AIRLANGGA
(DRAMA DALAM
TIGA BABAK)
Title : AIRLANGGA
Author : Sanoesi Pane
Publisher : Balai Pustaka
Country : Indonesia
Pages : 70 pages
Airlangga is a drama in three parts. This
book tells about conflicted between Airlangga and her daughter Sanggrama
Wijayatunggadewi. Airlangga wanted to give the throne to Sanggrama, but her daughter
rejected her father.
This book was written in Dutch
language and published in magazine “Timboel” with the same title. The author
Das Chall had been translated into Indonesian language with a lyric prose style
like we enjoy it only to Sanoesi Pane. Indonesian writer.
This book is a drama that divided into three parts.
-Part I
Airlangga as the main character in this
story did a fight to make the biggest kingdom in Java. He worked hard to make
it perfect like what he wanted. But over time, he was getting old. Then he
wanted to give the throne to her daughter Sanggrama Wijayatunggadewi. But her
daughter said no. Because she just wanted to live in a peace as a recluses. Then
Airlangga got angry and he didn’t know what he had to do.
-Part II
In a specific time, the older prince
and the youngest prince, Airlangga’s sons were fight each other to get the
throne while Sanggrama didn’t want to take the throne. After that Airlangga was
gave up. He didn’t want to life again. How could was he? He blamed his-self for
everything that was happened. He wanted to run somewhere, far away from the
kingdom, far away from those people.
-Part III
Finally in this part, Airlangga met
Arya Bharad, his old friend. He was a great recluses ever. Arya Bharad was
waking him up, tried to open his eyes. But Airlangga was a stubborn person, it’s
hard to make him better. But Arya Bharad was also a great person, he can not
let him gave up just like that. He is his besfriend. Arya Bharad told him his
glories era, before Airlangga became the biggest king in the east. His worked
hard was excellent. Not everyone can did it. He tried to remember his mission,
his vision, his dream to make Java be better.
~ This book, Airlangga, drama in three
parts is really interesting book. This book invite us to ancient time when people
especially in our country, Indonesia, was in Majapahit’s era. And the era of
Majapahit's Kingdom was the most awesome era. Airlanngga as the main character in
this story. He is my favorite actor in this story. Because he had a good
spirit, responsibility, commitment, gentleman and he was a hard worker. I cried
when I was reading this book in the first part. About how he was standing by
himself it was not easy. His hard work was produced good thing. The main
character is also credible because the creator described the main character so
clear by his long conversation in every part and conflict.
The explanation of the story by long
conversation is really deep. It shows how to make the reader understand the
meaning from the creator by the language. It makes the reader feel the sense of
every single of the conversation. But I think if the meaning from every
character more deep than before it would be great story. The reader would be in
era of Majapahit’s Kingdom, for real. But at least this book makes me as a
personal reader more interested in Java culture.
