Cultural Values in “Das Schenkenbuch” by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe and Its Relationship to the Malay World and Islam
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7187/GJAT122021-3Keywords:
Values, Religion, Beliefs, Practices, SocietyAbstract
This study aims to identify cultural values present in “Das Schenkenbuch” by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. This study uses qualitative analysis through text analysis approach. Data for this study is focused on cultural values where it is obtained through reading, recording and scoring techniques. Data validity was obtained through an appointed intrarater. The results reveal that there are few cultural values conveyed by Goethe in this poem which resonates with 7 cultural elements proposed by Edmund Anderson (1996). Among the elements that were discovered in the poem are values on religion and belief, confidence, value of human practice and the knowledge system is also found in the Malay culture, including the development of human knowledge and community practices. There is no doubt that this poem also contains artistic value that is so subtle and distinctive.
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