Developing Textbook for Language Training and Education Program Entitled “Storytelling and Modern Javanese Novels” by Incorporating Sociology of Literature Approach
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
The availability of textbooks on storytelling and modern Javanese novels that can be used by students and lecturers at Teacher Training and Education Faculty’s Javanese Language Program is very scarce if not absent. In a bid to fill the gap, therefore, this study aims to compile a textbook prototype that discusses the storytelling and modern Javanese novels by using sociology of literature approach. The textbook prototype is also aimed to be a future textbook that could be used as a reference by the students and lecturers at related programs. This study provides assessment on the prototypes’ effectiveness by testing it through various experimentations. This study is very important to know the users’ - teachers or lecturers and students – response on Javanese prose fiction, especially storytelling and novels, from both traditional and modern era. This study also aims to understand the desires of preserving the ancestors’ literary heritage as well as developing it. Through which, modern and traditional Javanese prose fiction will always develop.
Authors and Affiliations
Herman J. Waluyo, Sahid Widodo
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