Realisme Magis pada Cerita Alaming Lelembut dalam Majalah Panjebar Semangat Edisi Januari-Mei Tahun 2025
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55606/khatulistiwa.v5i4.10200Keywords:
Alaming Lelembut, Javanese Literature, Magical Realism, Panjebar Semangat, Wendy B. FarisAbstract
Javanese society continues to believe that the mystical world coexists with everyday life, as reflected in Javanese literary works published in Panjebar Semangat, particularly in the Alaming Lelembut column. This study examines forms of magical realism in 19 stories published from January to May 2025 using Wendy B. Faris’s theory, which includes the Irreducible Element, the Phenomenal World, Unsettling Doubt, Merging Realism, and the Disruption of Time, Space, and Identity. The findings reveal that; (1) the Irreducible Element appears through magical objects, events, characters, and myth-based beliefs that cannot be explained empirically. (2) The Phenomenal World depicts realistic settings of time, place, objects, and events, while (3) Unsettling Doubt creates ambiguity between the real and the mystical for readers. (4) Merging Realism is shown through the intrusion of spirits into the real world. (5) Disruptions of time, space, and identity blur the boundaries between reality and the supernatural through temporal reappearances of the dead, rapid spatial shifts, and transformations of identity. This study demonstrates that Javanese literature serves as a medium for preserving local wisdom while simultaneously facilitating contemporary cultural transformation.
References
Abdulrahman, S. A. (2020). Water for Health , for Healing , for Life : You ’ re Not Sick , You ’ re Thirsty ! 9(July), 27–29. https://doi.org/10.37421/aim.2020.9.300
Al-Haidari, A. D. K. ., Hadaegh, B., & Moosavinia, S. R. (2025). The Confluence of Time in Allende’s The House of the Spirits, Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, and Borges’s The Aleph and Other Stories. Journal of Ecohumanism, 3(8), 1370–1375. https://doi.org/10.62754/joe.v3i8.5651
Al-qobbaj, A. A., Sandy, D. J., & Alsaud, L. A. (2024). Demons , spirits , and haunted landscapes in Palestine. Journal of Historical Geography, 83(July 2021), 144–152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.01.003
Annisah, A., & Waliyudin, W. (2024). Unsur Realisme Magis Wendy B. Faris pada Cerpen “Pernikahan Goib” Karya ITS Zahra Chan Gacha. JIIP - Jurnal Ilmiah Ilmu Pendidikan, 7(6), 5223–5229. https://doi.org/10.54371/jiip.v7i6.4360
Awy, S., Ayyu, R. N., Rizkia, N., Cindy, S., Dhea, S. N. N., Fitri, A., Godman, L. P., Ibnu, F., Nadia, P., & Ika, P. (2024). Analisis Faktor-Faktor yang Mempengaruhi Tradisi Kepercayaan pada Masyarakat Jawa. RISOMA : Jurnal Riset Sosial Humaniora Dan Pendidikan, 2(6), 178–185. https://doi.org/10.62383/risoma.v2i6.408
Rosadi, B. P. & Hasan, L. N. (2024). Pendidikan Karakter Mandiri dalam Wacan Bocah Majalah Panjebar Semangat 2023. Concept: Journal of Social Humanities and Education, 3(3), 210–225. https://doi.org/10.55606/concept.v3i3.1411
Bowers, M. A. (2004). Magic(al) Realism. Routledge. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=dv8-YL5SKEYC
Corina Mariana, M. (2024). Time, Space, and Magical Realism. Salman Rushdie’S East, West and the Juxtaposition of Temporal and Spatial Landscapes. Incursions Into The Imaginary, 15(2), 23–44. https://doi.org/10.29302/inimag.2024.15.2.1
Della, W. A. (2023). Pemaknaan Nama Hantu Jawa dalam Majalah Panjebar Semangat. Cross-Border, 6(2), 884–905. https://journal.iaisambas.ac.id/index.php/Cross-Border/article/view/2087
Fajrin, C., Aulia, M. P., & Santoso, H. D. (2023). Eksistensi Magis pada Cerita Rakyat dan Budaya di Daerah Jawa. Prosiding Seminar Nasional UNIMUS, 6, 21–27.
