REPRESENTASI HEGEMONI INTELEKTUAL DAN KONSTRUKSI IDEOLOGI KEBODOHAN DALAM NOVEL TERUSLAH BODOH JANGAN PINTAR KARYA TERE LIYE:KAJIAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA

Abstract

This study examines the representation of intellectual hegemony and the construction of the ideology of ignorance in Tere Liye’s novel Teruslah Bodoh Jangan Pintar from a sociology of literature perspective. The study aims to describe the representation of intellectual hegemony, analyze the construction of the ideology of ignorance, and explain the relationship between the two. This study employed a descriptive qualitative approach using Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony and a sociology of literature perspective. The data consisted of narrative excerpts, dialogues, and character actions representing intellectual hegemony and the construction of ignorance. Data were collected through reading and note-taking techniques and analyzed using the Miles and Huberman model, consisting of data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing. The findings show that intellectual hegemony is represented through education, media, and culture. Education works through the legitimacy of knowledge and expert authority; media through information control and public opinion formation; and culture through the normalization of values, traditions, and collective ways of thinking. The ideology of ignorance is represented through social perspectives, ideological construction, and power relations. The relationship between intellectual hegemony and the ideology of ignorance is reciprocal: restrictions on knowledge and information produce limited critical awareness, while normalized ignorance reinforces the continuity of domination.