Besides being famous for its culinary delights and exotic natural beauty, Aceh is also famous for traditional dances. Among the many dances originating from Aceh, Tarek Pukat is a dance that is often performed during traditional ceremonies or cultural events, both in domestic and international levels. Tarek Pukat dance has a deep meaning for coastal communities, especially for fishermen. The departure of the procession, throwing the net into the sea, drawing the net, and the even distribution of catch are included as a series of fishing activities. In this article, Tarek Pukat dance is read as text and analyzed using the semiotic structural approach of Roland Barthes. The seven or more Tarek Pukat dancers, traditional costumes and accessories, a series of dance moves, and a musical accompaniment are read as signs that represent the relationship and harmonious spirit of the cooperation between the coastal communities of Aceh.
L'Étranger written by Albert Camus shows the concept of absurdity states that to face absurdity, one must confront it with consciousness and live through the absurd life until death. This article aims to reveal how death, which consistently occurs in L'Étranger, is related to Camus' concept of absurdity. Through the analysis of focalization development apparent in the story, the recurring events of death as told through Meursault's narration become the key to show the connection between Camus' idea of absurdity and death. The storyline and narrative breakdowns show that the deaths in L'Étranger expose the main character to the steps towards becoming the Absurd Man. Despite being alienated, Meursault shows how being the stranger in a world of absurdity means accepting the inevitability of death by continuing to live the absurd life with consciousness.
This article discusses the intercultural concepts conveyed in the essay Place Cliché by Jacques Godbout. The elaboration centers on how the narrator-actor "I" position himself in facing two cultures. This paper shows how the concepts related to interculturalism are elucidated within the text, especially through the narratoractor "I". The identity of the narrator that intertwines with two cultures, French and American, is discovered by exposing the symbols that represent the two cultures. The French and American culture that become a part of the intercultural condition is represented in the stereotypes found in the narrator's focalization and the textual structure. Intercultural concepts such as hybrid identity and in-between identity will be found in the construction of the narrator's identity. The presence of those cultural factors becomes the foundation that constructs the hybrid identity of narrator-actor "I" which is the Quebec identity (Québécois). The aforementioned findings are acquired through cultural studies theories of Homi K. Bhabha and Stuart Hall. The method that is utilized is a qualitative method with critical discourse analysis theories by Teun van Dijk and semiotics by Roland Barthes.
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