APPRECIATE AND EXPRESS FICTIONAL PROSE LITERATURE WORKS AS MEANS OF NATION CHARACTER FORMATION

Abstract

Appreciate and express the literary works are essentially reading and writing the repertoire of human life with all life and life within. By reading literary works especially fiction prose, one will get a picture of the various human characters through the behavior and events it describes. Likewise, by writing literature especially fiction prose, someone will be able to describe the character and character of the figures through the behavior and events he told. Therefore, through the activities of appreciation and expression of literary works, especially the fiction prose, one can learn to respect human beings with all the values of humanity. Fictional prose as one form of literary works is a cultural asset of the Indonesian that needs to be preserved , developed, and exploited to the nation's character development. Literary readers and writers are usually very sensitive to the social, humanitarian, and natural affairs of this universe. Therefore, the ability to appreciate and express literary works, especially fiction prose must continue to be fostered and developed in order to build the character of the nation. Based on Curriculum
2013, there are five developed characters, namely: religious, nationalism, mutual cooperation,
independence, and integrity. These five characters can be formed in the students through the activities of appreciation and expression of fiction prose literary works. So, a teacher, should be able to choose literary material in the form of fictiona prose that can develop those five characters.