The study aims to describe locution, illocutionary, perlocution in the novel “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi” created by Arswendo Atmowiloto, and differences of speech acts in “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi”.The method used in this research was the method descripstion. The result shown that (1) locution acts in the novel “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi” expressed in the form of locution statement, command, and questions, (2) there are five kinds of illocutionary acts in the novel “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi” are assertive, commisive, directive, expressive, and declarative, (3) there are perlocution acts in the novel “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi” grouped into three, effect thingkings, effect actions, and effect feelings, and (4) there are some differences of speech acts in the novel “Canting” and “Dewi Kawi”