ANALISIS STRUKTURAL DAN AMANAT NOVEL SUNDARI KARYA OSKANDAR R

• Main Authors: , YASSINTA NURLITA SARI, , Drs. Akhmad Nugroho, S.U
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2014
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/131600/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=72098
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

Sundari�s novel is included of one of panglipur wuyung novel. Panglipur wuyung is a story contains a consolation which has a purpose to entertain a wistful heart. The Sundari was written by Oskandar R and was published by Rangkah Mas Surabaya in 1966. The novel uses ngoko Javanese as the language used by the characters in the story. This story of this book is told that an educated yet poor man who falls in love with a young rich girl. They went in a relationship, but unfortunately, they had to postpone their marriage since both of them were still at such young age and also the man needed to catch his profession title as a teacher in Papua. The novel was analyzed using Robert Stanton�s structural analysis including theme, story facts (character, plot, and setting) and the literary device (title, point of view, style and tone, symbolism, and irony) and coda. The research underwent several stages begun with determining the research material, formulating the problems, finding additional materials to support the analysis, and analyzing the research problems using the structural analysis to draw final conclusion. The analysis results showed that the novel has the theme of commitment to love and postponing marriage for the sake of dream. The protagonists are Sundari and Pramono, along with the other characters Waluyo, and Mr. and Mrs. Hadiseputro. The story takes place in Solo in 1966 and goes in forward plot. Regarding the literary device, the title Sundari refers the name of the protagonist, Sundari. The story was written in first-person point of view using �aku� as the narrator. In regards to style and tone, the novel uses a lot of metaphors, romantic sentences, and some jokes. The resemblance of the novel�s characters with those of Javanese puppet stories is the symbolism found in the novel. Furthermore, the irony is shown by Pramono who has to go to Papua becoming a teacher, making him live separately from Sundari and postpone their marriage. Finally, a literary work always tries to convey a message or coda to the readers about life. This novel tells us that education is primary and there is no need to rush to the altar when the love is based on a strong commitment.