Aspects of Love Morality in Novel Asmara lan Kuwadjiban by Sri Hadijojo: A Structural Relation

Abstract

Asmara lan Kuwadjiban is a Javanese novel published in 1962, containing the moral values of love and loyalty. Doctor Sudibja is very loving and loyal to Salindri since childhood. Sudibja physician's inner struggle was built by the narrator through the emergence of Sudjana figures who were mated with Salindri. How a duty as a doctor can go hand in hand with love in the Javanese view becomes the subject of the novel. The study of this novel uses descriptive analysis method, by explaining the elements in literature in detail and in depth. The objective approach that focuses on the literary works and structural theory developed by Burhan Nurgiyantoro is used to analyze the elements that make up the structure of literary works in this novel. The elements discussed in this study are characterizations, plots, backgrounds, themes, and morals.