Faris, W. B. (2004). Ordinary Enchantments: Magical Realism and the Remystification of Narrative. Vanderbilt University Press. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=M2StyqHK2I4C
Febryani, A., Trisfayani, T., & Mahsa, M. (2024). Elemen- Elemen Realisme Magis Pada Novel Funiculi Funicula Karya Toshikazu Kawaguchi. Kande : Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Bahasa Dan Sastra Indonesia, 4(2), 203. https://doi.org/10.29103/jk.v4i2.13444
Guevara Pezoa, F. (2019). Eurekadabra: Sciencie, technology and Magic. PAAKAT: Revista de Tecnología y Sociedad, 9(16), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.32870/pk.a9n16.389
Hoggard, B. (2019). Magical House Protection: The Archaelogy of Counter-Withcraft. New York: Bergahn Book. https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/hoggardmagical
Inzaghi, M. R., Purnomo, M. H., & Komariya, S. (2024). Realisme Magis dalam Film Jagat Arwah Karya Ruben Adrian (Tinjauan Lima Karakteristik Realisme Magis Wendy B. Faris). Wicara: Jurnal Sastra, Bahasa, Dan Budaya, 3(1), 82–90. https://doi.org/10.14710/wjsbb.2024.22621
Kadioğlu, F. G., & Kuvvetli, M. (2025). a Survey of Health Issues, Healers, and Healing in Several Turkish and German Folktales. Revista de Etnografie Si Folclor, 2025(1–2), 71–88. https://doi.org/10.59277/JEF.2025.1-2.06
Kamilah, N., & Setyani, T. I. (2018). The Mystical Elements in Javanese Short Stories as a Local Wisdom Manifestation. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 175(1). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/175/1/012064
Khaerunisa, & Pamungkas. (2024). Realisme Magis dalam Novel Reinkarnasi Karya Maman Suherman X Hayuning Sumbadra. Jurnal Pendidikan Tambusai, 8, 29768–29775.
Lummer, F. (2021). Of Magical Beings and Where to Find Them : On the Concept of álfar in the Translated riddarasǫgur. Scripta Islandica: Isländska Sällskapets Årsbok, 72, 5–42. https://doi.org/10.33063/diva-439400
Macedo, E. M., Barros, R. F. de M., Figueiredo, L. S., & Batista, M. L. P. (2020). Between tales, myths and mysteries: Beliefs and superstitions of a Quilombola community from the countryside of Northeastern Brazil. 1–18. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-36661/latest%0Ahttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-36661/latest.pdf
Marzuki, I. (2021). Narasi Realisme-Magis dalam Cerpen “Pintu” Karya Yudhi Herwibowo sebagai Refleksi Budaya Mistisme di Indonesia. Seminar Internasional Riksa Bahasa, 359–363.
Mulia, S. W. (2016). Realisme Magis Dalam Novel Simple Miracle Doa Dan Arwah Karya Ayu Utami. Lakon : Jurnal Kajian Sastra Dan Budaya, 5(1), 30. https://doi.org/10.20473/lakon.v5i1.2780
Naufal, F. M., & Herawati, D. (2025). BAYANGAN SEBAGAI EKSPRESI EMOSI DALAM FOTOGRAFI EKSPRESI. 5, 126–140.
Nurlaela, C., & Qadriani, N. (2021). Realisme Magis dalam Novel Natish Persembahan Terakhir Karya Khrisna Pabichara. Desember, 4(2), 137–162. http://journal.fib.uho.ac.id/index.php/cakrawalalistra10.33772/cakrawalalistra.v4i2.1407
Puteri Najlah Meylani, Dicky Rachmat Pauji, & Nisrina Rona Nabilah. (2025). Kepercayaan Jawa dalam Bingkai Realisme Magis pada Novel Gong Nyai Gandrung karya Sekar Ayu Asmara. Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, Dan Sastra, 11(1), 127–142. https://doi.org/10.30605/onoma.v11i1.4941
Rahayu, A. C., Sudarwati, S., & Garnida, S. C. (2024). Magical Phenomena in Reality in Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Seltics Journal: Scope of English Language Teaching Literature and Linguistics, 7(1), 109–125. https://doi.org/10.46918/seltics.v7i1.2198
Rahmani, G., & Mojtaba Nayel, S. (2024). International Journal of Middle Eastern Research Magic Realism and Fantastic in Contemporary Literature. 1–3. https://doi.org/10.32996/ijmer
Rahmawati, & Hendrokumoro. (2023). MANTRA PENGHALANG MAKHLUK GAIB Spells to Repel Supernatural Beings in the Beliefs of the Sundanese Community. Jurnal Suar Betang, 18(2), 213-229. https://doi.org/10.26499/surbet.v18i2.14665
Ratna, N. K. (2004). Teori, metode & teknik penelitan sastra: dari strukturalisme hingga postrukturalisme : perspektif wacana naratif. Pustaka Pelajar. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=tzLmNQAACAAJ
Sari, M. M. (2021). Kajian terhadap Patung Pantulak sebagai Perantara Komunikasi dengan Arwah Leluhur. Luxnos: Jurnal Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Pelita Dunia. 7(1), https://doi.org/10.47304/JL.V7I1.140
Setiawan, A. (2021). Praktik mistisisme Jawa dalam novel Mantra Pejinak Ular karya Kuntowijoyo. Satwika : Kajian Ilmu Budaya Dan Perubahan Sosial, 5(2), 337–352. https://doi.org/10.22219/satwika.v5i2.18179
Shynkaruk, V., Salata, H., & Danylova, T. (2018). Myth As a Phenomenon of Culture. National Academy of Managerial Staff of Culture and Arts Herald, 0(4). https://doi.org/10.32461/2226-3209.4.2018.152938
Sucahyo, I. R., Kharisma, S. D., Pratama, I. P., Khansa, A., Pelestari, K., & Madiun, S. (2024). Ketertiban Ditengah Pembantaian : Perjuangan Kepolisian Madiun Raya Sekitar Masa Pemberontakan 1948. 1948(september), 6481–6494.
