The Intertextuality of Malahayati's Story and Engku Putri's Poetry

Abstract

This study aims to describe: 1) the theme of the Malahayati story; 2) the theme of the Engku Putri poem; 3) a comparison between the theme of the Malahayati story and the theme of the Engku Putri poem; 4) the character of Malahayati in the Malahayati story; 5) the character of Engku Putri Hamidah in the Engku Putri poem; 6) a comparison between the character of Malahayati in the Malahayati story and the character of Engku Putri Hamidah in the Engku Putri poem. This study uses an intertextuality approach in the literature study method, namely the Collection of Transliterations of Riau Malay Manuscripts (1994) and the Engku Putri poem. Data were collected, analyzed from relevant literature and analyzed through thematic analysis using observation guidelines and checklists using time triangulation. The analysis aims to find similarities and differences in the journey of the main theme and the life journey of the characters in each text. The results of the study: 1) the main theme of the Malahayati story is the heroic struggle of an Acehnese noblewoman in defending the sovereignty of the kingdom from Portuguese and Dutch colonialism through military and diplomatic strategies; 2) The main theme of Engku Putri's poem is the struggle of the mandate holder to take back the crown of the future sultan of Riau; 3) the similarity of the theme is about the struggle of women based on palace-centric; Malahayati's story is an external struggle, namely facing foreign enemies while Engku Putri's poem is an internal struggle, namely facing the rulers of the Malay kings; 4) Malahayati's character in the Malahayati story is a brave woman, has tremendous courage, is clever in war strategy, and is good at negotiating. Has a high spirit of nationalism, courage in war, and a high spirit of learning; 5) Engku Putri Hamidah's character in the Engku Putri poem is a person who is loved by her siblings, brave, intelligent and well-behaved, compassionate, religious, generous, a loving helper, kind/wise/and intelligent, and respects her parents; 6) The quantity of Malahayati's character is the same as the quantity of Engku Putri Hamidah's character.