THE VALUES OF CHARACTER BUILDING IN SERAT TRIPAMA AND ITS RELEVANCY WITH LEARNING APPRECIATION OF JAVANESE LITERATURE (A Heuristic and Hermeneutic Study) Bambang Cahyono , Andayani , Supana [email protected] ABSTRACT This is a study about the values ofcharacter building aiming at (1) describing and explaining semiotic meaning of heuristic and hermeneutic aspects in Serat Tripama by K.G.P.A.A. Mangkunagara IV; (2) describing and explaining the values of character building in Serat Tripama by K.G.P.A.A Mangkunagara IV; (3) describing and explaining the relevancy between Serat Tripama by K.G.P.A.A Mangkunagara IV and learning appreciation of Javanese language in school. This is a qualitative study which employs phenomenology strategy which portrays the real situation of learning to appreciate Serat Tripama as a work of literature. The data in this study are divided into premier and secondary data. The premier data are the text of Serat Tripama and the result of interviewing the informant. Meanwhile, the secondary data are garnered from book and journal. The techniques of collecting the data consist of observing the document of Serat Tripama by KGPAA Mangkunegara IV (1809-1881) and interviewing the informant. Purposive sampling technique is employed in sapling technique. In analyzinh the data, content analysis technique is used. The technique comprises from exploring, comprehending, and discussing the messages of Serat Tripama holistically. The findings of this study are (1) the heuristic and hermeneutic meaning in Serat Tripama portrays that Sumantri, Kumbakarna, and Basukarna are figures having good and noble characters as a role model of life; (2) the values of character building in Serat Tripama are (a) Sumantri has brave, responsible, faithful, sacrificing, and patriotoic characteristics; (b) Kumbakarna is a faithful nationalist; and (c) Kumbakarna has strong determination, reverbing the goods of other characteristics; (3) the characters shown by the three figures of Serat Tripama are useful to be correlated with character-building values for young generations because the values can be exemplified, and implemented in any field and competence. The difference just lays on the term and action to implement. However, conceptually, the characters are still relevant with nowadays life. Keywords: the values of character building, Serat Tripama, Learning of Appreciation t