Sudaryanto. (1993). Metode dan Aneka Teknik Analisis Bahasa: Pengantar Penelitian Wahana Kebudayaan secara Linguistis. Duta Wacana University Press. https://books.google.co.id/books?id=uy5iAAAAMAAJ
Sugiarti, Y., Malia, L., Sahayu, W., & Setiawan, A. K. (2022). The Fenomenal World in magical Realism according to Wendy B. Faris in Novel “Das Parfum” by Patrick Süskind. Nusantara Science and Technology Proceedings, 2022, 113–120. https://doi.org/10.11594/nstp.2022.1915
Sungkowati, Y. (2019). Nasionalisme Dalam Cerpen-Cerpen Majalah Panjebar Semangat Sebelum Kemerdekaan. Aksara, 31(2), 189. https://doi.org/10.29255/aksara.v31i2.473.189-206
Sunil Kumar. (2020). Traits of Mysticism in The Guide. The Creative Launcher, 5(3), 188–192. https://doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2020.5.3.25
Ta, K. D., & Saraswati, R. (2024). Tumbal dalam Perspektif Realisme Magis dalam Novel Tenung. 13, 1–17.
Taje, M. S. (2025). The Existence of Ghostly-Spirits : Debunking Paranormal Skepticism. 2(3), 1–6.
Tamrin, A. F., Onna, O., & Basri, B. (2023). Characteristics of Magical Realism in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Film By J.K. Rowling. Interference: Journal of Language, Literature, and Linguistics, 4(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.26858/interference.v4i1.42421
Valk, U., & Savborg, D. (2018). Storied and Supernatural Places: Studies in Spatial and Dimensions of Folklore and Sagas. Finnish Literature Society. https://dx.doi.org/10.21435/sff.23
Vera C Debora, & Susanne A.H. Sitohang. (2023). Magical Realism in Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s Before The Coffee Gets Cold. Jurnal Onoma: Pendidikan, Bahasa, Dan Sastra, 9(1), 581–596. https://doi.org/10.30605/onoma.v9i1.2353
Widihastuti, R. A. (2023). Animisme Dan Dinamisme Masyarakat Jawa Dalam Rubrik Alaming Lelembut Majalah Panjebar Semangat Edisi Januari-Juni 2022. ARBITRER: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Dan Sastra Indonesia, 5(2), 905–916. https://doi.org/10.30598/arbitrervol5no2hlm905-916
Widyawati, P. N. L. (2022). Magical Realism in C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. LITERA KULTURA : Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies, 10(1), 18–23. https://doi.org/10.26740/lk.v10i1.48175
Wijayanti, R. N., & Sukirno. (2024). Realisme Magis dan Konteks Sejarah Budaya pada Novel Kereta Semar Lembu Karya Zaky Yamani dan Implikasinya Terhadap Pembelajaran Bahasa dan Sastra Indonesia Menggunakan Model Gallery Walk di Tingkat SMP. Proceedings Series on Social Sciences & Humanities, 19, 296–316. https://doi.org/10.30595/pssh.v19i.1363
Wojcik, D. (2020). Spirits , Apparitions , and Traditions of Supernatural Photography Spirits , Apparitions , and Traditions of Supernatural Photography. December. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973760802674390
Yuwono, D. B. (2023). Transformasi Spiritual Masyarakat Jawa Kontemprer. Panangkaran: Jurnal Penelitian Agama Dan Masyarakat, 7(1), 31–57. https://doi.org/10.14421/panangkaran.v7i1.3142
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Khatulistiwa: Jurnal Pendidikan dan Sosial Humaniora
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
