PENGGAMBARAN KARAKTER JAHAT DALAM SEBUAH TEKS DONGENG KUNO BERJUDUL “ANDAKA LAN WISUNA”

Abstract

Ancient Javanese manuscripts contain various types of texts. One of them is fairy tale text. In fairy tale texts, there are good and evil characters. The characters that appear in fairy tale texts are not always good characters, but sometimes evil characters are highlighted. This does not mean that readers are given an example to do evil, but rather to act carefully against the emergence of evil deeds. Based on this view, this study aims to reveal and describe the depiction of evil characters from the fairy tale text entitled ‘Andaka lan Wisuna’. To reveal the text, this research uses philology, namely script and language transfer, while to describe the depiction of evil characters using a linguistic approach, especially diction or word choice. The results show that the evil character named Wisuna is a cunning figure by pitting the king and his patih. Wisuna is portrayed as a character with evil character through word choices including wasis gěndhul-gěndhulik, culimud, culika, and nabok nyilih tangan. The conclusion of this research is that there is creativity of the author or writer to present evil characters through the choice and arrangement of words. Beside that, the appearance of evil characters in a fairy tale is a reflection on the reader not to be and act like a character with evil characters.