Father's Role in the Novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye and the Novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya
Abstrak
The novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye and the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak novel by Adhitya Mulya are examples of literary works that have intertextual relation. The intertextual relation can be seen from their intrinsic elements such as the theme, the characterizations, the settings, the plot, and their extrinsic elements such as the father's role in the family. The objective of the study was to describe: (1) the intrinsic elements of the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye and the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya, (2) the father's roles in the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye and the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya, (3) intertextual relation between the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye and the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya.
The theories used as references in the study were the theory of fathers’ role in the family and the theory of intertextual. Singgih (1991: 36-37) states that a father’s roles in the family are: (1) as a source of material, or as the breadwinner, (2) as an understanding husband who will provide a sense of security, (3) to participate in the children education, (4) as a protector, a firm and a wise character who loves his family. Nurgiyantoro (2010: 50) explains that literary work cannot be born from a situation of cultural vacuum. Cultural elements, including all traditions and community conversions, in their special form in the forms of literary texts written before and influence the texts writter later. This relation can be studied using intertextual study.
The type of the study used was qualitative with a descriptive method. The data of the study were words, sentences, and expressions relating to the fathers roles in the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye (2011) and the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya (2014). The data analysis was conducted through: (1) classifying the data, (2) describing the fathers’ roles, (3) interpreting the intertextual relation, and (4) drawing conclusion.
Based on the findings and the analysis were found things as follow: First, the intrinsic elements of the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong were: (a) the themes was about the simplicity of life (simplicity wanted by the father for his children), (b) the plot of the novel was a mixed plot, (c) the time setting was not connected to the history setting, the place setting was not described geographically, while the dominant atmosphere setting was sad, happy, and tense, (d) the main characters were Dam and father. The intrinsic elements of the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak were: (1) the theme was about family, or in a more specipic explanation was a good parenting style for children, (2) the storyline of the novel was a mixed plot, (3) the time setting was sad, happy, tense, and angry, (4) the main characters were Gunawan, Itje, Cakra, and Satya. Second, the father’s roles in the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong were: (1) to provide security described by the father character who always gave his wife intimacy and love, and always created a nice atmosphere, (2) to educate his children which could be seen from the way he taught Dam through stories so that Dam became more vibrant and better, (3) as the family protector described through the father’s attitude as a parent that tried to give his love and his attention for his children. In the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak were also found the father’s roles which were: (1) to provide security described by the father character, Gunawan, who always gave his wife support, intimacy, understanding and love, and always keep a nice family atmosphere, (2) to educate his children which could be seen from Gunawan’ behaviours when he taught his children through videos to give them advices and lessons of life, eventhough through videos, (3) as the family protactor described through Gunawan’s attitude when he smartly prepared something for his children and his wife, eventhough he was sentenced to suffer from cancer. Third, there was an intertextual relation between the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong by Tere Liye dan the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak by Adhitya Mulya. The novel which discusses about a father’s roles have been written earlier by Tere Liye (2011), and then it was also written by Adhitya Mulya (2014), so that it can be concluded that the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong becomes the hypogram, while the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak is the transformation work.
Key words : the novel Ayahku (Bukan) Pembohong, the novel Sabtu Bersama Bapak, peran ayah, intertextual study
