Interpretation of Poetry and Prose
In order to understand the contents of poetry begins with a review or study of the style and form of poetry that together form a wholeness of the contents of the poem. Pay attention if there are things that attract attention, for example the title and frequency of words. The number of repetitive words can lead the reader in understanding the theme. If there are stanzas that contain a little lyrics, usually that's where the poetry theme is contained. Like the title can also imagine a theme. But remember, the title is not necessarily the same as the theme. Knowing the theme as well as akutarik is the first step that must be done in an effort to understand poetry.
Prose, Definition and Characteristics of Fiction Prose
Fiction prose as a fictional story does not mean that fiction prose is the author's blank reverie. Fiction prose is a combination or collaboration between thoughts and feelings. Fiction can be distinguished from fiction which is reality and fiction which is actuality. Fiction reality says: "if all the facts, then this is what will happen. So, reality fiction is things that can happen, but not necessarily happen. Fiction writers make imaginative characters in their works come alive. Actual fiction says "because of all the facts this is what will happen". So, actuality means the things that actually happen. Example: historical romance, travel stories, biographies, autobiographies. Prose always comes from the living environment that is experienced, witnessed, heard and read by the author.
The features of fiction prose are that the language breaks down, can expand knowledge and increase knowledge, especially imaginative experiences. Fiction prose can convey information about an event in life. The meaning can be ambiguous. Fiction prose depicts imaginative reality because imagination is always bound to reality, whereas reality cannot be separated from imagination. The language is more inclined towards figurative language by emphasizing the use of connotative words. Furthermore fiction prose invites us to contemplate because literature offers personal interpretations related to imagination.
Types of Prose
Based on the division of Indonesian literary history, there are two kinds of literature, namely classical literature and modern literature. Modern literature includes new prose which includes novels, novels, popular novels, short stories. Furthermore, classical literature includes old prose that includes folklore, fairy tales, fables, epics, legends, myths, witty stories, stories of solace, sage, saga, saga, and genealogy.
Romance is a type of prose variety of literary works. The notion of romance was originally a story written in Romana. In its later development, the romance in the form of a story that tells the events / experiences of physical / spiritual birth of a number of characters at one particular time. This happened at the end of the 17th century. The development of romance reached its peak in the 18th century. In the 19th century came famous Roman writers, such as Honore de Balzac, Gustave Flaubert, Emile Zola, Charles Dickens, Leo Tolstoy, F. Dostojevski. These romance writers were then followed by colleagues representing the 20th century, such as Proust, Joyce, Kafka, and Faulkner.
The form is almost the same as romance is a novel. For ordinary readers, these two forms are difficult to distinguish. Basically, novels and romance tell extraordinary things that happen in human life so that the way of life of the characters displayed can change. Novels can be divided into regional novels, psychological novels, social novels, gothic novels, and historical novels, as well as popular novels. Another type of story that has a main characteristic like a novel is a short story. The difference with the novel, the short story telling is more concise, the problem is more cohesive and the plot is single and focused to the end of the story. A long story that amounts to hundreds of pages, obviously can not be called a short story.