Ahmad Tohari Research Articles

IDENTITAS DAN STIGMA SOSIAL DALAM CERPEN “BILA JEBRIS ADA DI RUMAH KAMI” KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

(Title: Identity and Social Stigma in Short Story’s “Bila Jebris Ada di RumahKami” by Ahmad Tohari). Identity becomes a meaningful issue when a crisis occurs. Identity basically talks about ownership about what is generally owned and the difference with others. In the issue of identity there are problems with location, relationships, and involvement with others. The emergence of identity problems is in line with the growth of society as a consequence of migration, urbanization, and transmigration. On the other hand, the problem of identity is also triggered by awareness of gender, ethnicity, social class, and race. Therefore, identity in modern society is an important issue in the social sciences and humanities. The issue of identity in the pragmatic stage is illustrated througha variety of communities, mass media, films, or literature. Among those things, one of the potential media to express the problem of identity is literary work. There are many Indonesian literary works that question identity as an issue, one of which is a short story by Ahmad Tohari entitled “If Jebris Is in Our Home” (1991). This article discusses how the identity of a woman as a prostitute has created social problems for villagers. The social stigma is interesting to discuss from various social, religious, and human perspectives that may be interrelated or conflict with each other. The analysis of the short story shows that the resistance of the villagers to Jebris is based on religious thought and the principleof social harmony in the village.Keywords: identity, urban, religious, stigma

HOMO SACER ORANG PEGATEN DALAM NOVEL KUBAH KARYA AHMAD TOHARI (PERSPEKTIF GIORGIO AGAMBEN)

Ahmad Tohari is a writer who created a novel based on the historical events of his people. One of Ahmad Tohari's novels which is the focus of this research study is the Kubah novel. The involvement of Karman in the communist party turned out to change his life. Referring to the formulation of Giorgio Agamben (1998) about modern biopolitics, the depiction of the life of the character Karman in the Kubah novel, is very much in accordance with the concept of Homo sacer and bare lofe proposed by Agamben. By using descriptive analysis methods, this study aims to analyze the concepts of bare life and homo sacers which are reflected in the Karman character in Ahmad Tohari's Kubah novel. Karman figure becomes a homo sacer who has an identity as a pegaten hamlet resident, but he feels he does not get his rights as a hamlet resident. The change in Karman's self as an innocent, religious and devout individual, until becoming an atheist, was a process of bare life.

MAKNA KONOTATIF GAYA BAHASA METAFORA DALAM KUMPULAN CERPEN SENYUM KARYAMIN KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

This research identifies literary work in the form of short story. The aim of this research is to describe connotative meaning of metaphor figurative language on Kumpulan Cerpen Senyum Karyamin Karya Ahmad Tohari. This research is qualitative descriptive with structural approach. The data of this research is sentences which contains metaphor figurative language on Kumpulan Cerpen Senyum Karyamin Karya Ahmad Tohari. The source of the data is Kumpulan Cerpen Senyum Karyamin by Ahmad Tohari. Based on the result of the analysis, it can be concluded that there are 43 expressions which is found on 13 titles of Kumpulan Cerpen Senyum Karyamin Karya Ahmad Tohari. Those expressions have connotative meaning such as “burung nakal” which means “burung yang menganggu”, word “bisu” which means “tidak dapat berkata apa-apa”, “semangatnya rontok” which means “tidak bersemangat”. Based on those 13 titles analysis, it can be concluded that Senyum Karyamin is a short story which dominantly uses connotative metaphor of figurative language which implies someone’s life with hard-work while Orang-orang Sebrang Kali implies that a human is like a chicken with its worse habit, and does not really use connotative metaphor of figurative language.

Preservation of Javanese Cultural Lexicon in the English Translation of the Collection of Short Stories by Ahmad Tohari

Indonesian literature is rich with cultural nuance expressed by an author in his/her works. Being translated into world lingua franca would make the literary work read by more people, but surely, it is challenging, as a translator must apply the most appropriate translation strategies. Senyum Karyamin is one of Indonesian literary works that represent local culture and has been translated into English. Based on the analysis, in translating 122 Javanese cultural lexicons in Senyum Karyamin, a translator applied 7 strategies, namely: transference (34 data, 27.87%), omission (9 data, 7.37%), descriptive equivalence (19 data, 15.58%), cultural equivalence (25 data, 20.51%), generic word (29 data, 23.78%), additional explanation (3 data, 2,.47%), and footnote (3 data, 2.47%). The orientations of translation ideology were foreignization (translating 59 data – 48.39%) and domestication (translating 63 data – 61.51%). It can be concluded that the preservation of Javanese cultural lexicon is not optimally executed by the translator because the domestication slightly dominates the foreignization. However, the wide variety of applied translation strategies shows that translation practice is dynamic.

