suciartini presents the stories of three Balinese women across generations: Ibu Aruna, Aruna, and Samudra. Each of them is subjected to a distinct yet interconnected form of silencing, forming a chain of intergenerational subalternity. This study applies Gayatri Spivak's postcolonial theory to examine two aspects: the identification of Balinese women as subaltern figures in the novel Racun Puan, and the forms of resistance enacted by those subaltern characters. A qualitative descriptive-analytical method was employed, with data gathered from the novel through reading, observation, and documentation techniques. Analysis was conducted through Spivak's key concepts of political and cultural representation, epistemic violence, and resistance. The findings demonstrate that subalternity operates across generations through the internalization of patriarchal values, a process this study terms "intergenerational epistemic subalternity." Ibu Aruna, silenced by the intersection of caste stigma and domestic violence, unconsciously transmits the ideology of submission to Aruna, who is subsequently silenced by her husband's household and the broader patriarchal narrative. Aruna, in turn, reproduces a controlling parenting pattern toward Samudra. Each generation's resistance differs in form: Ibu Aruna resists through endurance and preserving educational access for her children; Aruna resists through diary writing as counter-discourse; and Samudra enacts the most transformative resistance by pursuing psychiatry and consciously reclaiming her own subjectivity. This study contributes a new analytical perspective that subalternity is not merely individual but can be reproduced across generations through subtle epistemological mechanisms embedded in family systems and cultural values. Keywords: subaltern, intergenerational subalternity, Balinese women, postcolonial, resistance

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