Prophetic Structuralism: The Integration of Kuntowijoyo and Bourdieu in Literary Analysis

Abstract

ASIA needs literary theory that is appropriate and grows with ASIAN culture, so far it still adopts non-ASIA thinking. Importantly, the underlying theoretical cultural background is completely different. The results of the study are forced to follow a way of thinking that is culturally different. This phenomenon, consciously or not, is a kind of omission, even though ASIAN thinkers are undoubtedly intellectual. Based on this phenomenon, this article is important as a new perspective on literary theory born from ASIAN culture. The concept of this theory is prophetic structuralism. This approach is an integration between Kuntowijoyo's literary theory concept of prophetic literature (ASIA) and Bourdieu's social structuralism approach (non-ASIA). Using this theoretical framework, this article offers a perspective on the strength of ASIAN culture through three main dimensions: 'amil', 'amal', and 'amul'. 'Amil' is a doer of good deeds, 'Amal' is a good deed, while 'amul' increases faith. This theoretical construction forms a cosmology derived from ASIAN culture, especially in relationships in society and personal relationships with God. This theoretical context focuses on religiosity, both in human relationships with each other (habluminannas) through the concepts of "amil" and "amal", as well as human relationships with the creator (hablumninalloh) through the concept of "amul.