Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

The strategy of raising the courage of girls through folklore

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296829,
        author={Arianti  K and Sulistyaningsih  Sulistyaningsih and Nanny Sri Lestari},
        title={The strategy of raising the courage of girls through folklore},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BASA},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={courage challenges life women obstinacy},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296829}
    }
    
  • Arianti K
    Sulistyaningsih Sulistyaningsih
    Nanny Sri Lestari
    Year: 2020
    The strategy of raising the courage of girls through folklore
    BASA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296829
Arianti K1,*, Sulistyaningsih Sulistyaningsih1, Nanny Sri Lestari1
  • 1: Universitas Indonesia
*Contact email: ariantii-@hotmail.com

Abstract

Every nation in the world has features that are passed on to its young generation. These features can take various forms. One of them is folklore. This study discusses thinking strategies embodied by the Javanese traditional community, in an effort to lift the courage of girls in facing life's challenges. The focus of this research is to discuss two folktales that illustrate the struggle of girls in facing life's difficulties. The struggle for life must be faced with rigid because it already has no other choice. The purpose of this study is to bring up traditional community techniques in giving encouragement to girls. First, girls become the main characters of the story. Secondly, in the story line girls are always described as facing the challenges of continuous life difficulties. Third, in the story, the characters must be strong in facing various kinds of difficulties. Fourth, the story setting always takes place in a public place like in a village. Fifth, the storyline ends with happiness. The results show that, these five technical arrangements are a powerful way to enter story messages to the reader or listener of the story. The result is that all four stories can be accepted by the community and become very popular in the community. These four stories are a good example, for every girl to remain strong in facing the challenges of difficulties in her life.