TRAGEDY AND TRAGIC HERO IN IBSEN’S ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE

Fitrana Amalia Hafizhah, English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia

Abstract


Abstract

This research aims to reveal elements of modern tragedy and the traits of tragic hero presented in Ibsen’s Enemy of the People.  The data of this research were primarily taken from Henrik Ibsen’s Enemy of the People published by Dover Publications in 1999. This is a qualitative research with deductive content analysis. In conducting this research, the researcher used the combination of structuralist criticism, theory of drama, and theory of tragedy. The findings show that (1) the elements of modern tragedy including Tragic Plot as well as Tragic Form and Language are found with some transformations regarding the demand of realism in modern era, (2) the traits of tragic hero found are divided into three categories based on the background of the protagonist coming from common man, source of the tragic action including internal and external force, and act committed by the tragic hero consisting hamartia, hubris, anagnorisis, and peripeteia.

 

Keywords: Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, tragedy, tragic hero

 

Abstrak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap elemen-elemen modern tragedi dan karakteristik tragic hero pada drama Ibsen berjudul “An Enemy of the People”. Data dalam penelitian ini diambil dari naskah drama karya Ibsen berjudul “An Enemy of the People” yang diterbitkan oleh Dover Publications pada tahun 1999. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan analisis konten. Dalam melaksanakan penelitian ini, peneliti menggunakan kombinasi dari teori strukturalisme, drama, dan tragedi. Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa (1) elemen-elemen modern tragedi termasuk Tragic Plot dan Tragic Form and Language ditemukan dengan beberapa transformasi atas dasar tuntutan realisme pada era modern, (2) karakteristik tragic hero yang ditemukan terbagi dalam tiga kategori yang dikelompokkan berdasarkan latar belakang protagonist yang berasal dari orang biasa, sumber tindakan tragis yang terdiri dari dorongan internal dan eksternal, serta tindakan yang dilakukan oleh tragic hero yang meliputi hamartia, hubris, anagnorisis, dan peripeteia.

 

Kata kunci: Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People, tragedi, tragic hero


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