PERSEPSI PENGARANG ATAS DUNIA SOSIAL BALI

Abstract

This study analyzes authors’ perception of the Balinese social world, focusing on
social changes as effects of tourism and modernization. The study employed the qualitative
approach involving the sociology of literature, especially the sosiology of authors.
Berger’s social contruction theory was used as a triangulation technique. The study shows
the following findings. First, the Balinese authors subjectively propose a reconstruction of
the modern Balinese people’s way of thinking to face modernization or changing
conditions. Second, the Balinese authors are ambiguous people, in the sense that on the one
hand they criticize Bali, and on the other hand they love Bali. Third, the Balinese authors
offer truths that are not dogmatic in nature but derived from daily experiences.
Keywords: author plurality, social world, plurality