The Roland Barthes Code System in the Novel "Lampuki" by Arafat Nur (A Semiotic Approach by Roland Barthes)

Abstract

Over time, writers have continually strived to understand the social, political, and spiritual developments within societies that are constantly evolving, and to translate these insights into works of literary art. This research aims to describe the use and meaning of Roland Barthes' semiotic code system in the novel "Lampuki" by Arafat Nur. In his semiotic analysis, Barthes posits that there are five codes: the hermeneutic code, the proairetic code, the semantic code, the symbolic code, and the cultural code. The research employs a descriptive qualitative method with data collection techniques involving reading and noting down findings to collect data. The gathered data will be analyzed to identify their meanings according to the codes present in Arafat Nur's novel "Lampuki". The findings of this study reveal 2 occurrences of the hermeneutic code, 1 occurrence of the proairetic code, 1 occurrence of the semantic code, 2 occurrences of the symbolic code, and 3 occurrences of the cultural code.