Semiotics analysis of signs of virtues and vices in Si Pitung and Robin Hood
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.30996/uncollcs.v3i1.4630Abstract
This research investigates the folktales of Si Pitung and Robin Hood to identify signs of virtue and vice. The study uses these two stories to analyze the meanings of virtues and vices through Pierce's semiotic approach. Employing a descriptive qualitative method, the research describes the signs of virtues and vices within the tales. Pierce's theory serves as the theoretical framework, illustrating the relationship between the object (referent), representamen (words), and interpretant (reference). The objects in the folktales are virtues and vices, while the representamen are the utterances of Si Pitung and Robin Hood. The findings reveal twelve interpretant signs in the folktale utterances, including faith, helpfulness, loyalty, patience, politeness, responsibility, wisdom, steadfastness, courage, greed, revenge, authoritarianism, cruelty, slander, and cunning. The study identifies 9 (nine) types of virtue, namely courage, temperate, generous, patience, friendly, modesty and truthfulness and witty. And four types of vices—surly, boastfulness, cowardice and witty. In Si Pitung, modesty is shown by students towards the teacher, whereas in Robin Hood, modesty is demonstrated by followers towards the leader. This research elucidates how values of virtue and vice are signified and comprehended, and how folktales can reflect and shape societal values.
Keyword: semiotics, signs, folktales, triadic relation.
References
Aristotle. (1999). NICOMACHEAN ETHICS (W. D. Ross, Trans.). Batoche Book.
Bogdan, R., & Biklen, S. K. (1998). Qualitative Research for Education: An Introduction to Theory and Methods. Allyn and Bacon.
Chandler, D. (2007). Semiotics: The Basics. Taylor & Francis.
Crabtree, B. F. (1999). Doing Qualitative Research (B. F. Crabtree & W. L. Miller, Eds.). SAGE Publications.
Eco, U. (1979). Theory of Semiotics. Indiana University press.
Lamarque, P., & Asher, R. E. (Eds.). (1997). Concise Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Language. Elsevier Science.
Ruslan, A., Karlinah, S., Hidayat, D. R., & Kuswarno, E. (2021). Discourse and Identity in the Indonesian Short Animation “Si Pitung". Review of International Geographical Education Online, 11(5).
Sayeef, A. (2019). Teaching English Language Using Popular Folk Tales In Bangladesh. International Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1(1).
Short, T. L. (2007). Peirce's Theory of Signs. Cambridge University Press.
Silalahi, P. V. (2023). Signifying The Sign In Breakups Of A Couple Of Lovers In Six Selected Batak Toba Song. TANDA: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, Bahasa dan Sastra, 3(1).
Song, S. (2017). Narrative structures in Korean folktales: A comparative analysis of Korean and English versions. Topic in Linguistic, 18(2), 1-23.
Wilburn, H. (2020). Philosophical Thought Across Cultures and Throughout the Ages. Tulsa Community College.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Choirun Nisa, Pininta Veronika Silalahi
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
