Seeing the tradition of tomb rituals through the perspective of wendy b. faris' magical realism

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Submitted: 2023-12-11
Published: 2023-12-11
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The people of Teluk Awur village are one of the many who still carry out the tomb ritual tradition. This can relate to two things, namely first, the village community still accepts the past as part of their lives.
However, this phenomenon is interesting considering that many residents are now abandoning old traditions and trying to live a modern life. Through the perspective of Wendy B. Faris' five characteristics of magical realism, this tradition can be studied in terms of the tangibility between the magical and the real. In the tradition of tomb rituals that are still being carried out today, it can be seen that the magical and the real can coexist with each other. The purpose of this research is to reveal the existence of magical and real phenomena that are separated from the fictional world
of texts. The research target is the local residents who know the mythical story about the tomb ritual. The research method used was interviews with local
residents whose results were then analyzed using
Wendy B. Faris' five magical realism features

References

  1. Siti Komariya  Indonesian Literature Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Indonesia
  2. Awaliani Muflichah  Indonesian Literature Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University, Indonesia