The review of the socio-political fiction novels under binary opposition and logocentrism (case study of novel entitled "Orang-Orang Proyek" by Ahmad Tohari)

The socio-political fiction novel is real and presents an implicit portray of the community's social life of a dwell. This sort of literature is less prevalent because every reader might have their perception while the authors favor particular value according to their social and mental experiences. An Indonesian novel entitled Orang-Orang Proyek by Ahmad Tohari, which represents the real condition of the Indonesian community under their political and social situations, is a perfect portray to describe the relation between binary opposition and logocentrism. Both theories will affect the author how they describe each character, even decide how the story ends. This paper tries to break down that literary work using the deconstructive-reading method to read a text with multi-interpretation where the version contains many probabilities of meaning. This study will provide insight into the correct reading method according to the purpose and type of literacy used in literary works.

Sustaining the Environment: the Wisdom of Banyumas Women in Ahmad Tohari’s Novels

Sustaining the Environment: the Wisdom of Banyumas Women in Ahmad Tohari’s Novels

THE EFFECT OF PESANTREN EDUCATION ON THE CREATIVITY OF PESANTRENBASED WRITERS

Many people underestimate learning in pesantren. Muslim students are considered unable to keep up with the times because of the rigidity of the pesantren rules. Meanwhile, literacy learning and literary processing today seems to decrease with the development of modern art. The making of literary works by a writer is highly influenced by his/her environment. Despite the rigidity of the rules as considered by the people, there are many pesantren-based writers. This study aimed to determine the imagination and creativity of literary texts produced by pesantren-based writers. Heuristic, hermeneutic, and intertextual reading methods were performed eclectically to analyze the content, values, and language styles in literary texts. Literary texts that become the focus of the study were those written by pesantren-based writers i.e. poems written by Gus Mus, Ahmad Tohari's short stories, and Habiburrahman El Shirazy's novels. This study found that the imagination and creativity of the literature written by pesantren-based writers tend to be identical with the commitment and quality of the creator's religiosity. It can be implied that the aspects of religiosity and the atmosphere of pesantren that can blow up the imagination and creativity in literary processing can be adopted to support literacy learning and literary processing by public educational institutions outside the pesantren.

The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari's Kumcer Smile Karyamin

The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari's Kumcer Smile Karyamin

The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari's Kumcer Smile Karyamin

The Religiosity Dimension in Ahmad Tohari's Kumcer Smile Karyamin

HEGEMONI DALAM NOVEL RONGGENG DUKUH PARUK KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

A literary work was an image of community social from a condition that is written and adds to it when once with an element of fiction. The social condition referred to include the structure, the system, of the people come from historical, including also the form of the hegemony of conducted by individuals or groups in those societies. This study aims to described the form of the hegemony of conducted by the main figure in the, srinthil, against other figures in a novel ronggeng dukuh paruk and the cause of the problem. The kind of research that is used is qualitative descriptive by using the hegemony of the theory. Research conducted in this research taken from the novel ronggeng dukuh paruk the work of ahmad tohari. The data collection using a technique been listening to and techniques recorded everything. While, data was undertaken analysis cycles reduction-analyze data-conclusion. The result of from the study states that found the form of and the causes of the hegemony of the principal character in a novel ronggeng dukuh paruk. The form of the hegemony of that leads to the stronghold of pharaoh matter.

Moral Degradation in Ahmad Tohari’s Novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk

The research is actuated by phenomenon of deterioration in the character of a person
 or group of community members who are generally influenced by the development
 of the times and advances of technology, imbalanced with the moral consciousness
 termed moral degradation. Moral degradation is a social problem that can have a
 negative impact on individuals, community groups, and the state. The purpose of this
 study is to reveal the existence of moral degradation in Ahmad Tohari’s novel Ronggeng
 Dukuh Paruk using a qualitative descriptive method, precisely selected as the object
 of research is related to social phenomena, namely symptoms or events that occur and
 can be observed in social life. The research is imperative to do as when morality of an
 individual or group of community members cannot be maintained as already shifted
 from a noble cultural, moral degradation arises which furthermore if uncontrolled can
 cause greater social problems. The data in this study are written data derived from
 phrases and sentences indicating the existence of moral degradation carried out by
 characters in the novel. Data collection is done by referring to the note-taking method.
 The results show that there are two points of moral degradation in this novel: human
 trafficking and hypocrisy.

