Pandangan Multikultural Ki Padmasusastra Melalui Empat Karya Sastranya

Abstract

Ki Padmasusastra (1843-1926) yang sering menyebut dirinya dengan nama tiyang mardika ingkang marsudi kasusastran Jawi ing Surakarta adalah penulis dan pemerhati bahasa, sastra, dan budaya Jawa setelah era para pujangga Jawa. Ki Padmasusastra walaupun tertarik dan menerima norma-norma sastra dan budaya Eropa, akan tetapi ia tetap mengabdikan diri pada sastra dan budaya Jawa tradisional. Kehadiran empat karya sastranya memiliki warna dan keunikan tersendiri yang menempatkan Ki Padmasusastra sebagai salah satu pengarang Jawa yang terkenal. Pandangan-pandangan multikultural, pemikiran, kreativitas, maupun keteladanan semangat Ki Padmasusastra sebagai seorang pengarang telah berhasil membangun karakter bangsa melalui karya sastra.

Kata kunci: Ki Padmasusastra, karya sastra, pandangan multikultural.

Abstract

Ki Padmasusastra (1843-1926) is often called himself by the name tiyang mardika ingkang Marsudi kasusastran Jawi ing Surakarta is a writer and observer of language, literature, and culture of Java after the era of the poets of Java. Ki Padmasusastra although interested and accepted norms of European literature and culture, but he remains devoted to literature and traditional Javanese culture. The presence of four literary works have colors and unique that puts Ki Padmasusastra as one of the authors of the famous Java. The views multicultural, thinking, creativity, and the exemplary spirit of Ki Padmasusastra as an author has succeeded in building the character of the nation through literary works.

Keywords: Ki Padmasusastra, literature, multicultural outlook.