ABSTRACT: Learning Indonesian language and literature can help students' language skills,
increase cultural knowledge, develop a sense of creativity, and support creating character,
which is sharpening sensitivity to the values of living in SOCietyand training readiness to face
variety of problems in real life. Learning Indonesian language and literature is very important in
development process because it will encourage people to be critical. Meaning stated in literary
works can lead to the empowerment that make people not only become assertive but also be
able to face future challenges. Hence, leaminglndonesian language and literature can come
into being Indonesian students' character that is strong, creative, critical, intelligent, good in
moral, and polite in language use. Relating to students as future intellectual, leaders, officials
who have good moral, they are expected to be able to use Indonesian language properly and
correctly.
Keywords: building character, Indonesian language and literature learnin
