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Poetika: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra
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ISSN : 23385383     EISSN : 25034642     DOI : https://doi.org/10.22146/poetika.v2i2.10445
Core Subject : Humanities, Art,
Arts Humanities
POETIKA: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra publishes academic articles within the scope of literary criticism (limited to poem, prose, drama, oral tradition, and philology). The articles cover the form of a result on specific analysis; academic reports; closed reading; and the application of certain theories to enrich literary study.
Arjuna Subject : Seni dan Humaniora - Sastra dan Teori Sastra
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A Poet's Perspective: The Beauty of Life Reflected in Boris Pasternak’s Later Works Supian, Supian; Prikhoda, Ekaterina; Dallyono, Ruswan; Ladinata, Ladinata
POETIKA Vol 12, No 2 (2024): Issue 2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v12i2.98007

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This article examines the relationship between Boris Pasternak’s life and his artistic expression through his later poems. Following Wellek & Warren’s (1954) qualitative biographical analysis of Pasternak, which is basically associated with the qualitative method, we examined his personal narrative that contributed to the formation of his poetic voice. Data were taken from Pasternak’s later poems, namely “When It Clears Up” (1956-1959)–to Pasternak’s life stories, mainly taken from Pasternak’s biography by Hingley (2021) and the compilations of his letters to his family and friends (Slater, 2010). This study revealed that the events in his life greatly influenced his creation because they became the key motif of his narrative. The death of his brother and sister was influential in his studies of mortality and death, including grief. Peredelkino was a small village, and his longer period of stay helped him to have a chance to escape in nature and to experience loneliness to the greatest extent. In addition, his poetic work carries the features left by his teachers Alexander Skryabin and Hermann Cohen. To make up for the criticism of Belyi, whom he met in the summer of 1911, Skryabin offered Pasternak the aesthetic ideals of the latter work, developing the principles of poetry. Thus, in addition to recommending for Pasternak’s literary reading material other authors’ opinions on various philosophical issues, Cohen’s philosophic teaching enriched Pasternak’s outlook on the world and launched the latter on his poetic path. Understanding the specifics of Pasternak’s late poems provides knowledge of his life shots and the interconnectedness between his experiences and creation. The novelty of this study is reflected in the integration of a biographical analysis with a poetic interpretation. Such an approach uniquely combines the qualitative biographical analysis with a close reading of Pasternak’s later poems.
Ideological Fantasy of Social Harmony (Rukun) in Rural Java, Indonesia, in Ahmad Tohari’s Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak Uluwwi, Muhammad Ulul; Harjito, Harjito; Septiana, Ika
POETIKA Vol 12, No 2 (2024): Issue 2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v12i2.99216

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Ahmad Tohari presents the narrative of a village community under a corrupt village head in the novel Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak (2022). One of the villagers initiates an effort to improve the village's economic state amid hesitation to confront the corrupt village head. This article qualitatively examined the ideological fantasy of social harmony (rukun) in rural Java, Indonesia, as depicted in Ahmad Tohari's Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak. The sociology of literature approach correlated the story's facts with the social realities in Java. Data were collected through documentation techniques. Meanwhile, the analysis was conducted using Slavoj Žižek's theory of ideological fantasy and the concept of social harmony. The findings revealed that the lower-class villagers in rural Java had a symbolic mandate to 'surrender' to maintain social harmony, even though the subject aimed to defy the corrupt village head. The Javanese villagers preferred to avoid open conflict, which led the subject to leave its idealism rather than confront the corrupt leader despite their disgust of the corruption and their aspiration to improve the village. As the representation of reality, it is critical as the ideological fantasy of social harmony causes the lower-class villagers to postpone resisting the corrupt village head to maintain peace, providing chances for any kind of violences thrive in real life.
Radical Issues in Children's Narratives on Eliyas Explains What’s Going On in Palestine Riza, Haikal; Arifin, Fitra Mutiara Setiani; Amelanda, Cheriel Louange
POETIKA Vol 12, No 2 (2024): Issue 2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v12i2.99443

