Didactic Literature in Indonesian Folklore

This study describes the didactic literature, namely literature that educates in imaginative or fictitious forms including moral, religion, philosophy or certain themes. This study aims to analyze the contents/expressions of discipline in literary works. This study employe a descriptive qualitative method based on the theory of didactic literary approach. The data were obtained by documentation study techniques and content analysis. The source of this research data were the texts that contain didactics expressions from a collection of Indonesian folklore, in this case Acehnese folklore, entitled “Cerita Rakyat Aceh Bernuansa Damai” [Peaceful Nuance of Aceh Folklore] published by the Peace Education Program (PPD) in 2009 containing 21 stories from various regions in Aceh. The analysis shows that the expression of the falsity of folklore in terms of (a) the suitability of the content/expression with the aim of national education, (b) contain a cultural dimension consisting of language, science, profession/work, technology, art, social system/organization, and religion/religion, (c) contain dimensions of knowledge: conceptual, procedural, and metacognitive, (d) find out the knowledge as the source of the problem/conflict and the solution provided. Keywords—didactic literature; folklore; Indonesian folklore