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This is a Critical Discourse Analysis study.

September 10, 2025Open Access

Contextualization of Meaning: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Poem 'Aku' by Khairil Anwar

Key Points

The poem 'Aku' asserts an autonomous subject identity, rejecting hegemonic norms and promoting resistance.
Using critical discourse analysis, the research highlights the poem's diction and structure as forms of resistance.
The poem reflects literary modernism, emerging during the colonial era as a critique of oppressive ideologies.
This work emphasizes that 'Aku' is more than an aesthetic piece; it serves as a discursive action creating a resistance space.

Abstract

This research analyzes the poem "AKU" by Chairil Anwar using Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) approach, which includes three dimensions: text, discourse practice, and social practice. The study results show that this poem represents an autonomous subject identity and rejects hegemonic norms. Textually, the diction and structure of the poem assert resistance against the dominant language. In discourse practice, this poem was born as an expression of literary modernism during the colonial era. Socially, the poem functions as a form of critique against the oppressive ideological structure. Thus, the poem "AKU" is not merely an aesthetic work, but also a discursive action that creates a space of resistance

Contextualization of Meaning: Critical Discourse Analysis of the Poem 'Aku' by Khairil Anwar

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