EKSISTENSIALISME TOKOH UTAMA DALAM CERPENDI JOYOBOYO PENYAIR BERTEMAN SUNYI KARYA EKO DARMOKO

Abstract

This research article contains a discussion of the existentialism of the main character in the short story Di Joyoboyo Penyair Berteman Sunyi. The theory used in this research is structural theory especially about the main character in fiction. While the main character's behavior is read from the point of view of Jean Paul Sartre's existentialist philosophy. The method used in this research is analytical descriptive method. The technique used in this research is literature review technique. The result of research is the existentialism of the main character can be felt on the main character anxiety. The anxiety felt by the main characters includes anxiety due to economic conditions, anxiety of desire, to anxiety in itself. Anxiety begins because the choice of poet to choose the poet's profession. Existentialism is also seen when the main character suffered philosophical suicide and physical death.