Social Problems in Short Stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari and its Relevance in Senior High School

This research was based on the view that literature is basically a reflection of society. So in this study, researchers used the approach to the sociology of literature. This paper aimed to describe (1) short story becomes one of the literary works that are used as teaching material in schools, (2) the aspect of characrter education based on the collection of short stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari, and (3) social problems collection of short stories entitled Mata Yang Enak Dipandang. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive explaining the data that has been found in research. The main data sources in this study the quotations contained in the novel and the results of interviews with literary experts and learning experts. The results of this study is the main characters in this short story are varied and its can be utilized in the study of literary appreciation for Class XI in Senior high school semester with the standard literary discourse understanding competence through reading poetry and short stories in the aspects of reading and basic competence that is analyzing the intrinsic elements of a short story linkages with everyday life

Indonesian Short Story Perspective Environmental Psychology: Alternative Research of Psychology Literature

In this study, Indonesian short story is explained from the environmental psychology perspective. The core of environmental psychology is human interaction with the environment, from the side of restoration or degradation. This research uses data source from Cerpen Pilihan Kompas 2015 [2016]. From this environmental psychology perspective, it is found that Indonesian short stories shows environmental conditions from the unhealthy side, for example the short story of “Anak ini Mau Mengencingi Jakarta?” by Ahmad Tohari. As for the environmental restoration side, it appears in the short story of “Liang Liu” by Utari. Short story of “Batu Lumut Kapas” by Gus TF Sakai tells about the environment and natural stone.

POTRET KEMISKINAN DALAM KUMPULAN CERITA PENDEK TAWA GADIS PADANG SAMPAH KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

This study aims to describe the portrait of poverty that exist in a collection of short stories the Tawa Gadis Padang Sampah by Ahmad Tohari. The method of this research is qualitative desktiptif method with the study of the sociology of literature. The source of the data in this study is a collection of short stories the Tawa Gadis Padang Sampah by Ahmad Tohari, book the theory of sociology of literature and related journals. The data in this research in the form of sentences that indicate problems in research. Data collection techniques in the study is the analysis of the techniques document. Data analysis techniques using interactive analysis techniques (interactive model of analysis). The results showed that the portrait of poverty in a collection of short stories the Tawa Gadis Padang Sampah by Ahmad Tohari is shown by the residence or the place of residence, employment or profession of a character who was involved the tevye, consumption or food, until the purchasing power of the character, as well as the role of a character in the short story.

ANALISIS GAYA BAHASA DALAM NOVEL ORANG-ORANG PROYEK KARYA AHMAD TOHARI

Figurative language is a way to express ideas in written and oral production by involving feelings and soul. The present study focuses on describing (1) figurative language used by Ahmad Tohari in the novel Orang – Orang Proyek, (2) the most frequently used figurative language, and (3) the reasons of the use of figurative language in the novel. The design of the study was descriptive qualitative by employing content analysis method. The source of the data was the novel Orang – Orang Proyek. Fields notes were administered to collect the data including reducing data, coding the data as well as classifying the data. The research findings show that the kinds of figurative language used were (a) comparison, (b) contrast, (c) bond , and (d) repetition. Besides, Hyperbola was the most frequently used in the novel because Ahmad Tohari intended to convey moral values by presenting the story inside the novel, so it motivated people to give respects to the poor.
 Keywords: Figurative language, novel, Orang-Orang Proyek

ALIH WAHANA NOVEL RONGGENG DUKUH PARUK KARYA AHMAD TOHARI KE FILM SANG PENARI KARYA SUTRADARA IFA ISFANSYAH: DITINJAU DARI EPISODE CERITA

