Empowering Girls, Educating Boys: Rara Janitra and Indonesian Folktale Reconstruction

Citraningtyas, Clara Evi (2016) Empowering Girls, Educating Boys: Rara Janitra and Indonesian Folktale Reconstruction. International Congress on New Dimensions of Philology – Fullpapers E-Book. pp. 34-39. ISSN 2241-0733

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Abstract

It has been widely known that stories for children are never simple stories. They are not just simple stories to entertain. Children stories generally contain strong edifying elements to educate children. These elements are especially stronger in folktales than in other genres of children stories. Folktales are highly instructional that are geared to inform, to instruct and to prepare children to be acceptable and proper members of society. Unfortunately as societies change, a large number of folktales remain unchanged. This concern is especially true in Indonesia’s case. Although many of the country’s folktales contain useful teachings for children, not all of them contain teachings that are relevant to today’s values, and a number even contain teachings that are not positively constructive. This paper discusses Rara Janitra, a reconstruction or modern retelling of an old Indonesian folktale titled Rara Jonggrang. The discussion is mainly on how Rara Janitra can be a more constructive version for Indonesia’s new generation to empower Indonesian girls and to educate Indonesian boys.

Item Type:	Artikel
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Children literature; Indonesian folktale; reconstruction.
Subjects:	A General Works > AI Indexes (General)
Divisions:	Fakultas Humaniora dan Bisnis > Prodi Ilmu Komunikasi
Depositing User:	Admin Repository
Date Deposited:	20 Feb 2023 08:24
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2023 00:54
URI:	http://eprints.upj.ac.id/id/eprint/4462

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