METAFICTIONAL MODE IN NOVEL HARI-HARI YANG MENCURIGAKAN BY DEA ANUGRAH

Abstract

This study aims to determine the author's mode of using metafictional techniques in the novel Hari-Hari yang Mencurigakan by Dea Anugrah. The type of research used with a qualitative approach, the data is then described descriptively. The data is processed by reading procedures utilizing narratology and metafiction. Naratology to see the author's position in the story, while metafiction to observe the author's strategy in writing the story. From the results of the study, it is found that the author uses metafiction as a mode of establishing a connection with the reader. The author's metafictional mode is then utilized by the author for the following two things: 1) metafictional mode with intradiegical and metadiegical first-person point of view as a way to invite readers to get involved in the work. The reader's consciousness becomes blurred with this narrative method. Second, the metafictional mode with the narrator as intradiegesis uses parody that refers to the world outside the text, parody is used by the author not only as a form of satire but refers to the real world. The results of the study can be useful both theoretically and practically for Indonesian language and literature education. Practically, the research on metafiction can be used by practitioners, teachers, and students in writing narrative texts. The theoretical benefits of this research provide a new treasure of intrinsic reading of literary works.  

Keywords: Narration, metafiction, mode, novel