Development of Literary Anthropology through Thesis Writing as a Competitive Superior for the Future

摘要

This paper aims to (1) describe the mapping of students'thesis writing of Javanese Language Education, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University to be more directed and quickly pass as needed; (2) to describe the strategic step of science development of Javanese literary anthropology as the competitive superior. This research is a descriptive research analysis that aims to perform meta-analysis on the results of studies in various concepts in the development of research umbrella on students' thesis writing. The results showed a mapping of students' thesis based on the research group of Javanese Literature Anthropology. The science of Anthropology of Javanese literature is more desirable for students, because it can combine the field of literature with other fields such as: (1) folklore, (2) culture, (3) pragmatic, (4) religion, and (5) art. After going through the assessment, it turns out that the field of Anthropology of Javanese Literature can be developed through interdisciplinary literature review. The results of this interdisciplinarystudy can give ideas to students' writing thesis fields as in (1) literary and religious studies, (2) literary and travel studies, (3) literary and gastronomic studies, (4) literary and political studies, (5) literary ethnographic studies, (6) literary postcolonial studies, (7) literary diaspora studies, (8) literary industrialization studies, and (9) karawitan (traditional Javanese instrument) literary studies. Studies of literary anthropology are done by students who write the thesis under supervision of research lecturers. In addition, mapping the field of science through thesis writing is further supported by mentors who are conducting similar research. By these means, students are expected to graduate faster. The thesis writing is projected to broaden the development of Javanese literary anthropology as a competitive superior in the future.