Genre Analysis on Cyntha Hariadi’s Short Story “Dinda Bukan Puisi”

Abstract

Genre is a different type of text which has a link to social context, as explained by Martin and Rose (2003: 7). It has several characteristics, such as social function, generic structure, and significant features. Genre analysis is meant to study the structural and linguistic regularities of particular genres and the role they play within a discourse community (Dudley-Evans, 2000:105). “Dinda Bukan Puisi” was a short story written by Indonesian author Cyntha Hariadi and published in her book entitled “Manifesto Flora” on 2017. The story tells about a married couple after their firstborn, and how they struggle with relationship intimacy. Hames (1980) found out that only 14% of women have no sexuality issues after childbirth, meaning this is a problem commonly occurred, and might affect the intimacy quality of those who are in relationship with others. Many factors are behind this problem, including bodily change occuring on women after pregnancy and labor, and the exhaustion of taking care of the children. Using the theory on genre analysis by Martin and Rose (2003) and analysis in “Sexuality During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period” by Bitzer and Adler (2000), the researchers want to analyze the genre of “Dinda Bukan Puisi”. The researchers use qualitative descriptive research design in order to study the genre of the story. The aim of this research is to find out the genre of “Dinda Bukan Puisi”.