ABSTRACT
THE CONSISTENCY ABSURDITY OF THE CHARACTER ORANG TUA/KAKEK THROUGH THE THREE OF THE DRAMA SCRIPTS “BULAN BUJUR SANGKAR”, “PETANG DI TAMAN”, AND “RT 0 – RW 0” BY IWAN SIMATUPANG (THE STUDY OF ABSURD PHILOSOPHY ALBERT CAMUS)
Name : Yusril Ihza Fauzul Azhim Program : Indonesia Literature Departement : Indonesian Language and Literature Faculty : Languages And Arts Institution : State University of Surabaya Year : 2019
Keywords: Consistency, Absurdity, Drama Script.
This research aims to describe the consistency absurdity of the character Orang Tua/Kakek through the three of the drama scripts “Bulan Bujur Sangkar”, “Petang Di Taman”, and “RT 0 – RW 0” by Iwan simatupang with the study of absurd philosophy by Albert Camus through three stages of the concept of absurd thinking, which are absurd consciousness, rebellion, and freedom. The method that is used in the research is descriptive qualitative with objective approach. The method of data collection in this research is library research method and take-note. Data analysis method uses interpretation method toward the data by going several stages of reading., which are critical reading, creative reading, and hermeneutics reading. The result of this research shows absurdity of character Orang Tua/Kakek through three stages of the concept of absurd thinking, which are absurd consciousness, rebellion, and freedom. In the Bulan Bujur Sangkar drama script, the character of Orang Tua tend to do a fight towards absurdity by committing suicide in the gallows; in the drama script of Petang Di Taman, the character of Orang Tua keeps returning to life of absurdity as a rebellion; in the drama script of RT 0-RW 0, the character of Kakek gets freedom by living under the bridge as the rebellion of absurdity. The result of the interpretation and the analysis states that the three drama scripts by Iwan Simatupang does not show the consistency of absurdity towards the character of Orang Tua/Kakek, because based on the Bulan Bujur Sangkar, the character of Orang Tua would rather commit suicide than to live their absurd life as what the character of Orang Tua/Kakek in Petang Di Taman and RT 0-RW 0 that return to face absurdity as rebellion to reach the freedom.