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Rainbow : Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies
Published by Universitas Negeri Semarang
ISSN : -     EISSN : 27214540     DOI : https://doi.org/10.15294/rainbow
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Rainbow journal has commitment to exchange and share ideas as well as research findings from researchers. Also, it provides the interdisciplinary forum for the most recent innovations, trends, concerns, practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted in the field of Literature, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies:
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Diving Into Emotions: An Illocutionary Acts Approach to Demi Lovato's "Heart Attack" Song Lyrics Intan Ayu Destiani; Mohammad Ikhwan Rosyidi
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57024

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Language conveys not only explicit meaning but also speakers' underlying intentions, which are examined in pragmatics through speech act theory, particularly the concept of illocutionary acts. This study investigates the types of illocutionary acts in Demi Lovato's Heart Attack, a contemporary English pop song that has received little attention from a pragmatic perspective despite extensive research on speech acts in song lyrics. It also explains how these acts interact to construct the song's central theme of fear of emotional vulnerability, providing a contextual interpretation beyond the classification of speech act types. This study employed a descriptive qualitative approach based on Searle's speech act theory. 25 utterances were identified and classified into four types of illocutionary acts: expressive (60%), assertive (24%), commissive (12%), and directive (4%), while no declarative acts were found. The predominance of expressive acts reflects the song's recurring emotions of fear, insecurity, and emotional restraint. These findings contribute to pragmatic research by demonstrating how illocutionary acts collectively shape meaning and emotional expression in contemporary popular music, extending existing scholarship on speech acts in song lyrics.
Internalization of Racial Discourse in Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man: A Socio-Cognitive Analysis Fatchudin Rosyid; Ruly Indra Darmawan
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57317

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This study aims to analyses the internalization of racial discourse in the novel and to examine how white supremacist ideologies shape the characters' social cognition. Using Teun A. Van Dijk’s socio-cognitive approach in Critical Discourse Analysis and a qualitative descriptive method, the study identifies the discursive patterns that produce anticipatory fear before actual physical discrimination occurs. The results show that racial discourse deeply navigates the characters' mental models, leading to the cognitive dehumanization of the 'Other' and melancholia over lost racial privilege. Moreover, the characters build in-group boundaries and generate apocalyptic paranoia to rationalize victimization. These cognitive manipulations are frequently used to legitimize prejudice and conceal historical guilt. In conclusion, these results reveal how racism works most subtly at the cognitive level, showing that character’s experience racial anxiety even in the absence of real conflict, because they view the loss of whiteness as an existential threat rather than a biological phenomenon. Significantly, this study extends CDA research by demonstrating that dismantling white supremacy requires deconstructing not only institutional racism but also the invisible cognitive frameworks that sustain racial hierarchies in everyday life.  
The Culinary Construction of Identity: Negotiating Korean American Immigrant Subjectivity in Zauner’s Crying in H Mart Meylani Meylani; Sri Sumaryani
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57319

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This study investigates the role of food as the representation of Korean American identity in the memoir Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. The role of food as a cultural practice within a transnational context has been less studied than grief and emotional experience in the memoir. This study aims to examine how food serves as a means of sustaining and reconstructing cultural identity, memory, and a sense of belonging across different places. Employing a qualitative approach, the study focuses on analyzing the food narratives using the lens of close reading and interpreting them with the notion of transnationalism presented by Ulf Hannerz, specifically interconnectedness and mobility of meanings. The analysis suggests that the foods mentioned serve a purpose beyond simply sustaining life.  Additionally, food was a means of preserving cultural heritage and remembering the past across multiple locations. Soy sauce, eggs, kimchi, sesame oil and cold radish soup are all dishes closely related to family tradition, intergenerational knowledge heritage and daily cultural activities. The study also reveals that H Mart functions as a transnational cultural space where individuals reconnect with cultural memories, identity, and a sense of belonging. Cultural meanings are constantly negotiated rather than established as a result of distance, loss, and attempts to maintain cultural links. The memoir demonstrates that Korean American identity is continuously shaped through everyday interactions with food, memory, and cultural practices. This study extends previous scholarship by showing that food functions as a transnational cultural practice that sustains identity across national boundaries.
The Persistence of Social Power in Post-Catholic Ireland: A New Historicist Study of Sally Rooney's Normal People Husein Asadus Shahra; Karina Hanum Luthfia
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57332

