Propp’s Morphology of Folktale in "La Hami"
Propp’s Morphology of Folktale in La Hami by H. NASRULLAH, M.Pd Abstract La Hami is a famous folktale told from mouth to mouth by the people of Bima a long time ago. They believe that La Hami was the ancestor of the kings (Sultans) who reigned the Sultanate of Bima, which are now split up into three districts: Bima District, Bima City and Dompu. The folktale is analyzed using one of Vladimir Propp’s theories “Morphology of Folktale.” The Morphology of Folktale is used worldwide to analyze lots of archaic spoken literary works. There are, at least, 8 (eight) points of characters applicably used for this analysis. Out of 31 (thirty-one) elements of the story identified by Propp, 18 (eighteen) of them are applicable in La Hami. Summary of La Hami*) *)La Hami is one of the famous folklores in Bima written by one of the Indonesian famous authors Marah Rusli ...