Representation of Magical Realism in the Short Story Scream in the Bottle by Intan Paramadhita

Abstract

This research aims to interpret the short story Scream in the Bottle by Intan Paramadhita in the perspective of magical realism using the theory of Wendy B. Faris. This study uses a qualitative research method by finding and analyzing texts textually using the four characteristics of magical realism Wendy B. Faris; (1) irredurable element; (2) phenomenal world; (3) unsettling doubt; and (4) merging realism. The data in this study was generated in several stages, namely reading the short story text repeatedly, selecting the necessary data, and analyzing the data. Then, the data was obtained from the analysis of the story text based on Wendy B. Faris' theory, namely: (1) Irreducible Elements were found to be three data; (2) Phenomenal World found two data; (3) Unsettling doubt found three data; (4) Merging realms found two data. Short Stories Scream in Bottles is one of the anthologies of short stories by Intan Paramadhita which is written using magical stories and has a moral message conveyed. The topics taken in this story are mystical, dark, gloomy, but full of hidden meanings. This Women's Magic book processes the genre of horror, myth, and old stories with a feminist perspective, one of which is Scream in a Bottle. In the stories, it carries a real life and collaborates with a fantasy world that seems to be a real story. The content in this book can also be related to Javanese culture, because there are so many myths or Javanese culture that can be included in the analysis of magical realism.