THE ANALYSIS OF SAJAK SEBATANG LISONG WRITTEN BY W.S RENDRA BASED ON STRUCTURALISM VIEWS

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to describe the diction especially about education which used in the poem entitled with Sajak Sebatang Lisong written by W.S Rendra toward a reality. This study is a descriptive qualitative work and it used a content analysis method. Furthermore, it is analyzed based on the structuralism theory. The object of this study is a poem written by W.S Rendra in 1977 which presented to giving a support for the students of Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB). In this poem the writer described some problem in education such as the existence of inequality education, phenomena of ‘pengangguran terdidik’ and the knowledge which not applied in life. The result of this study have shown that how is the education described by using a meaningful diction in the poem reflects the reality of education in Indonesia and it can be proved by other research or another valid data and news.