Abstrak -Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat respon mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI dalam memahami konflik keberagaman dan pemahaman identitas budaya terkait dengan ideologi multikulturalisme melalui puisi multikultural kesusasteraan Inggris. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode reader-response (respon pembaca) dengan subjek penelitian yaitu mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI yang mengambil mata kuliah Pengkajian Puisi sebanyak 26 orang. Dengan menggunakan teori Identitas oleh Stuart Hall sebagai kajian multikulturalisme dan teori intrinsik puisi, penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan gambaran jelas mengenai respon mahasiswa Sastra Inggris terhadap teks-teks sastra bertema multikultural dan juga gambaran jelas sejauh mana pemahaman lintas budaya mereka. Pada akhirnya hasil ini secara garis besar menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman keberagaman, kepedulian sosial dan toleransi di kalangan mahasiswa sastra Inggris UAI belum baik karena sebanyak 53.86% responden terlihat mengalami kesulitan untuk memahami dan menginterpretasikan isi puisi serta tidak bisa mengaitkan tema puisi dengan kondisi keberagaman di kehidupan mereka sehari-hari. Abstract -This research is done to see the English Department students' response in understanding cultural identity and issues of differences related to the ideology of multiculturalism through interpreting a multicultural poem in English. This research is a qualitative research implementing a reader-response method using 26 students of the English Department in UAI as the subject of research. By conducting Stuart Hall's theory of Identity as a multiculturalism analysis and theory of Poetic devices, this research is done to give a clear perspective on the students' response towards a multicultural theme in a literary text as well asgiving view on their intercultural understanding. In the end, this research shows that overall these students' understanding towards the issue of differences and tolerance is unsatisfying seeing that 53.86% respondents were unable to understand and interprete the poem as well as were unable to relate the theme of the poem to the condition around them in reality. PENDAHULUAN Latar Belakang Masalahulticultural Literature adalah salah satu cabang ilmu dan kajian di dalam kesusasteraan Inggris yang sedang berkembang pesat saat ini terutama sejak 30 tahun terakhir. Pada awalnya karya sastra multikultural di Amerika Serikat lahir sejalan dengan munculnya gerakan yang memperjuangkan keadilan dan pengakuan akan keberagaman dalam masyarakat. Pada awal 1980-an, istilah M

<p><strong>This research examines students’ understanding of intercultural communication issues through text reading using a short story entitled <em>Channel at the Bottom of the Sea</em> written by a Singaporean author, Stephanie Ye. A readers’ response qualitative method is used in conducting this research which uses a literary text focusing on multicultural themes. By using Martin and Nakayama’s intercultural communication concepts specifically on the four barriers in intercultural communication, this analysis examines 25 students’ response in understanding, reacting, and reflecting intercultural communication cases.  In conclusion, it can be seen that 64% students responded well enough in perceiving the issues of intercultural communication in a multicultural context. </strong></p><p><strong>Key Word: </strong><em>Intercultural Communication, Literary Text, Multiculturalism, Readers’ Response, Stephanie Ye</em><em>.</em></p>

This paper aims to analyse the issues of diaspora and displacement in Elif Shafak’s The Island of Missing Trees. The novel focuses on the Kazantzakis family that is forced to flee their homeland Cyprus to England. A unique aspect of the novel is that half of it is narrated by a fig tree. Therefore, this novel will be analysed both from Multicultural and Ecocritical perspectives. To analyse the data, this research uses a qualitative descriptive method, particularly textual analysis. In the end, the result of this paper shows a connection between the issues of diaspora and displacement with natural environment. This analysis is important because in the 21st century conflicts are still happening, which force people to leave their homeland and significantly affect the natural environment.