Social Conflict in a Collection of Short Stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari (Study of Literature Sociology)

Abstract

This study aims to describe the forms of social conflict, the causes of the emergence of social conflicts, and the forms of social conflict resolution contained in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari. This type of research is a qualitative research using descriptive method. The study used in this research is the study of the sociology of literature. The data sources for this research are short stories contained in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari with a total of 15 short stories which were the second printing in 2015 with 216 pages. The data collection techniques in this study are: (1) reading and understanding the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari which examines social conflict as a data source; (2) marking data related to social conflicts contained in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari using lines or numbers; (3) identifying or marking data based on forms of social conflict, causes of social conflict, and forms of social conflict resolution found in Ahmad Tohari's collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang; and (4) taking an inventory of the data according to the object of research, based on the data inventory format. Based on the results of data analysis and discussion found 52 data. The results of the research in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari are as follows. (1) The forms of social conflict in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari, namely, (a) personal conflicts found 41 data, (b) racial conflicts found 4 data, (c) conflicts between social classes found 7 data; (2) The causes of social conflict in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari, namely, (a) economic factors found 35 data, (b) biological factors found 1 data, (c) psychological factors found 11 data, and (d) cultural factors found 5 data; (3) Resolution of social conflicts in the collection of short stories Mata Yang Enak Dipandang by Ahmad Tohari, namely, (a) elimination (resignation) found 32 data, (b) subjugation (conquest) found 14 data, (c) Minority Consent (fair) found 2 data, and (d) compromise found 4 data.