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The discourses about childhood and its entanglement with commonly discussed literature significantly impact children’s literature. This is reflected by writers’ drive to raise issues that do not always revolve around normative issues in their works. Lately, critical issues prominent in children’s literature include radical political unrest and social injustice, as exemplified in Zanib Mian’s illustrative book Eliyas Explains What’s Going On in Palestine. Zanib Mian’s work was the focused material object of the research. The research employed a qualitative approach, explicitly utilizing document analysis as the primary method. This study utilized Gerard Genette’s Narratology and Kimberley Reynolds’ theory of Radical Children’s Literature to examine how narrators convey these problematic issues to children’s readers. The analysis revealed that the narrator in “Eliyas” employed an autodiegetic perspective to foster understanding, effectively engaging children by sharing personal experiences and emotions. Furthermore, the radical issue of the Palestinian conflict, which was presented sensitively, profoundly impacted the children’s characters within the story and, by extension, the children’s readers engaging with the story. The novelty of this research lies in discussing radical issues without leaving the narrative dimension in literary works using narratological theory and the notion of radical children’s literature, especially in Zanib Mian’s latest work, which deals with politics and war in Palestine.
Land and Legacy: Investigating Horizontal Conflicts in the Short Story "Dataran Melengen" through Postcolonial Ecocriticism Framework Hidayani, Vini; Alung, Alung; Nasution, Riandry Fadilah
POETIKA Vol 12, No 2 (2024): Issue 2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v12i2.99577

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The issue of ecology in former colonies is an inevitable consequence of past colonialism. The difference now is that the “colonial” subjects have transformed into multinational corporations that exploit nature and people by seizing the land on which communities depend for their livelihoods. This land grabbing is sanctioned by Indonesia through the legalization of laws that allow capitalism to flourish, while local communities become increasingly impoverished. This ecological issue is depicted in literature that critically addresses environmental issues. Therefore, this study examines the short story “Dataran Melengen” (2003) by Korrie Layun Rampan, which actively portrays the ecological issues in Kalimantan caused by companies holding Forest Concession Rights. This research actively employs postcolonial ecocriticism theory by Graham Huggan and Helen Tiffin as its formal framework and critically analyzes the text using Fairclough's critical discourse analysis method. This theory extensively discusses ecological issues in postcolonial countries, highlighting how state approval and abuse of power contribute to these issues. The study reveals ecological issues within the Dataran Melengen community, including horizontal conflicts driven by poverty, along with cultural loss, terror, and trauma. The short story “Dataran Melengen” serves two key functions as mentioned by Huggan and Tiffin: aesthetic and advocacy. These functions are expected to catalyze a third function—activism—where literature can drive social change. The research process involved a close reading of the text, contextual analysis, and a critical discourse approach to explore the interplay between narrative, power, and ecology.
Diasporic Alienation and Empathy in Arab-American Poetry: A Postcolonial Comparative Study of Khalil Gibran and Suheir Hammad Aldrian, Aldrian; Lestari, Septi; Fitriani, Laily
POETIKA Vol 13, No 1 (2025): Issue 1
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i1.98134

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This research explores themes of diasporic alienation and empathy in Khalil Gibran and Suheir Hammad’s poetry from a postcolonial perspective. Khalil Gibran, a Lebanese-American poet, and Suheir Hammad, a Palestinian-American poet, articulate their complex diasporic experiences from distinct historical moments. Both emphasize a persistent longing to reconnect with their homelands, revealing how alienation and empathy shape identity in diaspora. While numerous studies have analyzed Arab-American literary expressions of identity and displacement, there remains a notable scholarly gap concerning how hybridity and subalternity shed light on the poetry of these two prominent poets. Employing postcolonial theories of hybridity and subalternity, this research uses a descriptive qualitative method, analyzing primary data from Gibran’s poem “Dead Are My People” and Hammad’s poems “Break (Rebirth)”, “Break (Sister)”, and “Break (Embargo)”. Secondary sources include literature addressing Arab-American diasporic experiences, the Israel-Gaza conflict, and the Lebanese famine events. Through textual and contextual analyses, the findings reveal Gibran’s depiction of geographical and cultural alienation, emotional alienation, and alienation from collective solidarity, whereas Hammad primarily explores identity alienation. Regarding empathy, Gibran addresses the historical trauma of the Lebanese famine under Ottoman rule, while Hammad reflects on the contemporary violence and suffering in Palestine. This study contributes to Arab-American literary scholarship by showing how diasporic alienation and empathy illuminate ongoing colonial impacts and identity negotiation across generations. 
Voices of Resistance from Africa: Analysis of “Huwa Summu” and “Sa’anhadlu” Hasaniyah, Nur; 'Aidin, Tusamma Salsa Bila; Hasanah, Ummi; Mohammed, Fares Albadr
POETIKA Vol 13, No 1 (2025): Issue 1
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i1.102285

