ISU PERUNDUNGAN DALAM LET’S SING WITH ME KARYA KKPK (KECIL-KECIL PUNYA KARYA)

Abstract

This paper aims to show the issues of bullyingin Let’s Sing With Me (2013) written by KKPK (Kecil-Kecil Punya Karya). The acts of bullying are conducted by female characters towards her female peers. The bullying caused by envious feeling among characters takes forms of discrediting, insulting, and name calling. Narrative strategy theories proposed by Mieke Bal (2009), Fludernik (1997), and Priyatna (2010) were used to discuss the issues of bullying. The focalisator’s analysis shows the existing issues of bullying represented through the attitudes of female characters as the perpetrators and victims of bullying. The results of this study indicate the presence of harassment that is portrayed specifically through female characters. The acts of bullying described are parts of the verbal, physical, and social categories of bullying. This research also found that the narrator takes neither  sides, the victims nor the perpetrators. Thus, it can be argued that the novel takes a passive stance against bullying in a way that it even lets bullying to occur.