Abstract
Imaginary worlds, places where many fictional lands filled with fantasies that are impossible to exist and happen in real world, are found in many literary works. Hyperreality within the theory of postmodernism is a theory that suggests the idea of separating reality from imagination. This research involves discovering the hyperreality inside a literary work, a comic entitled Si Juki dan Petualangan Lulus UN The purpose is to show how hyperreality is presented in the comic. Through conversations of the chararacter, the setting of the comic, and the plot, the four stages of hyperreality are going to be studied critically using Jean Baudrillards theory of postmodernism. Research methods applied is a qualitative approach which uses text analysis method. This has been done by examining the characters, settings, and plot of the comic. The use of the hyperreality in the comic is to show the satire of Indonesian education condition, especially the National Examination. The result shows that the four stages of hyperreality shown from the personalities of the characters, the settings, and the plot are used to criticize the Indonesian education condition.
Keywords
hyperrealtiy, comic, satire, Indonesian education