HUBUNGAN ETNIS JAWA DAN TIONGHOA DALAM NOVEL TUNGGAK-TUNGGAK JATI

Abstract

This article tries to explore the relationship between Javanese and Chinese ethnic
groups in Tunggak-Tunggak Jati, a Javanese novel by Esmiet. The novel describes the
older Javanese generation’ views of the Chinese ethnic group and vice versa based on
prejudice and stereotype. But the younger Javanese and Chinese generations try to
eradicate the prejudice and ethnic partition. The young Chinese generation’s
consciousness that Indonesia is their country results in the feeling that they are not different
from the Javanese ethnic group and they are not strangers in Indonesia. The young
Javanese generation also tries to accept the Chinese ethnic group as part of Indonesia. This
novel also shows that the Javanese and Chinese ethnic groups need each other in social
interaction to establish true relationship and to respect each other through, for example,
marriage.
Keywords: relationship, ethnic group, Javanese, Chinese