Knowledge of Indonesian Literature From 1900 to 2000 (Fourth Section)

Angkatan 1980 to 1990
Hilman Hariwijaya teen story writer in the decade 1980 and 1990

Literature in Indonesia during the period after 1980, marked by numerous romance novels, with prominent women writers in this period of  ”Marga T”.  Indonesian literature at the time this generation is widespread in various magazines and general publications.

Some writers who can represent the force of this decade of the 1980s include: Remy Sylado, Yudhisthira Ardinugraha, Noorca Mahendra, Seno Gumira Ajidarma, Pipiet Sunset, Kurniawan Junaidi, Ahmad Fahrawie, Micky Hidayat, Arifin Hasby Noor, Tarman Tarsyad Effendi, Noor Aini Cahya Khairani, and Tajuddin Noor Ganie.

Nh. Dini (Nurhayati Dini) is another Indonesian woman writers that stand out in the decade of the 1980s with some of his works, among others novel: “Pada Sebuah Kapal”, “Namaku Hiroko”, “La Barka”, “Pertemuan Dua Hati”, and “Hati Yang Damai”. One characteristic that stands out in the novels that he wrote is the strong influence of western culture, where the main character usually has a conflict with eastern thought.

“Mira. W  and  Marga. T”,  are the two Indonesian women writers who stand out with romantic fiction that characterize their novel. In general, the main character in the novel they are women. In contrast to the novels Balai Pustaka, which is still influenced by European literature of the 19th century where the main character is always turned off to accentuate the sense of romanticism and idealism, the works of the era of the 1980s usually always beats the role of antagonist.

But that should never be forgotten, in the era of the 1980s is also growing literary homage to pop, the birth of a number of popular novels pioneered by Hilman Hariwijaya with serial “Lupus”. Instead of this popular package is believed to grow fond of reading a later generation interested in reading the works of a more weight.

There are famous names emerge from the community of Women Writers Indonesia who commanded Titie Said, among others: La Rose, Lastri Fardhani, Diah Hadaning, Yvonne de Fretes, and Oka Rusmini.

Angkatan Reformasi 1998 (Force Reform) As the shift of political power from the hands of any president “Soeharto” to “BJ. Habibie” and “KH. Abdurrahman Wahid (Gus Dur)” and “Megawati Soekarnoputri”, emerging discourse of as “Poets Force Reform”. The emergence of this generation is characterized by the proliferation of literary works, poetry, short stories and novels, the theme of socio-political, particularly around the reform. In the rubric of daily literature “Republika” for example; for months rubric opened the nation’s poetry or cares reform poems. Various stage poetry readings and book publishing poetry anthology poems also dominated socio-political themes. Poets (Force Reform) reflect the social and political situation stances that occurred in the late 1990’s, along with the fall “Orde Baru”. Political reform process that began in 1998 this a lot of opened a birth of literary works – poetry, short stories and novels. Even poets who originally far from the socio-political themes, such as Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, YosiAhmadun Herfanda, Acep Zamzam Noer, and Hartono Benny, freedom speaking with online media: www (dot) duniasastra (dot) com. Angkatan Reformasi enliven the atmosphere’s with a rhyme -socio-political poems in the soul freedom voice’s in Indonesia.