LELAKI HARIMAU: WABAH EKSISTENSIAL SEBAGAI STRATEGI SIMBOLIS EKA KURNIAWAN

摘要

This paper tries to trace the symbolic strategy of Eka Kurniawan in the novel Lelaki Harimau. The analysis knife used in this study is Pierre Bourdieu’s theory which assumes that the author in the literary arena is in uenced by capital and habitus so that the writer is labeled through a certain strategy. Departing from this, how is Eka Kurniawan’s strategy in Lelaki Harimau so that it can gain legitimacy in the Indonesian literary arena at the same time being nominated in the literary arena of The Man Booker International Prize 2016? The results showed that Eka made her existance through habitus and extensive accumulation of literary knowledge capital. This was done in an effort as a form of Eka’s symbolic strategy to declare his position as legitimate writer with, it could be said, “the title Indonesia’s rst writer who was nominated by The Man Booker Prize”.