Educational Values In Hujan By Tere Liye As A Literary Teaching Material In Senior High School

Abstract

This study aimed to gain a deep understanding towards the values of education in Tere Liye's novel, Hujan. The source of research data was a novel by Tere Liye, Hujan. The data of the research were educational values contained in the novel. Descriptive qualitative used as the method of the research. The study found that Tere Liye's novel Hujan reflects the educational values for his readers: first, the moral value of education: always help, perseverance, and responsibility. Second, the value of social education: humanity, caring, and empathy. Third, the value of cultural education: mutual cooperation, obedient rules, and mutual respect. It was suggested that Tere Liye's Hujan can be selected as an alternative to literary teaching materials in high school. Keywords-Educational values; Hujan novel; and teaching materials I. INTRODUCTION In the world of education, literary learning is very important to give to students. A teacher should be able to plan and implement teaching in school. Therefore, teachers are expected to have the ability to educate and teach students to be smart and have goals. Indonesian Language and Literature Education is one of the subjects that can shape and build the character of students. One of Indonesian language and literature material learning that is able to build the character of the students is literary works, especially novels. The presence of a novel can affect the attitudes and behavior of its readers. According to Hasanudin (2007) a novel is defined as a long prose that presents characters, displays a series of events, and settings chronologically. A novel is usually longer and more complex than a short story, generally a novel tells a story of characters in everyday life. A novel reveals deep human aspects of life, for example by describing human suffering, struggle, affection, or hatred. Reading a novel has a specific purpose, not only for entertainment but also can broaden the readers' knowledge. Novels are a means of the author to devote ideas, thoughts, and feelings through writing, thus novels can be used as a means of learning by the author, as in the novel Hujan. Based on researchers' observations and experience, Literary learning in schools was not maximally achieving the objectives in accordance with the standard content's indicators. This causally relates to the teachers' strategies, methods, and learning resources used did not lead to comprehension. Therefore, the author chose the novel Hujan by Tere Liye because the novel is very inspiring to the reader. In addition, literary learning in high school generally focuses only on intrinsic element analysis. In fact, the extrinsic element is also very important to teach to understand about the values of life that benefit the students. As it is important for students, the researchers consider it necessary to conduct an analysis of the values of education in Tere Liye's novel Hujan. The researchers were interested to analyze the values of education in the novel "Hujan" to find the values of education in the novel and the suita...

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“…(Han, 2014). Besides, character education is not limited to traditional classroom settings but extends to folk narrative literary materials, and even animated films, which emphasize a diverse approach to instilling character values (Mulyono et al, 2021;Ediwarman et al, 2018;Astuti dkk., 2019;Sari dkk., 2021).…”