Abstract
The five Indonesian historical novels being the object of this research, reveal the western convention of the genre in a variety of forms and colours. Pramoedya’s and Mansur Samin’s use both “real” historical person as heroes and secondary character, while the others present imaginative characters as heros and historical persons as background. Pram’s Bumi Manusia, consisting of four books, shows the most complicated form and tends to be realistic in its narration. Arok Dedes, as complicated as the first, is an ideological one. While Roro Mendut, in a very loose plot preoccupies with the psychological problem of the principal characters, and Subang Zamrud Nurhayati is erotic. The thinnest of the five, Perlawanan Rakyat Sigi is heroic. About the writers: two of them are dead, the rest is above sixty years old. The interview shows that they love history and have received good education, especially in history stuff. They are preoccupied by the poor condition of the Indonesian people and the nation, and most of them supported actively the struggle of the oppressed. Keywords: Historical novels, form, narration of fact—fiction, realistic, erotic, fantastic, heroic, ideological themes, education and the writing of historical novel.
Highlights
The five Indonesian historical novels being the object of this research, reveal the western convention of the genre in a variety of forms and colours
The interview shows that they love history and have received good education, especially in history stuff. They are preoccupied by the poor condition of the Indonesian people and the nation, and most of them supported actively the struggle of the oppressed
Kecintaan pada sejarah tampaknya tak dapat dipisahkan dengan idealisme yang tinggi pada bangsa dan negara
Summary
Novel sejarah merupakan sebuah genre yang penting dan banyak ditulis di negara-negara Barat, yang mempunyai kesadaran sejarah yang tinggi. Negara-negara tersebut menanamkan pentingnya sejarah dalam pendidikan. Oleh karena itu tak mengherankan bahwa yang dianggap sebagai pelopor penulisan novel sejarah adalah Walter Scott, seorang pengarang Inggris dari abad XIX. Padahal di masa lalu genre sastra yang menyajikan sejarah sangat dominan, dan dianggap sebagai karya besar yang sekaligus bernilai sastra dan sejarah. Dari jumlah roman sejarah Indonesia yang tak begitu banyak, dalam penelitian ini dibahas lima buah novel sejarah yang menampilkan konvensi novel sejarah (Barat) secara kreatif, serta memperlihatkan variasi bentuk dan warna. Kelima novel tersebut dianggap mampu mewakili keseluruhan novel sejarah kita, karena memperlihatkan mutu dan variasi yang relatif tinggi dalam hal bentuk, isi dan penyajian, dan permainan konvensi yang kreatif
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