January, 2008

           Sarmin, bocah berambut ikal, berkopiah abu-abu kusam, bersandal telapak dan jari-jari kaki, berjidat nonong, bermata juling, berbibir sumbing, dan berkulit keling itu memasuki stasiun Tugu Jogja ketika senja baru menyapa kota, mengelir jingga di setiap sudut basah yang baru diludahi langit tadi siang, ketika pelukis baka kelabakan menggambar pelangi dengan seadanya, ketika angin dari Wedi Ombo tersesat setelah nekad menuju ibukota, ketika delman pak-kusir-yang-sedang-bekerja menabrak seorang gelandangan sehingga ter

Liberal Humanism tries to bridge reader and literary text based on some principles; that good literature has eternal meaning, that the meaning of literature is in

Formalism is a way to analyze a literary work, especially focused on its form, not in its content.

Feminism is a movement that proclaims unequal role between male and female.

Ecocriticism is a study about relation of literature and natural environment.

Cultural Materialism is a study about historical material in a politic frame.

Existentialism is a philosophical movement which brings an idea that human-beings create

The followings are approaches commonly utilized as perspectives criticizing literary works.

Kenapa bisa bangga

atas kekuat-nalaran kita

yang manusia akademia itu

sementara para tengkulak

tetap bebas menipu kakek kawanku

yang setengah mati memikul

panen kacangnya

yang tak seberapa?