Honesty in Indonesian Literature

B. B. Dwijatmoko (The Graduate Program in English Language Studies, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta 55002, Indonesia)
B. Ria Lestari (English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta 55002, Indonesia)

Proceedings of Annual International Conference Syiah Kuala University - Social Sciences Chapter
Vol 6 (2016): Proceeding of 6th AIC in conjuction with ICMSA

As a reflection of human experience (Meyer, 1997; Dubey, 2013), literature reflects the values which a society holds. Indonesian literature, therefore, may also reflect honesty, an important value in a society, in the literature of Indonesian people. This research is a corpus study on honesty in Indonesian literature. This study aims at knowing the meaning of honesty in Indonesia as it is reflected in its literature and identifying the motivations which drive Indonesian people to be honest. The data are sentences which use the word jujur 'honest', kejujuran 'honesty', and sejujurnya 'honestly'. The analysis reveals that honesty falls into two types, namely verbal honesty and behavioral honesty. The analysis also reveals the motivations that drive Indonesian people to talk and behave honestly.