Kritik Sosial Masalah Ekonomi dalam Novel Haniyah dan Ala di Rumah Teteruga Karya Erni Aladjai

Abstract

This study discusses social criticism in the novel Haniyah and Ala di Rumah Teteruga by Erni Aladjai. The purpose of this study is to describe the social criticism of economic problems contained in the novel. The method used is descriptive qualitative, while the approach uses sociology of literature and theory of social criticism. Soekanto's theory of social criticism is used to describe social problems criticized by the author. The data analysis technique used to analyze this research is narrative analysis. The results of the discussion of this study indicate that there are socio-economic problems experienced by clove farmers in Kon village as a result of the clove trade monopoly.