AbstrakSebagai bangsa yang multikultur, Indonesia mempunyai potensi perpecahan dan konflik etnik yang cukup besar jika tidak dikelola dengan baik. Tulisan ini mendeskripsikan nilai-nilai multikultural dalam sastra Indonesia sebagai bahan pembelajaran apresiasi sastra di SMA, yang dapat menjadi pemantik bagi terbentuknya karakter multikultur. Lewat apresiasi sastra diyakini penanaman karakter tepat sasaran (efektif) karena sastra bersentuhan dengan nilai-nilai kemanusiaan. Metode yang digunakan adalah deskriptif dengan teknik simak catat. Data diambil dari empat karya sastra Indonesia, yakni satu cerpen terpilih dan tiga novel. Data dianalisis dengan pendekatan struktural-semiotik. Dari hasil analisis dapat disimpulkan bahwa cerpen "Seribu Kunang-kunang di Manhattan", karya Umar Kayam, novel "Salah Asuhan" karya Abdul Moeis, dan novel "Namaku Hiroko" karya Nh Dini, mengandung nilai-nilai kesederajatan (egalitarian), keberagaman, dan karakter multikulturalis yang baik pada tokoh utamanya, layak dijadikan bahan ajar apresiasi sastra di tingkat SMA.Kata kunci: multikultural, bahan ajar, apresiasi sastra AbstractAs a multicultural nation, Indonesia has considerable potential for disunity and ethnic conflicts if the various differences are not managed well. This paper describes multicultural values in Indonesian literature as teaching and learning materials for literary appreciation in high school, which can be a trigger for the formation of multicultural characters. Through literary appreciation it is believed that character inculcation is right on target (effective) because literature is in touch with human values. The method used was descriptive with the note taking technique. Data were taken from four Indonesian literary works, namely one selected short story and three novels. Data were analyzed by a structuralsemiotic approach. From the results of the analysis it can be concluded that the short story "Seribu Kunang-kunang di Manhattan" by Umar Kayam, the novel "Salah Asuhan" by Abdul Moeis, and the novel "Namaku Hiroko" by Nh Dini contain the values of equality (egalitarian), diversity, and multicultural characters that are good for the main character, are worthy of being used as literary appreciation teaching materials at the high school level.