THE DISCOURSE OF THE THEMES “PAYUK PRUNGPUNG” AND “RAREANGON’ IN THE DANCE DRAMA OF ARJA RRI DENPASAR PERFORMED AT BALI ARTS FESTIVAL

Suarta, I Made and Weda, I Nyoman and Ratna, Nyoman Kuta and Cika, I Wayan (2009) THE DISCOURSE OF THE THEMES “PAYUK PRUNGPUNG” AND “RAREANGON’ IN THE DANCE DRAMA OF ARJA RRI DENPASAR PERFORMED AT BALI ARTS FESTIVAL. e-Journal of Linguistics, 3 (2). ISSN 2442-7586

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Abstract

The discourse of the themes “Payuk Prungpung” (abbreviated into PP) and “Rareangon” (abbreviated into RA) of the dance drama of Arja RRI (RRI stands for the Radio of the Republic of Indonesia) of Denpasar performed at Bali Arts Festival (abbreviated into PKB) was chosen as the ob ject of the study for the following three reasons: (1) it is interesting; (2) nobody has investigated it; and (3) it is unique. In this study the history of the development and existence of the dance drama of Arja RRI as well as its forms, functions and meanings were analyzed. This study aimed at (1) justifying empirically the dynamism of the dance drama of Arja RRI Depasar; (2) objectively explaining its ontology; (3) formulating the form of the discourse of the themes of PP and RA performed at PKB; (4 ) explaining the axiological and conceptual functions of the themes of PP and RA performed at PKB; (5) revealing the values of the discourse of the themes of PP and RA performed at PKB. The structural theory combined with the semiotic theory was referred to as the theoretical framework in this study. In add ition, the theories of narrative discourse, literary reception, and esthetics were also re ferred to. The data needed were collected by (1) observation; (2) interview; (3) document ation and library research. The method and technique of analysis applied included (1) transcription; (2) translation; (3) data analysis. The methods of (1) descriptive analytic and (2) hermeneutic were used to analyze the data. The research findings were (1) formally and (2) informally presented. In general, the form of the discourse of the themes of PP and RA is made up of (1) intrinsic elements; (2) discourse of songs; and (3) discourse of non songs. The functions include (1) educational function; (2) amusement function; (3) informative function. The meanings revealed include (1) religious meaning; (2) magic meaning; (3) ruabhineda (positive and negative) meaning; (4) trihita karana (the relationship between man and his God, the relationship between man and his environment and the relationship between man and his fellow beings) meaning.

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