Menelusuri Makna Sang Guru Gerson Poyk: Telaah Struktural Menurut Tzvetan Todorov

This study will discuss the novel of Master by Gerson Poyk. The novel is intricately grooved, idealized, and localized. Therefore, the problem to be discussed is how the complexity of the plot, what his ideals are like, and how his thoughts and ideas are when he has to deal with the social situation of a particular region. However, because the character's thoughts in a fiction will be more easily captured if understood through verbal presentation (language), it can not but be presenting the verbal aspect is also a problem studied in terms of the totality of the literary (fictional) structure as a social fact of humanity. The results of the analysis show, syntactically the novel of the Master seem so complicated; and this is due to the presence of an antagonist who insistently but disguised. However, having described the chronological and logical framework (story), the flow of the novel is very simple. In fact, it can be said that the flow of this novel is straight, ie the intricacies of a teacher's journey in remote areas. Meanwhile, semantically this novel is so idealistic, informative, and romantic. It is said to be idealistic because the Master's devotion is so great even though in the end spirit and idealism are "invincible" by local socio-economic conditions. while, judging by its verbal aspect, the novel is too dense to make the story less developed. However, it is precisely that density that makes this novel "pepal", loaded with tricks, which if following the opinion of the Formalists, this is a literariness or value / aspect of his art