Literary Appreciation Forms by PBSI College Students of University Muhammadiyah Tangerang in the Short Stories Collection of Kompas Newspaper
Keywords:
literary appreciation, short stories, kompas newspaperAbstract
The purpose of this study is to describe the form of students’ literary appreciation for the collection of short stories in the Kompas Newspaper. A qualitative approach with descriptive methods was used in this study. The objec of this research is a short story from the Kompas Newspaper. This study subjects were PBSI UMT 7th semester students. The results of the study are 1) interest in short stories, 8.6% of students like but are not interested in reading short stories and 13.4% of students do not like and are not interested in reading short stories. 2) the analysis process, 78% of students are able to determine the right approach in short story appreciation, 12% of students are unable to determine the right approach in short story appreciation. 3) Understanding of literary works, 52% of students find it difficult to understand short stories and as many as 48% of students easily understand the contents of short stories. 4) implementation of the literary approach, 48% of students had no difficulty understanding the approach and 52% of students had difficulty. 5) Difficulty of analysis, 69.5% of students have difficulty in analyzing short stories and 30.5% of students have no difficulty in analyzing short stories. 6) search for literary references, there are 65% of students have difficulty finding references and 35% of students are able to find references.