Values of Character Education and Internal Conflict of Main Figures in Sinar novel by Aguk Irawan Mizan as Literature Reading Material in Senior High School
Risma Martalena Tarigan (a*), Biner Ambarita (b), Khairil Ansari (b)
(a) Postgraduate Program, State University of Medan, Medan, Indonesia
*rismatarigan11[at]gmail.com
(b) Department of Indonesian Language and Literature Education, State University of Medan, Medan, Indonesia
Abstract
This research aims to (1) Analyze the value of character education in Sinar novel by Aguk Irawan Mizan, (2) Analyze internal conflict of the main figure in Sinar novel by Aguk Irawan Mizan, and (3) Know its usefulness as literary reading in senior high school. The type of this research is qualitative with descriptive method and researchers as instruments. The value of character education was analyzed with the provisions of National Education Ministry that is limited to religious values, hard work values, independence values, responsibility values, and social care values. Internal conflict was analyzed by Sigmund Freuds theory. The technique of collecting data using scrutinize and record, then analyzed using the Miles and Huberman models. Its usefulness as reading material is known through interviews with three Indonesian language teachers and questionnaires for 32 students in 4 Binjai Senior High School. Based on the research, be found 33 values of character education were obtained which included five religion values, four values of hard work, twelve values of independence, eight values of responsibility and four values of social care. Also besides, there are fifteen internal conflicts of the main characters in the novel. Based on the results of the interview was concluded that the reading material in the form of enrichment books based on this research was appropriate to be used as a companion learning book and it by following with the characteristics of senior high school students. The results of the questionnaire showed students responses to reading material is 82.2 percent with very good criteria.
Keywords: Values; Education; Character; Conflict; Internal; Novel; Literature
Topic: Social,Language and Cultural Education