The representation of woman characters in two folktales from South Sumatra province  

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Manggala, Simon Arsa

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: KOLITA 16: Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya Keenam Belas Tingkat Internasional, page 456-460.
Topik: appraisal; characterization; stylistics; transitivity
Fulltext: 456-460 Simon Arsa Manggala.pdf (336.04KB)

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This paper aims at revealing the representation of two woman characters in two folktales from South Sumatra province. The folktales are Bunanta’s Princess White Hair and Princess Pinang Masak (Bunanta, 2003). These folktales are categorized under the same theme in which the woman character in each folktale is independent (Bunanta, 2003). The independence is presented by the rejection to be married by the king. By the plot, the women as renowned characters in the society possess similar roles in the folktales. However, they are represented differently by the language choice. In literary works, language choice is motivated (Verdonk, 2002). In other words, the choice is not random. This paper exposes the use of language to represent the roles of the woman characters. The language of both folktales is scrutinized by two linguistic analyses. The first analysis employs the analysis of attitude (Martin and White, 2005). This analysis presents the evaluation toward the woman characters in terms of Affect, Judgment, and Appreciation. The result of the analysis on attitude also shows how the woman characters are recognized. The second linguistic analysis is the Transitivity analysis (Halliday and Matthiessen, 2004). The transitivity analysis results in the representation of the woman characters in terms of the processes in the clauses. The analysis selects the clauses in which the characters become the participants or the circumstances. The results of both analyses confirm that even though the woman characters serve as the main characters in both folktales, they are not represented in the same manner. Further, in terms of characterization, the results may present that a particular role in a society, a princess, might be characterized in diverse depictions. However, this paper does not aim at drawing any generalization from the folktales. In addition, though this paper deals with a particular role in a society, this paper does not want to describe a particular society or to highlight the moral teaching of the folktales

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