Oral Literature Pasang Ri Kajang Padaindigenous People of the Kajang Bulukumba, Study of Stilistics and Its Implications on Literature Learning

Abstract

Installri Kajang specifically can be classified as oral literature, not stories in the form of expressions, proverbs, and customary law. Pasang ri Kajang also has an aesthetic value that can be studied using stylistics, then it is implicated in learning literature as an effort to maintain its existence. This study aims to describe the stylistic elements (language style) of the ri Kajang pairs and their implications for learning literature. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. Researchers use observation, interviews, and documentation to answer research objectives. Observations were carried out in the Kajang Ammatoa customary area by conveying to the data source regarding the purpose of the observation. Interviews were conducted in a structured form based on interview guidelines. Documentation is used by researchers as a supporting method to obtain secondary data. Data analysis techniques that have been used in this study are data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions/verification. This study found the use of language style in pairs of ri Kajangin the form of language styles of repetition, comparison, contradiction and linkage. As well as the aesthetic values and local wisdom values of pairs of ri Kajang including religion, morals, and social can be used as improvisations of teaching discussion of literature learning within the scope of Indonesian Language subjects at the level of Junior High School (SMP) and equivalent as well as Senior High School (SMA) and equivalent.