Political Humor in Abdur Arsyad's Stand-up Comedy

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33633/lite.v18i2.6185

Keywords:

political humor, stand-up comedy, types of humor, language games

Abstract

The study aimed to identify types of political humor in Abdur Arsyad’s stand-up comedy by applying the Script-Based Semantic Theory of Humor (SSTH) and describing the language games to support humor. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data consisted of Abdur Arsyad’s stand-up comedy video published on Youtube. The data method collection used listening and note-taking techniques. The result showed that political humor in Abdur Arsyad’s stand-up comedy can be classified into (1) humor to criticize political figures and political groups, and (2) humor that describes bad conditions in society: political repression, education, corruption, and social inequality. Two language games are used, namely sound games and meaning games.

Author Biography

Adventyna Prahastiwi, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Indonesian Language and Literature Student, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

References

Attardo, S. (1994). Linguistic Theories of Humor. Jerman: Mouton de Gruyter. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=FEWC4_3MrO0C

Attardo, S. (2001). Humorous Texts: A Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis. Jerman: Mouton de Gruyter. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=ZT4MBxNnYA8C

Damanik, S. F., & Mulyadi. (2020). Indonesian Humorous Status in Social Media: An Application of Script-Based Semantic Theory of Humour. Studies in English Language and Education, 7(2), 657–671. https://doi.org/10.24815/siele.v7i2.17237

Dowaidar, I. (2020). Political Humor in Ibn Mamm?t?’s Kit?b al-F?sh?sh fi A?k?m Qarâqûsh (The Decisions of Qarâqûsh). Open Linguistics, 6(1), 482–511. https://doi.org/doi:10.1515/opli-2020-0029

Lynch, O. H. (2006). Humorous Communication: Finding A Place for Humor in Communication Research. Communication Theory, 12(4), 423–445. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2885.2002.tb00277.x

Murti, K., Prayoga, T., Abraham, J., & Mursitama, T. N. (2018). Political Humor Appreciation and Political Dogmatism: The Role of Benign, Subversive, Undermining, and Supportive Humor Types. International Journal of Civic, Political, and Community Studies, 16(4), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.18848/2327-0047/CGP/v16i04/1-19

O’Shannon, D. (2012). What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event. Britania Raya: Bloomsbury Publishing. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=NOVMJSZe9-cC

Petrovi?, T. (2018). Political Parody and The Politics of Ambivalence. Annual Review of Anthropology, 47(October), 201–216. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anthro-102215-100148

Raskin, V. (1985). Semantic Mechanisms of Humor. Belanda: Springer Netherlands. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=2c6vQgAACAAJ

Ridanpää, J. (2019). Crisis Events and The Inter-scalar Politics of Humor. GeoJournal, 84(4), 901–915. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10708-018-9900-5

Sankey, J. (2012). Zen and The Art of Stand-Up Comedy. Amerika Serikat: Taylor & Francis. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=AYKNQI4mg7kC

Schutz, C. E. (1977). Political Humor: From Aristophanes to Sam Ervin. Britania Raya: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=Q7i40PY6AzgC

Verhulsdonk, I., Nai, A., & Karp, J. A. (2021). Are Political Attacks A Laughing Matter? Three Experiments on Political Humor and The Effectiveness of Negative Campaigning. Political Research Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1177/10659129211023590

Wijana, I. D. P. (2003). Kartun: Studi Tentang Permainan Bahasa. Yogyakarta: Ombak. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=pvTVAAAAMAAJ

Wijana, I. D. P. (2018). Political Humor in Indonesian. KnE Social Sciences, 3(5), 312. https://doi.org/10.18502/kss.v3i5.2340

Downloads

Published

2022-12-21

How to Cite

Prahastiwi, A. (2022). Political Humor in Abdur Arsyad’s Stand-up Comedy. LITE: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, Dan Budaya, 18(2), 97–109. https://doi.org/10.33633/lite.v18i2.6185

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 2 (2022): September

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2022 Adventyna Prahastiwi

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Authors of LITE: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Budaya must agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) before and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).