Hyperreality in the Novel of Di Kaki Bukit Cibalak by Ahmad Tohari

Abstract

— Hyperreality or as so called pseudo reality slightly appear in DKBC novel BY Ahmad Tohari. By its hyperreality, the novel seems to carry a commendable mission behind the writing. That is why this study aims to describe the background of the author in creating the hyperreality. This research is a descriptive analysis research that focuses on the text ideology. The approach of this study is the sociological approach to literature. The data analysis techniques used are heuristic techniques and hermeneutic techniques. The results show that the author’s background is to illustrate that even with its problem complexities the village community turns out to be better than the city. The author conveys the story by creating opposition pairs arranged into stories. It is written in the style of hyperreality through the characters of the story.