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This study aims to examine how social power persists in post-Catholic Ireland as represented in Sally Rooney's Normal People (2018). Set against the backdrop of Ireland’s transition from a society strongly influenced by Catholic authority to a more liberal and secular social order, the novel reveals that the decline of religious influence does not necessarily eliminate mechanisms of social control. Using a qualitative descriptive method and Stephen Greenblatt’s New Historicist approach, this study analyzes how experiences of silence and shame function as manifestations of social power within contemporary Irish society. The findings indicate that power no longer operates primarily through religious institutions but through family structures, class hierarchies, educational environments, and cultural norms that shape individual behaviour and self-perception. These mechanisms are represented through the experiences of Marianne Sheridan and Connell Waldron, whose lives reflect the continuing influence of social regulation in post-Catholic Ireland. This study argues that secularization in Ireland has transformed rather than eliminated social control, revealing a gap between the image of a progressive society and the persistence of power relations in everyday life.
Exploring Human Natures in The Contemporary Society through the Representation of the Characters in The Little Prince Novel Satria Aji Saputra; Imas Istiani
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57339

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This study aims to examine how the various characters encountered by the protagonist in The Little Prince are portrayed. This is done with the aim of exploring the underlying meaning of these interactions and their reflection on Lacanian psychoanalysis. Specifically, this paper applies Jacques Lacan's psychoanalytic model, comparing the characters and their actions based on his three main registers, including Imaginary, Symbolic, and Real. This research paper uses a qualitative research approach related to textual analysis. This is done through close reading, character analysis, and direct application of Lacanian theory, using excerpts from the novel as primary evidence. The results show that the characters' actions and dialogues are representative of the psychological situations and deficiencies of contemporary adult society. Furthermore, the consequences of the protagonist's interplanetary journey in The Little Prince demonstrate profound psychological movements, the shock of Imagination, the disintegration of the Symbolic order, and a final encounter with the existential emptiness of Reality on the planet. Ultimately, this study is a critical reflection, and encourages adults to question the values ​​and principles accepted in society that they have adopted in contemporary life.
The Depiction of Grief and Its Articulation in Train Dreams by Denis Johnson Febrian Rahmadani; Dr. Karina Hanum Luthfia, S.S.,M.A.
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57351

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Grief is a common human experience that is frequently explored in literary texts through characters’ responses to loss. This study examines the depiction of grief in Train Dreams by Denis Johnson through Kübler-Ross's Five Stages of Grief model. Using a qualitative approach and a close reading technique, this study analyzes the passages that depict Grainier's emotional reactions after losing his wife and daughter. The findings indicate that Grainier's grief is mainly depicted through such stages of the process as denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. His grief is further intensified by his long-term isolation and previous experience of separation. The study also demonstrates that grief is initially articulated through self-directed speech, memories, and private reflection before developing into social articulation during Grainier’s conversation with Claire. These findings demonstrate that Train Dreams depicts grief as a sequence of psychological stages and a gradual narrative process through private experiences of loss that becomes expressible over time. The study contributes to the literary academic of grief by extending the Kübler-Ross model application beyond identifying emotional stages to show how grief develops and is progressively articulated within literary work. 
Questioning Social Expectation towards Masculinity in Cloud 9 by Caryl Churchill Khalilah Aisyah Maharani
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57425

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This study examines the depiction of masculinity and its resistance in Caryl Churchill's play Cloud 9 (1979). Social expectations rooted in patriarchal culture enforce rigid standards of masculinity from childhood, suppressing authentic identities to maintain gender conformity. Therefore, this research aims to 1) To identify how the masculine actions in the play differ from the expectations of the Victorian period and 2) To explore how these "different" versions of masculinity challenge traditional social standards and criticize patriarchal power. This study applies qualitative textual analysis and Lucy Nicholas and Christine Agius's theory of Global Masculinism as the basis of analysis with other supporting theories. The findings reveal that masculinity in Cloud 9 is not fixed or natural but constructed by society sustained through physical competence and emotional restraint. This play further demonstrates that it is the acts of resistance from characters that expose the fragility of masculinity. This study contributes to the study of gender and drama by offering new insights into how theatre can critique the persistence and adaptability of masculinist ideologies in the Victorian era.
Deconstructing Moral Responsibility in Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913) Wisnu Aji Prasetyo
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57440