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African literature reflects the continent’s rich tapestry of ethnic groups, languages, and cultures while offering complex perspectives on social realities including war, oppression, and discrimination. Literary sociology provides a valuable framework for comparative studies, revealing how different works represent these pressing social issues. This study examines how the poems “Huwa Summu” by Afnan Samir and the poem “Sa’anhadlu” by Noémia de Sousa represent both objective and subjective forms of social reality. The article explores and compares the social realities depicted in these two African poets’ works. Using a qualitative approach, the study draws on primary data from internet sources and secondary data from relevant journals and books. Data collection involved library research employing three primary techniques: reading, translation, and note-taking. The findings reveal that Afnan Samir’s “Huwa Summu” portrays objective social realities of oppression and religious themes while expressing subjective realities of sadness, confusion, lamentation, weakness, and disappointment. Noémia de Sousa’s “Sa’anhadlu” presents a contrasting, more optimistic perspective that emphasizes resistance, courage, and self-confidence despite addressing colonial oppression. This study contributes to scholarship through its comparative analysis of two Arabic-language African poems from different geographical, historical, and gender perspectives—an approach rarely explored in Indonesian literary studies. Future research should adopt an interdisciplinary approach, including deeper exploration of local political, cultural, and historical contexts.
Beauty As World Transposition: Fairy Tale Adaptation in Imperfect (2019) from Memoir to Film Pujiati, Hat; Rengganis, Ririe
POETIKA Vol 13, No 1 (2025): Issue 1
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i1.103779

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Fairy tales shape most girls’ formative years, introducing them to fairies who guide them toward meeting Prince Charming on a white horse, marrying, and living happily ever after. Imperfect, a memoir of self-acceptance written by Meira Anastasia and adapted into a film of the same title, represents a related construction of beauty that parallels Charles Perrault’s fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. The concept of beauty serves as the central element in the fairy tale, revealing similar patterns in both the memoir and its film adaptation. Beauty constructions established in Beauty and the Beast over the past four centuries remain significant for contemporary women. This article examines two key questions: How does beauty adaptation function as world transposition from the fairy tale to reconstruct women’s worlds in Imperfect? What ideological and cultural implications emerge from this adaptation? We apply Linda Hutcheon’s theory of adaptation to address these questions through a multi-perspectival approach. Our findings reveal that the interpellation of beauty construction appears within the intimate emotional narrative mode embedded in the story’s genre. The beauty transposition from the fairy tale reconstructs women’s worlds, moving from Renaissance humanism to postmodernist subjectivism. This study contributes uniquely to adaptation studies by analyzing memoir as source text rather than traditional literary works, demonstrating how Indonesian cultural contexts indigenize European fairy tale beauty standards, and revealing how different media forms create distinct mechanisms of resistance to patriarchal beauty discourse.
Traumatic Memory and Family Dynamics of Political Prisoners in Leila S. Chudori’s Namaku Alam Karim, Ahmad Abdul; Putra, Natanael Ricky; Amiruddin, Nurlina; Handoko, Agung Rizki Juwi; Ekklesia, Maylia Vinda; Vidyanita, Nissa
POETIKA Vol 13, No 1 (2025): Issue 1
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i1.105970