This research aims to; (a) describe the episode of Ahmad Tohari's Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel; (b) describing the film episode of the Dancer by director Ifa Isfansyah; (c) describes a comparison of the story of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel by Ahmad Tohari with the film The Dancer Director by Ifa Isfansyah, this type of research is a qualitative research with descriptive methods. The data of this study are episodes of the story of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk's novel by Ahmad Tohari and the film Sang Penari Director by Ifa Isfansyah. Data collection techniques are carried out in three stages. The first stage was reading Ahmad Tohari's Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk karya novel, then proceeding to watch the film The Dancer's Director Ifa Isfansyah. The second stage is the data collection stage about the episode story of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel by Ahmad Tohari and the film Sang Penari directed by Ifa Isfansyah's work collected through recording and observation techniques. The third stage is the stage of inventorying data into a data inventory format. Based on the results of research episodes in novels and films found a number of different episodes. The story episodes in the novel are found in 51 episodes, while in the film there are 46 episodes of the story. In the film there are 9 episodes of story episodes added, and 24 episodes of story episodes reduction, while novel episodes that experience varied changes after being screened as a film, found in 7 episodes. This happened because of the creativity of the director when adapting the novel to the film. Keywords: ecranization, novel, film

STUDENT RECEPTION OF SHORT STORIES: A CHARACTER RECEPTION STUDY

The problem in this research was the reception of students towards the characters in the short story of Mata yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari. The purpose of this study was to describe the student’s reception of Mata yang Enak Dipandang short story by Ahmad Tohari. This study used a qualitative descriptive study. The results showed that students recept the facts of the story in the short story. The student recepted characters is based on three aspects attached, namely the physical, psychological, and sociological. At the groove reception, overall student claimed that the plot is very nice and very fit so as to make the reader interested and curious to read it. At the background reception, students recept the background of place, time, and social. This study was implicated in the design of learning and teaching materials.

Translation and Culture: The Change of Cultural Atmosphere in the Translated Version of Ahmad Tohari’s “The Red Bekisar”

This study is conducted in order to discover the difference between the original text, Bekisar Merah, and the translated text, the Red Bekisar. The analysis process and sample gathering will be using Peter Newmark’s concept in translating and culture, while the analysis to reveal the use domestication in the translated text is supported by the definition stated by Hannun Kemppanen.

Analisis Nilai Moral dan Nilai Sosial pada Kumpulan Cerpen Karya Ahmad Tohari sebagai Upaya Pemilihan Bahan Pembelajaran pada Siswa Kelas X SMAN 5 Pandeglang

The study aims to determine the moral values and social values in a collection of short stories by Ahmad Tohari as learning material in class X SMAN 5 Pandeglang. The aim of this study to 1) Provide knowledge about the values contained in short story, 2) Growing motivation in reading short story literature, 3) Increasing interest in appreciating short stories, 4) Able to analyze the values contained in short story literature, 5) Instill the positive values of short stories in everyday life. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis method. Descriptive method is the method used to make broader conclusions. Research data collection techniques were carried out using literature studies or documentation studies on Ahmad Tohari’s short stories. The steps in this descriptive study are, 1) Identify significant problems that can be solved through the descriptive method, 2) Formulate the problem clearly, 3) Determine the purpose and benefits of research, 4) Conduct literature studies related to problems, and 5) Collect and analyze data qualitatively. The steps of data collection are reading Ahmad Tohari’s short stories carefully, recording the appropriate data, identifying and classifying data and making data education. The results of the study indicate that the collection of short stories by Ahmad Tohari contains many values, especially moral values and social values.

Translation Analysis of Cultural Terms Found in the Novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari and The Dancer by Rene T.A Lysloff and its Contribution to Cross Cultural Understanding Teaching

The objectives of the study are (1) To categorize the cultural terms found in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Parukinto The Dancer(2) To describe the techniques implemented in the translation of cultural terms in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Parukinto The Dancer (3) To find out the contribution of novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and The Dancer to Cross Cultural Understanding teaching.This is a descriptive research with qualitative analysis. The writer used following steps: (a) the writer read the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari and its translation The Dancer by Rene T.A. Lysloff, (b) the writer search the cultural terms in the novel, (c) the writer analyzed the cultural terms found in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and its translation The Dancer, (d) the writer analyzed the technique of translation, (e) the writer analyzed both of the novel to find out the possible contribution to Cross Cultural Understanding teaching. The result of this research are (1) Categories cultural terms found in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and The Dancer. There are four categories of cultural terms related to Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and The Dancer. Those are material culture, social culture, activities and procedures, and then gestures and habits. (2) technique implemneted in the translation of cultural terms in the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk into The Dancer. In translation the novel, the translator applied borrowing technique i.e without any change the word of culture. (3) contribution of the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk and The Dancer to Cross Cultural Understanding teaching. The contribution of translation analysis of cultural terms in the novel is giving information and developing the student’s knowledge. It also can be the new media of Cross Cultural Understanding teaching.