The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari’s Kumcer Smile Karyamin
- December 10, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS Team
- Categories: IJRSI, Language and Literature
International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue XI, November 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705
The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari’s Kumcer Smile Karyamin
Tri Hartini, Andayani, Atikah Anindyarini
Deapartmen of Indonesian Language Educationn, SebelasMaret University, Central Java, Indonesia
ABTRACT: One of the functions of literary works is to provide religious values. This study aims to describe the religiosity dimension in Ahmad Tohari’s collection of short stories Senyum Karyamin (Karyamin’s Smile). The method applied in this research is qualitative descriptive with note-taking technique. The results of this study found religiosity dimension in the form of a dimension of belief (ideology) in 6 data, a dimension of worship (ritualistic) in 4 data, knowledge (intellectual) in 4 data, and a dimension of experience (consequential) in 2 data.
Kata Kunci :character education, collection of short stories, religiosity dimension.
1. INTRODUCTION
Literary works are often referred to as essays, imitations of life, and stories written by an author [1]. Literary works can be used to direct readers to a certain characteristic person. This is because every story in a literary work has value, in addition to its main function, which is entertaining [2]. The existence of literary works in human life can fill mental resilience because by reading literary works, readers will get inner satisfaction [3].
It is known that there are three genres in a literary work, including prose, poetry and drama. Prose is a composition written freely, not bound by any form of rules such as poetry. Meanwhile, a short story is a literary work in which it is a short prose. The short story contains values that can be picked up by readers, for example religious, social, disciplinary values, etc. This is because in essence a literary work including short stories is a work that has value [5].achievements. He has received an award as an international writer in the city of Lowa, United States of America with various genres including stories that have religious character values. So this collection of short stories, Senyum Karyamin, is expected to provide a new spirit in the world of literature for various human backgrounds, including bringing awareness to the one and only God by inspiring harmony, simplicity, and conflict in the stories.
