Abstract:
Trisna Hardiningrum; ‘’An Analysis of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk Novel by
Using Biographical Critism’’. Skripsi: English Department of Teacher
Training and Education Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatera
2017.
This research showed that the biography of the author indirectly attached and
gave an overview of the actual content of the novel. The relationship between
Ahmad Tohari as a author with his work entitled Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk was a
major topic of discussion. The objectives of this research were to find out the
theme of the novel and relationship between Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel with
Ahmad Tohari’s biography. Descriptive qualitative method was carried out to
analyze the data. The source of the data was taken from the novel Ronggeng
Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari. In collecting the data, some references related to
biographical critism were applied. The data were analyzed by reading the novel,
underlining statement of Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel that related to Ahmad
Tohari’s biography, analyzing and describing the relationship between Ronggeng
Dukuh Paruk novel with Ahmad Tohari’s biography. It was concluded that the
theme was the complexity of ronggeng dancer’s life, they included social, human
trafficking, character assassination and politic theme and there was the
relationship between the biography of Ahmad Tohari to the content of the
Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk novel.
