Simbol Mitologis Dilihat Dari Representasi Sistem Religi Masyarakat Jawa Dalam Novel "Bilangan Fu" Karya Ayu Utami (Kajian Antropologi Sastra)
Authors: Muhamad Saepudin , Suntini Sun , Hidayat Arip 
Published: December 2023

ABSTRAK: Penelitian ini membahas tentang bentuk representasi sistem religi serta simbol mitologis yang dilihat dari sistem religi masyarakat Jawa dalam novel Bilangan Fu karya Ayu Utami. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah: 1) Untuk mendeskripsikan representasi sistem religi masyarakat Jawa dalam novel Bilangan Fu karya Ayu Utami; 2) Untuk mendeskripsikan simbol mitologis dilihat dari representasi sistem religi masyarakat Jawa melalui metode semiotika Roland Barthes dalam novel Bilangan Fu karya Ayu Utami. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan teknik pengumpulan data berupa studi pustaka dan dokumentasi. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan dengan antropologi sastra dan semiotika Roland Barthes. Langkah-langkah yang dilakukan dalam penelitian ini ialah dengan cara membaca dan menandai setiap dialog atau peristiwa yang mengandung representasi sistem religi dan simbol-simbol mitologisnya. Analisis data menghasilkan penelitian bahwa dalam novel Bilangan Fu karya Ayu Utami terdapat tiga aspek representasi sistem religi di antaranya, sistem religi animisme Kejawen, sinkretisme Islam Kejawen, dan monoteisme Islam. Dalam sistem religi animisme Kejawen terdapat sembilan data, sinkretisme Islam Kejawen terdapat tiga data, dan monoteisme Islam terdapat tujuh data. Sementara dari ketiga sistem religi tersebut, dalam animisme terdapat tiga simbol mitologis. Namun dari sinkretisme Islam Kejawen dan monoteisme Islam tidak memuat simbol mitologis secara khusus, melainkan sekadar pandangan terhadap kepercayaan simbol mitologis tersebut. Di samping itu, problem dari representasi ketiga sistem religi mengarah pada satu titik permasalahan, yaitu pluralitas dalam keagamaan. Sedangkan, simbol mitologis mengarah pada kontrol sosial dalam kebudayaan terkait dengan kepentingan secara tradisional dan modern
KATA KUNCI: Antropologi sastra, Bilangan Fu, , simbol mitologis, sistem religi..
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ABSTRACT: This study discuses the from representation religious system as well mythological symbol which is seen from religious system Javanese society in the novel Bilangan Fu by Ayu Utami. Formulation of the problem in the research is: 1) How is the religious system Javanese society in the novel Bilangan Fu By Ayu Utami?; 2) How is the mytological symbol which is seen from religious system Javanese society in the novel Bilangan Fu by Ayu Utami?. The purpose of this research is: 1) To describe the religious system Javanese society in the novel Bilangan Fu By Ayu Utami; 2) To describe the mytological symbol which is seen from religious system Javanese society in the novel Bilangan Fu by Ayu Utami. This research uses qualitative descriptive method with the data collection technique in the form of library research and documentation. The research approach used with literary anthropological studies and semiotics Roland Barthes. The steps taken in this research is which reading, and mark every dialogue or event that contains representations of the religious system and its mytological symbols. Data analysis resulted in research that in the novel Bilangan Fu by Ayu Utami there are three aspects in the representation of the religious system in between, Kejawen animist, Kejawen Islamic syncretism, and the Islamic monotheism. In the Kejawen animist there are nine data, Kejawen Islamic syncretism there are three data, and Islamic monotheism there are seven data. While form of the three religious system, in animism there are three mythological symbols. However, Kejawen Islamic syncretism and Islamic monotheism nothing spesific mythological symbol. In addition, the problem of the representation of the three religious system leads to one problem, namely plurality in religion. Meanwhile, mythological symbol lead to social control in culture related to traditional and modern interest.
KEYWORDS: literary anthropological studies, Bilangan Fu, mythological symbol, religious system.