Media Transfer from Poetry to Comic: A Visualization of Rendra’s Poem “Balada Lelaki-Lelaki Tanah Kapur” to a Comic by Hasmi

Keywords

poetry visualization, Rendra’s poetry, Hasmi’s comic, media transfer

Abstract

Two works of Indonesian poet W. S Rendra, namely “Balada Sumilah” and “Balada Lelaki Tanah Kapur” have been rendered into a comic by an Indonesian comic author Hasmi, who is known for his famous work “Gundala, Putra Petir”. Comics originating from poetry are unique and not very often seen in Indonesia. The language of poetry has several rules in the literature, when it is diverted into visuals, it certainly experiences significant changes. Due to the rules of this genre, poetry leaves some space or void and poetry has to be interpreted to fill the void or space in poetry. Meanwhile, comics are pictures that have different rules. The comics artist use the void in a poem and fill the void through visualization.Thus, the work derived from a visualization of the poetry has become an entirely new text. This paper will discuss one of the comics and aims to make a research contribution on such visualization process and the shifts it causes.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lilawati Kurnia
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Media Transfer from Poetry to Comic: A Visualization of Rendra’s Poem “Balada Lelaki-Lelaki Tanah Kapur” to a Comic by Hasmi
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 389
EP  - 397
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25906113
ID  - Kurnia2018/11
ER  -