SOCIAL CRITICISM IN THE NOVEL CINTA DI DALAM GELAS OF ANDREA HIRATA WORK AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON INDONESIAN LEARNING IN SMA

Abstract

This research study aims to (1) describe the forms of social criticism found in the novel
Cinta di dalam Gelas by Andrea Hirata. (2) Describe the implications of the form of social
criticism found in Andrea Hirata's novel Cinta di dalam Gelas for learning Indonesian in
high school. This study uses the theory of Alan Swingewood with a qualitative descriptive
approach to the sociology of literature. The data source is the novel Cinta di dalam Gelas by
Andrea Hirata. Data collection techniques using literature study. Data analysis in this study
used descriptive qualitative. The technique of presenting the results of the analysis uses an
informal method. The results of this study contained 40 data. First, social criticism of crime
17 data. Second, family social criticism 11 data. Third, social criticism of poverty 12 data.
The results of this study can be implicated in learning in SMA class XII semester II in
reading skills with SK: Understanding biographies, novels, and saga, and KD: Comparing
intrinsic and extrinsic elements of Indonesian novels or translations with saga