PENGGUNAAN UNGKAPAN JAWA DALAM KUMPULAN PUISI TIRTA KAMANDANU KARYA LINUS SURYADI (Pendekatan Stilistika Kultural)

Abstract

This study aims to describe the intensity of the use of Javanese words and idioms in
wayang poems. It employed the textual approach. The data sources were wayang poems
under the subsection of “Lingga dan Yoni” in Tirta Kamandanu (1997), a poetry anthology
by Linus Suryadi. There were 26 poems all of which were studied. The steps included
linguistic evidence collection, data display, and explanation of esthetic functions. The
study concludes that the use of Javanese words and idioms in wayang poems is intensive
enough. They are relevant to the meanings in the poems narrating wayang and support
and strengthen the meanings and existence of the Javanese culture. They also support the
functions of poetry style beauty, especially the beauty of rhymes and particular atmosphere
creation, are accurate in the condensed forms, and serve as fillers for emptiness or just
synonyms. Without knowledge and understanding of the Javanese culture, one will not
understand the poems as well, thoroughly, and intensively as one who understands the
Javanese cultural background.