Analisis Sosiologi Sastra pada Cerpen Kompas Edisi Bulan Mei sampai Desember Tahun 2025

Abstract

abstrak—Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan realitas sosial, penggambaran realitas sosial, dan makna sosial dalam cerpen Kompas edisi Mei sampai Desember 2025 melalui pendekatan sosiologi sastra Ian Watt. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif dengan sumber data berupa cerpen Kompas yang terbit pada periode Mei sampai Desember 2025. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui teknik baca dan catat, sedangkan analisis data dilakukan berdasarkan aspek teori Ian Watt, yaitu karya sastra sebagai cermin masyarakat, dan fungsi sosial karya sastra. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa cerpen-cerpen tersebut merepresentasikan berbagai realitas sosial masyarakat Indonesia kontemporer, seperti ketimpangan ekonomi, konflik sosial, perubahan budaya akibat digitalisasi, krisis identitas, dan dampak perkembangan teknologi terhadap kehidupan masyarakat. Penggambaran realitas sosial disampaikan melalui tokoh, alur, latar, dan konflik yang mencerminkan dinamika kehidupan masyarakat modern. Selain berfungsi sebagai hiburan, cerpen Kompas juga memiliki fungsi sosial sebagai media kritik, refleksi, dan pembangun kesadaran sosial pembaca terhadap berbagai persoalan kemanusiaan dan sosial di masyarakat. Dengan demikian, cerpen Kompas edisi Mei sampai Desember 2025 menunjukkan bahwa karya sastra memiliki hubungan erat dengan kondisi sosial masyarakat serta berperan penting dalam merepresentasikan realitas kehidupan kontemporer.)

Kata kunci—karya sastra, cerpen Kompas, realitas sosial, sosiologi sastra, Ian Watt

Abstract—This study aims to describe social reality, depiction of social reality, and social meaning in Kompas short stories from May to December 2025 through Ian Watt's sociology of literature approach. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method with data sources in the form of Kompas short stories published from May to December 2025. Data collection techniques were carried out through reading and note-taking techniques, while data analysis was carried out based on aspects of Ian Watt's theory, namely literary works as a mirror of society, and the social function of literary works. The results of the study show that these short stories represent various social realities of contemporary Indonesian society, such as economic inequality, social conflict, cultural change due to digitalization, identity crisis, and the impact of technological developments on people's lives. The depiction of social reality is conveyed through characters, plots, settings, and conflicts that reflect the dynamics of modern society. In addition to functioning as entertainment, Kompas short stories also have a social function as a medium for criticism, reflection, and building readers' social awareness of various humanitarian and social issues in society. Thus, the short stories in Kompas from May to December 2025 demonstrate that literary works are closely related to social conditions and play an important role in representing the realities of contemporary life.)

Keywords— literary works, Kompas short stories, social reality, sociology of literature, Ian Watt