REPRESENTASI MEMORI KOLEKTIF PERJUANGAN KEMERDEKAAN MELALUI SASTRA LISAN

Abstrak

Indonesia's struggle for independence has become the 
foundation of a national identity unified through oral literature 
as a medium for transmitting non-written collective memory, 
facing the threat of extinction in the era of globalization. This 
study aims to analyze representations of the independence 
struggle in oral literature such as the Motang Rua folktale, the 
Diponegoro legend, the Macapat song, and the Prang Sabi tale. 
It also maps the values of patriotism, colonial symbols, and 
mechanisms for preserving memory to strengthen national 
identity. A qualitative interpretive method was used, 
incorporating literature study and structuralist-semiotic content 
analysis of 20 primary texts from the archives of the Language 
Agency and the National Agency for Research and Innovation 
(BRIN), complemented by triangulation of secondary data from 
the Imajeri journal and regional ethnography. The results show 
that oral literature represents resistance through patterns of 
courage, solidarity, and images of sacrifice that shape 
nationalism. Through digital revitalization and ethnopedagogy, 
it has successfully overcome modern challenges for sustainable 
preservation.