KAJIAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA DAN NILAI PENDIDIKAN KARAKTER DALAM NOVEL BANDIT-BANDIT BERKELAS KARYA TERE LIYE SERTA PEMANFAATANNYA SEBAGAI BAHAN AJAR APRESIASI SASTRA DI SMA

Abstract

This study aims to describe the forms of social reality and character education values in Tere Liye’s novel Bandit-Bandit Berkelas and to examine their utilization as literary appreciation teaching material for senior high school. The study employed a descriptive qualitative library-research design. Data were collected through repeated reading, note-taking, and documentation, then analyzed through content analysis and the stages of data reduction, display, and conclusion drawing. The findings identified 762 data: 368 social-reality data and 394 character-education data. Social reality consisted of violence (110), criminality (107), economic conditions (81), oppression (49), religion (13), and poverty (8). Character education was represented through responsibility, social care, communication, hard work, independence, friendship, curiosity, creativity, religiosity, discipline, honesty, achievement appreciation, peace, cooperation, perseverance, confidence, tolerance, democratic attitudes, environmental care, reading interest, and related positive dispositions. The study also found that the novel has substantive, beneficial, and attractive potential for literary appreciation learning, although its transformation into teaching material requires technical adaptation in selection, layout, typography, and illustration. The implication is that selected data from the novel can be organized into contextual learning activities that connect literary interpretation with social awareness and character reflection.