The Value of Education in Literature and Relevance for Teaching

Abstract

This study aims to describe and explain the value of education in literature and how relevant it is for teaching. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Descriptions and explanations lead to circumstances, phenomena and are not limited to data collection but analysis and interpretation of these data. The data collection technique used in this study is a non-interactive technique. Non-interactive data collection techniques by doing intensive reading of the novel and taking notes actively with the method of content analysis. The object of research is literature, namely the Novel Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono. The approach used by the researcher is an objective approach that emphasizes literature. With this approach, researchers will easily find data as a description related to the value of education and its relevance in teaching. The results showed that the value of education in the literature of Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono in the form of irrationality, tolerance, and discipline. The irrationality of the characters Kesi and Kang Petruk has a close relationship in instilling educational values through literature. The value of tolerance education shows tolerance for other people and the natural environment. Kang Petruk was assigned by Kiai Sapu Jagad to preserve nature. The value of education in the form of discipline, both personally and socially, is implicitly explained to be interpreted by the reader. The relevance of the value of education in literature for teaching is that literature is the right and good medium to transfer the value of education to students, both at the school and university levels. Through literature, in the novel Sang Nyai 1 by Budi Sardjono, there are educational values in the form of irrationality, tolerance, and discipline. These three educational values are expected to contribute to the teaching of Indonesian at both the school and university levels..