Abstract :
Susilawati Hasanah, 2018. (NPM 12450036). Social Protest on Novel
Medulla Sinculasis by Paox Iben. Thesis majoring in Indonesian
language and literature education. Faculty of science teacher of
hamzanwadi university. Advisor. Counselor: (1) Drs. Lalu
Fakihuddin, M. Pd. and (2) Mudarman, M. Pd.
Novel Medulla Sinculasis by Paox Iben. This novel contains about the
social protests that took place in the Sasak community. In this novel talks
about a young maid named Nuruda who is very concerned with the problems
of society Sasak. This beautiful novel is delivered with a sufficient writing
style as well as the author's attention to social critic questions that are sharp
enough to inspire. This study aims to describe the form of social protest and
the relevance of the contents of the novel with the life of today's society. To
achieve this goal, researchers review it by using the approach of literary
sociology. This research is a qualitative descriptive research with content
analysis method or content analysis. The data is in the form of a sentence
derived from the quotations contained in Paox Iben's Medulla Sinculasis novel
concerning the focus of research. Data collection techniques is by
documentation techniques and library techniques. While the instrument is the
researcher itself. Data analysis techniques used ranging from describing the
data to the focus of research studies, then analyze and interpret the data in
accordance with the problems studied, then concluded. From the results of the
study, it can be concluded that in addition to aspects of ethnicity colored
rivalitas antar suku, the people of NTB still face the problem of gender
inequality, which overlap with ties among tribes. Then the demands on the
role of government in unifying inter-community relations.
Keywords: Social Protest, Novel Medulla Sinculasis.