Indie masterpieces are still not well received by the community now as it is still viewed as masterpieces that bring negative elements, taboos, aggressive attributes and unlike usual masterpieces such as prime literary masterpieces or serious masterpieces that have intellectual and aesthetic functions. This research will look into intellectual function of Indie masterpieces, whereby examining economy development thinking that is brought up in four Indie masterpieces, Aku Rindu 90’s, Surat-Surat Untuk Kaherah, Kunang Pesisir Morten and Budak Kelas Belakang. This research is carried out qualitatively by using Georg Lukacs’ realism criticism perspective to identify aesthetic values that are brought up based on the principles outlined by Georg Lukacs, such as art socialisation process as one of the effective medium to support economy, literature masterpieces as tools to fight economy domination, free literature criticism principles as well as literature masterpieces as transformational forces. Focused structural analysis was used to identify Indie writers’ thinking towards developing community economy. Three objectives were set, which were to identify economy development thinking in Indie masterpieces, analyse Indie writers’ masterpieces that are of same level with serious masterpieces, and lastly rectify community’s perception towards Indie masterpieces which are developing fast in Malaysia. The research findings show that Indie masterpieces also bring intellectual function and serious thinking that could bring impact towards community development especially towards community economic stability. The findings of this research also clarify problems that often shadowing Indie masterpieces. It is clear that Indie masterpieces do not bring negative elements, taboos and aggressive attributes, instead they show intellectual functions and have aesthetic values. Keywords: Indie masterpieces, Indie writers’ thinking, economy development, Georg Lukacs’ realism criticism   Abstrak: Karya Indie pada masa ini masih belum dapat diterima sepenuhnya oleh masyarakat dan masih dianggap sebagai karya yang membawa unsur negatif, tabu, bersifat agresif serta di luar daripada kebiasaan seperti karya sastera perdana atau karya serius yang mempunyai fungsi intelektual dan estetika. Maka kajian ini akan meneliti fungsi intelektual karya Indie, iaitu meneliti pemikiran pembangunan ekonomi yang dikemukakan dalam empat buah karya Indie, Aku Rindu 90’s, Surat-Surat Untuk Kaherah, Kunang Pesisir Morten dan Budak Kelas Belakang. Kajian ini dijalankan secara kualitatif menggunakan perspektif kritikan realisme Georg Lukacs bagi mengenal pasti nilai estetika yang ditampilkan berdasarkan prinsip yang digaris Georg Lukacs seperti, proses sosialisasi seni sebagai satu daripada media yang efektif bagi mendukung ekonomi, karya sastera sebagai alat menentang dominasi ekonomi, prinsip sastera kritis yang membebaskan dan karya sastera sebagai daya transformasi. Analisis struktural berfokus digunakan untuk mengenal pasti pemikiran penulis Indie ke arah membangunkan ekonomi masyarakat. Tiga objektif ditentukan, iaitu untuk mengenal pasti pemikiran pembangunan ekonomi yang terdapat dalam karya Indie menganalisis karya penulis Indie yang setanding dengan karya serius, dan akhir sekali bagi membetulkan persepsi masyarakat terhadap karya Indie yang kian pesat berkembang di Malaysia. Dapatan kajian ini menunjukkan karya Indie turut membawakan fungsi intelektual atau pemikiran serius yang mampu memberi impak ke arah pembangunan masyarakat terutamanya ke arah menstabilkan ekonomi masyarakat. Dapatan kajian ini juga telah dapat merungkaikan permasalahan yang sering membayangi karya Indie. Ternyata karya Indie tidaklah membawa unsur negatif, tabu dan bersifat agresif, tetapi turut menampilkan fungsi intelektual dan mempunyai nilai estetika. Kata kunci: Karya Indie, pemikiran penulis Indie, pembangunan ekonomi, kritikan realisme Georg Lukacs

This research aimed to identify the social discourse presented in five Malaysia’s Indie novels entitled Aku Rindu 90’s (2012), Surat-Surat Untuk Kaherah (2013), Kunang Pesisir Morten (2013), Tuhan Jaga Dia Untukku (2017) and Budak Kelas Belakang (2018). This is a qualitative research using Georg Lukacs’ theory of realism (1963). Structural analysis is used to identify the views, visions, hopes and significant values for efforts to develop and improve the life quality of society. The objectives of this research were to identify Indie writer’s thoughts towards developing and improving the life quality of community, to analyse Indie novels which are equivalent to other serious mainstream media and to determine a new definiton for Indie masterpieces which evolving as a new literary stream in Malaysia. Research findings indicate that in the society there was a complete social discourse covering social, educational, economic, political and religious aspect. The findings also showed that Indie masterpieces conveyed serious thinking that particularly impact society on socials, educational, economic, political and religious developmet in a society. Indie masterpieces were also found to be on par with other serious mainstream media. The findings also showed that positive and fair valuation should be given towards these masterpieces. All findings have shown that Indie masterpieces are equivalent to other literary genres in Malaysia.