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In determining the moral responsibility of an action, one may need to consider the possible conditions behind the action. Intuitively, an agent is morally responsible for an outcome only if an agent caused that outcome. However, there are possible conditions that can reject this perspective. Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray (1913) provides an illustration regarding the complex evaluation of moral responsibility. This paper used a descriptive qualitative method to explore and provide a deeper description of this phenomenon. Ethics perspective reveals that Dorian is morally responsible for his actions by the existence of dominant binaries such as free will, involve, and harm. However, a deconstructive reading shows that there are marginalized binaries that are visible in the novel which contradict with the dominant binaries, namely influence, uninvolved, and conscience. This exposes the instabilities of hierarchical binaries of free will/influence, involve /uninvolved, harm/conscience. Aligning with Derrida's conception of différance, rather than opposed to the initial evaluation, the instabilities between the hierarchical binaries shows that the moral responsibility of Dorian Gray is complex, unstable, and continuously developing, suggesting that deconstructive reading provides an effective method for exposing the limitation of fixed meaning in assessing moral responsibility.
Challenging Hegemonic Masculinity: The Resistance of Black Woman Battalion in The Six Triple Eight (2024) Film Za'imah Afifah Marzuqah; Thohiriyah
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57459

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This study examines the portrayal of hegemonic masculinity and the forms of resistance demonstrated by the all-Black women’s 6888th Battalion in the film The Six Triple Eight (2024) by Tyler Perry. This research focuses on the analysis of hegemonic masculinity, which perpetuates discrimination and marginalization within the gender hierarchy experienced by the 6888th Battalion. Primary data were collected from selected scenes in The Six Triple Eight (2024), including dialogue, character interactions, and visual representations related to hegemonic masculinity in the military. The data were analyzed using a descriptive qualitative approach that focuses on the narrative and visual elements of selected scenes, adopting Connell’s concept of hegemonic masculinity as a theoretical framework to interpret the findings. The findings reveal that hegemonic masculinity is reproduced through interconnected institutional practices, including unequal assumptions regarding competence, institutional surveillance, unequal institutional support, and the denial of female authority within the military. The film also portrays the resistance of the 6888th Battalion through professionalism, discipline, and collective solidarity, which challenge these institutional mechanisms. This study contributes to discussions of gender and military representation by demonstrating how hegemonic masculinity is maintained and contested through institutional practices in the film, extending previous studies that primarily emphasize intersectional discrimination.
Duality of Ernest Burhart in Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann Ringgo Ageng Pramana; Thohiriyah
Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies Vol. 15 No. 2 (2026): Special Issue
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/rainbow.v15i2.57479

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This study examines the fragmentation of self and the profound psychological contradictions of Ernest Burkhart's character in David Grann's novel Killers of the Flower Moon (2017). Filling the gap in previous research that mostly focused on the issues of postcolonialism, systemic exploitation, and racial violence at a macro level, this study specifically dissects the intrapsychic mechanisms of individuals experiencing personality splitting. This study is a descriptive qualitative study using a psychoanalytic literary criticism approach and Cartesian dualism. Data were taken from the main novel text and collected through close reading techniques, then classified the data to interpret the character's internal contradictions. The results of the study through the lens of Cartesian dualism show a distance between Ernest's mind (Res Cogitans)—which harbors affection, empathy, and genuine emotional dependence on his wife, Mollie—and the actions of his physical body (Res Extensa) that mechanically facilitate the conspiracy of the Osage family massacre. Furthermore, Freudian psychoanalysis diagnoses that this mind-body fragmentation is caused by the failure of the Ego's function in mediating the Id's material greed drive and the Superego's demands distorted by moral submission to William Hale's authority. The Ego's failure to compartmentalize these roles triggers a split in the ego, so that ethical consciousness loses its executive power and leads to total moral collapse. This research asserts that human emotions and morality will lose their ethical significance if the Ego is completely paralyzed in mediating the clash between internal desires and the pressures of external reality.

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