Narrative Structures and Cultural Intersections: Exploring Malind Anim Folklore through Reader Responses

Arin Mantara Anggawirya; Rosalia Floriani

doi:10.31849/elsya.v6i1.17754

Arin Mantara Anggawirya Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia
Rosalia Floriani Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.31849/elsya.v6i1.17754

Keywords: Indigenous community, Local culture, Malind Anim folklore, Narrative text, Reader response

Abstract

This study is a literary research that used a reader-response approach, which can open insights into the reader's view of a literary work, to find the results of literary receptions in the Folklore of Malind Anim, an indigenous community that inhabits the southern Papua region. The study of the people's stories of the Malind-Anim community is still minimal, so this research is expected to trigger community’s enthusiasm to know the culture that is reflected in the People's Stories of the Society of Malind-Anim and also to be the material of policy-determining consideration in the efforts to preserve the stories of the people of the Anim. Questionnaires are given to 20 readers before reading Malind Anim's People's Stories, containing items that measure the level of readers, then they were invited for a semi-structured interview after reading to see the readers' response to the values in the people's stories of the Malind-Anim community. The research was divided into two phases. First, a structural approach to the work of People's Stories of Malind Anim society, where the researchers used heuristic and hermeneutic methods to find structure and literary elements. In the second phase, to investigate the implications of the work on the reader, the reader response approach was used to extract literary values from the reader's point of view. Results show readers at the developing level can only interpret values in general, such as religion, education, and the environment, and readers at the developed level can interpret that the folklore of the Malind Anim community has three main dimensions that readers can interpret at these levels: Environmental Protector, Gender Equality, and Mitigation.

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Author Biographies

Arin Mantara Anggawirya, Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia

Arin Mantara Anggawirya is a researcher in the field of literature and culture. He completed his studies at Universitas Hasanuddin in 2019 with a focus on literature and had the opportunity to become a lecturer at Universitas Musamus in 2020. Research is the main passion pursued by the author while serving in the South Papua region. Having been immersed in the Malind Anim community's culture for over three years, the researcher was inspired to actively contribute to the world of literacy education for Papuan children. The author is also active in writing textbooks and reference books. Several works produced are studies on the state of multiculturalism reflected in South Papuan society. The researcher's greatest hope is to bring a bright future to the land of Papua by presenting prosperity for the indigenous children of Papua.

Rosalia Floriani, Universitas Musamus, Merauke, Indonesia

Rosalia Floriani is a researcher in the field of literature and culture. She completed his studies at Universitas Hasanuddin in 2020 with a focus on literature. She became a lecturer of English Literature Department at Universitas Musamus in 2020.

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