REPRESENTASI MASYARAKAT PEDESAAN DALAM NOVEL BEKISAR MERAH KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

Abstract

This article aims to describe the representation of rural communities are depicted in Bekisar Merah novel by Ahmad Tohari. This research is a qualitative, descriptive method that aims to create a description, picture, or painting in a systematic, factual, and accurate information on the facts, nature and the relationship between the phenomenon investigated, so saw the quality or the quality of the object under study , Results of the study found that the novel Bekisar Merah by Ahmad Tohari discusses the representation of rural communities, which can be described in six indicators, namely: (1) Process and social interaction in the countryside illustrate the friendliness between people, and solving problems together, (2 ) social stratification in rural areas based on soil and have a backup business ownership development. (3) the family and kinship systems rural communities have a sense of togetherness more closely and they consider the neighbors are family, (4) social change, (5) social organizations at the village bring a positive influence, helpful and is an inevitable requirement, (6) culture (norms and values) still held firm.

Keywords: rural communities, representation, novel