Interaksi Sosial dalam Trilogi Darah Emas Karya Meiliana K. Tansri: Pendekatan Sosiologis

Abstract

This study which revealed problems of social interaction and factual representation of reality is done through two approaches, intrinsic and extrinsic. Intrinsic approach which used literary texts reviewed based on the views of Stanton, which is researching the facts and meaning of the story. Extrinsic approach that examines the context of literary works, reviewed literature on the theory of Wellek and Austin's sociology, namely the existence of three literary facts: the author, work, and readers. The trilogy of Darah Emas written by Meiliana K. Tansri which was used as the source of research data in this study was analyzed using documentary techniques and content analysis. Based on the analysis, findings obtained in the form of social interaction that made the characters as representations of the Chinese community-Jambi. The following finding is the author's involvement in the creative process of the trilogy. The involvement was found through the description of the author sociological background. However, these findings cannot be separated from fact and meaning of the story for those both aspects are complementary in the interpretation of literary texts.

Penelitian yang mengungkapkan masalah interaksi sosial dan representasi realitas faktual ini dilakukan melalui dua pendekatan, intrinsik dan ekstrinsik. Pendekatan intrinsik yang bersumber pada teks sastra, ditinjau berdasarkan pandangan Stanton, yakni meneliti fakta dan makna cerita. Pendekatan ekstrinsik yang meneliti konteks karya sastra, ditinjau berdasarkan teori sosiologi sastra Wellek dan Austin, yakni adanya tiga fakta sastra: pengarang, karya, dan pembaca. Trilogi Darah Emas karya Meiliana K. Tansri yang menjadi sumber data penelitian ini dianalisis dengan menggunakan teknik dokumenter dan analisis konten. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, diperoleh temuan berupa interaksi sosial yang dilakukan para tokoh sebagai representasi masyarakat Tionghoa-Jambi. Temuan berikutnya adalah keterlibatan pengarang dalam proses kreatif trilogi tersebut. Keterlibatan itu ditemukan melalui pendeskripsian latar belakang sosiologis pengarang. Temuan-temuan ini tidak bisa dilepaskan dari fakta dan makna cerita karena semuanya saling melengkapi dalam pemaknaan teks sastra.