Multiculturalism and Indonesian Identity Strategy in Indonesian Literature Study

I Nyoman Suaka

Abstract: This article examines the Indonesian problem which contains of different religion, culture, language, ethnicity and politics. This diversity often becomes a source of conflict triggering SARA (Tribe, Religion, Race, intergroup). The problem in this research is what the strategy used to avoid the racial conflict. This is a qualitative research using literature documents as the objects. Documents such as Indonesian novels were analyzed to determine the role of Indonesian literature in supporting multiculturalism. The results showed that Indonesian literature itself already reflects the multicultural nature of regional identity in Indonesia such as Sumatra, Java, Bali, Kalimantan, Papuan and others.

Keywords: multiculturalism, Indonesia, Literature