The Adaptation of Jago Temple Bas-Relief into Children’s Literature

Abstract

Everything left by ancestors in the form of moral teachings, values, and philosophical reflections will be very useful for future generations. However, centuries later, these relics are no longer known by the younger generation. Everything involved it will certainly be unique character and become the most appropriate for those who produce them. Works related to this subject have been widely written and obtained for several years. This paper would like to offer an old method initiated by Erwin Panofsky (1955) to convert the Jago temple relief into children’s literature. This children’s story can later be enjoyed as a popular discourse and informative local history. This work is expected to attract reading interest, especially children with the basis of local stories. This qualitative research applies iconographic methods which require pre-iconographic and iconographic. After the relief has been interpreted, then the resultant meaning will be converted into an overview of a story plot, developed in units of events so that it becomes a complete story. Through this paper, moral values can be disseminated more methodically. Furthermore, the breakdown of intergenerational historical relations can be improved.