The Role of Religiosity Values in Alysa's Family Hijrah Process in Mellyana Dhian's Novels

Abstract

The aims of the research were to find out the story elements that describe the main character's religiosity, religious values, and the role of religious values ​​in the hijrah process in the modern era in Mellyana Dhian's novels. This research is qualitative descriptive research with a structural approach. The primary data sources are novels by Mellyana Dhian: Dear Imamku, Diaku Imamku, Prince of Hearts, and Ribs Towards Heaven. Research instruments consist of; researchers as research instruments; and instruments in the form of data cards. The data collection technique used in this study is the heuristic method. The data analysis technique used is the hermeneutic (retroactive) reading technique. The results of the analysis showed that the story elements that describe the religiosity of the main characters in Melyana Dhian's novels are plot, character, setting, theme, title, point of view, style and tone, symbolism, and irony. There are religiosity values ​​found in the main characters in Mellyana Dhian's novels, namely the dimension of belief, the dimension of ritual, the dimension of appreciation, the dimension of knowledge, and the dimension of consequences. There is a role of religiosity values ​​in the migration process in the main characters in Mellyana Dhian's novels, namely the educational role, the rescue role, the social rescue role, the fostering brotherhood role, and the transformative role.