Perbandingan nilai-nilai pendidikan budaya Jawa dalam novel Para Priyayi karya Umar kayam dan novel Canting karya Arswendo atmowiloto (Sebuah Telaah dengan Pendekatan Sosiologi Sastra)

Abstract

This research is aimed at explaining and revealing: [1] The structure of Para Priyayi by Umar Kayam and Canting by Arswendo Atmowiloto, [2] Comparison of the structure Para Priyayi and Canting, [3] Javanese educational values in the Para Priyayi and Canting, [4] Javanese culture comparison of the Para Priyayi and Canting. Method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. This method is used to explore source of information (data), in the form of literature works, therefore data collected would be concepts or categories which impossibly could be counted by statistic. Techniques of collecting data used in this research are: [1] Noninteractive technique, write documents/archives, [2] comprehending and writing technique, [3] Literature research technique. Data collected from the source were analyzed with interactive analysis model, contains of three steps: [1] data reduction, [2] data description, and [3] summary/verification. By sociological approach, this research found: [1] elements of the structure in both novel; such as theme, characters and characterizations, setting, plot, point of view, and massages; structurally have similarities as well as differences; [2] Javanese educational values in both novel are easy to be found, and contains similarities, especially in revealing problems in javanese culture; [3] several similarities found in both novel, such as: the theme of both novel displayed Javanese middle-high class family (Priyayi). The difference is that in “Para Priyayi”, its main character, Sastrodarsono, struggled to achieve higher status for his family and relatives from low class family to middle-high family (Priyayi), meanwhile in “Canting”, its main character, Ni, struggled to embrace the greatness of Javanese culture in the modernization era, symbolized by her effort to keep Javanese hand printing cloth (batik) existed, as well as her struggle to find out solution of the uncertainty of the future faced by her employees. Both novels have similarity in the structural pattern, but relatively opposite in choosing point of view and setting. The wider implications of the research in education, in High School or Junior High are used in Para Priyayi and Canting as the subject of education by interactive-recreative method. This model encourages students and teachers to develop their knowledge toward appreciation on literature works in such a way, by understanding the inside meaning and took positive values from it