An Intertextual Study of the Novel of Anak Bajang Menggiring Angin by Sindhunata and the Novel of Rahvayana by Sujiwo Tejo

ABSTRACT: This study was motivated by similarities and differences between two literature works in the form of a novel that has the common theme, Rahvayana. This study viewed the originality of the literary works that viewed the hipogram (the previous literary works) as the greater. On the other hand, basically, the intertextuality study is to view the level of creativity of an author to create a new literary work after reading previous literature works. This study was aimed to describe the intertextuality related to the similarities and differences and viewed from the expansion and modificationt. The kind of this study was a qualitative research using a descriptive method. The data sources of this research were the novel of Rahvayana by Sujiwo Tejo and the novel of Anak Bajang Menggiring Angin by Sindhunata. The focus of this research was the intertextuality of the novel of Rahvayana by Sujiwo Tejo and the novel of Anak Bajang Menggiring Angin by Sindhunata related to the similarities and differences and viewed from the expansion and modification. The result of this research showed that the hipogram (the novel of Anak Bajang Menggiring Angin by Sindhunata) has the intertextuality relationship related to the similarities and differences with the transformation (the novel of Rahvayana by Sujiwo Tejo) and viewed from the aspects of intrinsic elements, namely characters, settings and plot related to the expansion and modification.
KEYWORDS: Intertextuality, Novel, Expansion, Modification.