Moral Values in Selected Folklores in English Versions Across Sumatera Island

Abstract

Abstract

This research present was analysis folklores in Sumatera Island which aimed to know how much folklore in there and the correlation with moral values. There were some steps, such as the first step was reading the folklores in detail. In this step, the chose folklores were read carefully and detail. It was used a deep observation to find the data. It could be a word, a phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, or the whole story, and also could be the utterances by the character or narrator. The second step was coding the utterances with promoted moral value by Kemendiknas in the year 2010. The third step was classifying the data that have been coded into the particular moral values. The type of data was the qualitative data; in the form of phrases, clauses, sentences of paragraph found in the chosen folklores. As a descriptive-qualitative, the key instrument of the present study was the researcher himself. Qualitative research has an actual setting as the direct source of data and the key instrument. Then, the folklores came from Sumatera Island and found the characteristics as the theory-guided. The content of folklores was also influenced by the culture of the area where it comes from. The source of data used in this study was ten folklores across Sumatera Island which includes folklores and those were written in Indonesianlegend.blogspot.co.id. indonesianfolklore.blogspot.com and ceritanusantara.com. Those moral values are used as a standard for people's characterization. In modern life, many people forget about moral values in the society. It made their morality broken. There were eight moral values that had been used in these folklores across Sumatera Island. They were honest, hard-working, creative, independent, curiosity, inclusive/communicative, peace-loving, and responsibility values.

 

Keywords: moral, moral values, folklore