Jurnal JOEPALLT (Journal of English Pedagogy, Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching)
Vol 10, No 1 (2022)

Absurdity in Madurese and English Drama: A Comparative Study

Ulva Heryanti Rahmani (University of Trunojoyo Madura)
Siti Hanifa (University of Trunojoyo Madura)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Mar 2022

Abstract

ABSTRACTComedies of different countries have their own absurdities. Absurdity is something that human often experience for searching the meaning of life. Therefore, a comparative study of literature is used in this study to compare absurdities in the comedy originating from Madura and England. The objective of this study is to find out how the absurdities are shown in the Madurese and English comedy. Then, the method of this study is qualitative method. The sources of the data of this study are Juragan Hadroh and Gara-Gara Tukang Cukur EDAN!! by Sukur CS that were performed in 2021 and are compared to George Bernard Shaw’s Too True To Be Good that was performed in 1949. This study uses theory of absurdity that can be called the philosophy of the absurd by Albert Camus. The data of this study are in the form of characters utterance, narrator narrations, and gestures. This study found that both of Madurese and English comedies are existed as the form of searching for the meaning of life. Absurdities that are shown by Madurese and English comedies start from the names of characters, utterances and acts of the characters.    

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Abbrev

jeopallt

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Subject

Arts Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

This journal was published to be the media for professional development of English educators and anyone who concern with English language. JOEPALLT is chosen as this journal name for it represents the vision of its publishment, to give more explanations on relevant concept or burning issued related ...