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The violent aftermath of Indonesia’s 1965 political upheaval created profound, lasting trauma for politicalprisoners (tahanan politik, or tapol) and their families. This trauma continues to live within family memories,trapped in narratives of violence, oppression, and alienation. Leila S. Chudori’s novel, Namaku Alam, providesa compelling literary examination of this legacy, portraying how trauma transcends temporal boundaries andtransmits actively across generations. Through textual analysis grounded in trauma theory (Cathy Caruth)and concepts of intergenerational memory (Marianne Hirsch, Maurice Halbwachs), this article examinesthe psychosocial processes represented in the novel. The analysis reveals a three-stage progression: 1)family dynamics function as an arena for trauma transmission through silence, fragmented narratives,and somatic memory; 2) this transmission creates a distinctive inherited identity in the second generation,characterized by social stigma and psychological fragmentation; and 3) the legacy culminates in fracturedintergenerational relationships, where systemic violence manifests as domestic conflict and communicationbreakdown. This study reveals how Namaku Alam operates as a vital counter-narrative to official histories,serving as a bridge that illuminates the intimate, long-term consequences of state violence. By dissecting thefamilial mechanisms of trauma, the novel critiques the enduring impact of political repression on memory,identity, and relational life.
Reflecting Inclusivity: Disability Narratives in Indonesian Children’s Literature Kusuma Dewi, Silfiyah Indriyati; Ramadhani, Andi Reski; Kitri, Ainul
POETIKA Vol 13, No 1 (2025): Issue 1
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i1.106804

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Disability representation often perpetuates harmful stigmatization and stereotyping. This study examines disability narratives in the Indonesian children’s book Kumpulan Cerita Anak Istimewa: Aku Memang Beda (Collection of Special Children’s Stories: I Am Different) by Erna Fitrini and Ratih Soe. Given the complexity and diversity of disabled persons’ experiences, this study cannot provide a comprehensive account of all representational forms. This research employs a mixed descriptive-qualitative and quantitative methodology using reading and note-taking techniques. The quantitative approach identified various disability narrative forms within the children’s book, while grouping and analysis yielded 63 data points. These data were analyzed through Mitchell and Snyder’s narrative prosthesis theory. While narrative prosthesis theory has primarily been applied within Western adult literary studies, extending this theoretical framework to Indonesian children’s literature represents a significant scholarly innovation, offering critical insights into disability’s narrative construction and representation within localized cultural and literary contexts. Analysis reveals that disability frequently serves as a characterization tool, symbol, object of perspective, and plot device. The findings show that existing narratives emphasize physical and mental differences, potentially limiting understanding of people with disabilities as complete individuals. Additionally, character complexity is often overlooked when disability functions as a plot mechanism. This study advocates for more inclusive approaches to disability representation in children’s literature to prevent reinforcing stereotypes and stigma against people with disabilities. 
The Position and Aesthetic Form of Indonesian Detective Fiction after the 1980s within the Landscape of Indonesian Literature Salam, Aprinus; Zuliana, Rina; Mustofa, Ali
POETIKA Vol 13, No 2 (2025): Issue 2
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/poetika.v13i2.93755

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After its golden age in the 1980s, Indonesian detective fiction experienced a period of decline during the 1990s. In the following decades, many young writers emerged with their own detective works. However, despite its long history, post-1980 Indonesian detective fiction has continued to receive limited scholarly attention. Its position within academic literary studies remains less prominent compared to other genres that are more frequently discussed in Indonesian literary discourse. This research addresses the problem of how Indonesian detective fiction after the 1980s is positioned within the landscape of Indonesian literature, how the aesthetic forms and ideologies of detective works from each decade are manifested, and how post-1980 Indonesian detective fiction not only transforms in terms of form and position but also becomes a negotiation arena between social, political, and cultural discourses. The study employs a sociological approach to literature, by using Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the literary field and Terry Eagleton’s aesthetics of ideology, this study offers a novel perspective on how Indonesian detective fiction after the 1980s negotiates market pressures, symbolic capital, and cultural discourse. The findings reveal that, after the 1980s, Indonesian detective fiction shifted from a semi-heteronomous to a semi-autonomous position within the literary field, as seen in the works of S. Mara Gd. (1990), E.S. Ito (2005), and Sabda Armandio (2014). Aesthetically and ideologically, the genre transformed from linear, moralistic narratives to experimental, metafictional, and reflective forms that critique power, history, and social values. Consequently, post-1980s Indonesian detective fiction functions as a negotiation arena where social, political, and cultural elements interact, turning popular entertainment into a medium of social critique. 

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