Budi Darma “Jungkir Balik” Breaks Down Theory in Literary Works

 

                   The theory by Budi Darma as a literary professional in Indonesia comes with a unique style of how He forms and modifying the set of literary structure. He can build the characteristics within his art in novel, poem and short story through the main point such as linguistics model, objectivity, subjectivity and the form of his writing style. The most well-known literary result by Budi Darma is how the inherent theory about "Jungkir Balik" broadly scattered around. Many people impressed how dharma expresses a writing style, plot and even a story that is identical to its uniqueness. In the symposium which was attended by many speakers, there were 2 sessions that were very focused on the research of Budi Darma's literary works. Experts claim that Budi Darma has a special characteristic in each of his writings. How the plot is followed, how the characters are made, until the scheme or language used shows its own identity.

                        The reasoning possessed in this theory can be analysed in quite number of his works, so that experts have formulated some of his identical thoughts related to the many reflections of life from his own figure. The first example is about his novel where there are some general schemes imprinted on his work. In the first season of the symposium, this speaker, Mr. Faruk gave an explanation about the literary genre of Budi Darma. It was related into “Jungkir Balik I” theory which how he combined literature, completely open minded world, contains many possible meanings or polysemy, interpretations, research that full of the mysteries of life that never reach into final as the description of something that has not or never existed. Furthermore, in “Jungkir Balik II” theory Faruk states that Budi Darma focuses in reality and subjectivity where the story takes place, plot and the characters are connected. The way he gives a dense event that occurred until the adrift of characters that supported the core of Budi Darma's work made a series of creative processes as well as good concepts and patterns.

                   Many essays reveal about how Budi Darma came up with ideas which he reflexively got from his daily activities, reflections on the reality of human beings, to the occasional abstraction of his own mind set. Into the follow-up discussion, the theory in Budi Darma about "Jungkir Balik" is an eccentric term for published works. The term is given by how the reality that is in his writings with the life he lives. There are times when Budi Darma in his works shows a striking bias, especially in his works in the 80s and 90s. The dissection of dharma works such as novels, poems and short stories supports its own enjoyment after being noticed. Experts understand that if Darma has revealed how he writes, just reflexively pour your ideas and immediately look for a typewriter. That way Darma can immediately continue his work to completion.

                   Additionally, aside from Faruk, Akmal is another speaker with Okky who talk about the theory and writing style formulation the most. Akmal explained that the main model of Budi Darma literary works is about the form, contents, freedom of talk and the theme. This discussion is included in his theory of "Jungkir Balik" where the concept is most attached to the characterizations and impressions given. In the initial conversation, the theory was claimed because the experts who had known him actually thought that Budi Darma's literary works were inversely related to his true character. The example given by the speakers is when the author's attitude towards his own work, where experiences and ideas flow, becomes a reference for the sustainability of the work. The concepts, patterns and imagery of Budi Darma's writing are summarized in a discussion which is closely related to mainstream, dominant and vocalizations. The domain that is used as an example in this discussion illustrates how the figure of Budi Darma writes stories as serious literature on the other hand he is a kind, well respected and humble person. However, as soon as he stirs a work on a novel, poetry or short story, the image given will be different.

                   For good measure, this study comes further into the writing form style that bring several schemes regarding the sequence of ideas and forms of disclosure, both on themes, characters, traits or characters and the plot. The characteristics given to Budi Darma's literary works are identical with the formation of themes that are full of irony or sadness. Akmal explained that the theme of the struggle for life is a special sign of his work. The characters depicted are also inclined towards someone with strong, positive, and unyielding nature otherwise the destiny made by the author also looks sad. Budi Darma often gives the character a miserable life, alone, and uses the first person point of view. The character giving by the author reflects a strong psychology, telling the struggle of life that has no happiness. There are even times when Budi Darma is prone to trigger opposing characters. Along with it, how the plot is dense in flexibility, easy to understand, uses a forward-looking sequence but often gives a picture of continuous failure.

                   Together with those statements, Budi Darma's short story is also not much different if it is revealed further. As discussed by another speaker, namely Triyanto, the architecture of the literary works shown is very inclined to chaosmos. Chaosmos itself means an unstructured structure, where chaos is a wild and unpredictable occurrence while mos is order, something that is in line. With that, the existing characteristics include plots that show the whole without any different splits, complex events, there are a unity and connection, as well as life crises and the processes followed. The example taken is Budi Darma's work, "Orang-Orang Bloomington" which is actually an unstable structure, changing. The plot starts from the middle and the conflict suddenly appears while the character will reveal itself which follows the plot. This makes the explanation of "Jungkir Balik" as a thought that the reality of the world and death does exist.

                   The analysis of Budi Darma literary works is supported by Okky Madasari as the speaker in this symposium, the dissection of the essay that she did on Budi Darma's work show how the vocalization of a single subject and a series of existentialism discourses that support the ups and downs of human beings already exist in the concept of "Jungkir Balik" itself, namely that Budi Darma is very focused on mapping one's destiny. In the 80's and 90's, literary works were synonymous with a work that led to social criticism, and Okky believed that Budi Darma was one of them. He may directly or indirectly challenge the current, show new faces and call it as a work of resistance. Okky and Triyanto called this as a deconstruction where some literary works delivered innovation, modification, radical and messed structure. It can be the reason why “Jungkir Balik” theory comes as an identity of Budi Darma characterization which is shown by Faruk, “tokohnya diam, pikirannya bergerak.”

 

 

References

“Simposium Nasional Menuju Teori Sastra - Dunia Jungkir Balik Budi Darma” (2021). Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PToIhe92o9s