Literacy Practices in Some Folklores from Madura

Abstract

Defining the literacy practices in three folklores, written by Zawawi Imron, include Joko Taal, Ni Peri Tanjung Wulan, and Karapan Sapi is the purpose of the study. Some books of the folklore, journals articles, and textbooks that cope a theory from Barton and Hamilton explaining literacy practices and their manifestation discussion into library research which fully apply qualitative research. Three stories represent the culture, people, customs, language, and identity of the Madurese. Results of the discussion include five criteria of literacy practices in some aspects of the character life. They are a series of social practices which can be traced from various events in which written texts are involved. The manifestation of the literacy practices toward the characters also meets its need. Five details can be found in the text include management of daily life, personal communication, private leisure, and sense of making in oneself and the environment, and social participation. The idea of documenting life still needs further analysis since the stories do not cope with the pictures of it.