STYLISTIC DEVICES OF RAJA ALI HAJI’S AND RENDRA SETYADIHARJA’S GURINDAM

The aims of this study were to describe the types of stylistic devices used in Raja Ali Haji’s and Rendra Setyadiharja’s Gurindam, and to describe the reason of using those stylistic by the poets in Gurindam. This research was conducted by using qualitative descriptive design. The data were Gurindam which has analyzed by using stylistic devices. The data analyzed by using theory of descriptive analysis. The results of this study were: (1) The types of stylistic were found in Raja Ali Haji’s are Irony, Polysemy, Ephitet, Oxymoron, Hyperbole, Pleonasm, Symbolism, Synecdoche, Repetition, Ellipsis, Anaphora, Simile, Metaphor, Archaic/ difficult word, Coinage. The types of stylistic devices found in Rendra Setyadiharja’s Gurindam are: Irony, Polysemy, Oxymoron, Euphemism, Hyperbole, Pleonasm, Symbolism, Synecdoche, Repetition, Anastrophe, Anaphora, Paradox, Simile, Metaphor, Archaic/ difficult word, Personification, Clich, Coinage. The dominant stylistic devices that is used by Raja ali Haji is polysemy, while Rendra Setyadiharja dominantly used symbolism in his Gurindam. (2) The reasons of using stylistic devices in this gurindam can be categorized as (a) stylistic devices as the reflection of personal style, (b) Stylistic devices as the medium to attract readers’ attention, (c) Style – Style devices – is influenced by Personal background. Raja Ali Haji is a powerful and important figure in the Malay world in 1880s and he was grown up in the kingdom family, while Rendra Setyadiharja is talented man who was born in 1980s who loves to Malay culture.