TRANSMISI TRAUMA PASCA-1965 DALAM NOVEL NAMAKU ALAM KARYA LEILA S. CHUDORI KAJIAN POSTMEMORY

ZALVA ZANIRA AMRI, Dr. Cahyaningrum Dewojati, S.S., M.Hum.

2026 | Tesis | S2 Sastra

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis transmisi trauma pasca-1965 dalam novel Namaku Alam karya Leila S. Chudori melalui kajian postmemory. Fokus penelitian terletak pada mekanisme pewarisan trauma dari generasi penyintas kepada generasi pascatrauma serta implikasinya terhadap pembentukan subjektivitas. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan analisis teks melalui teknik close reading. Kerangka teoretis yang digunakan meliputi konsep trauma sebagai keterputusan dari Cathy Caruth dan konsep postmemory dari Marianne Hirsch untuk menjelaskan transmisi lintas generasi. Selain itu, konsep acting out dan working through dari Dominick LaCapra digunakan untuk mengidentifikasi dinamika respons generasi pascatrauma terhadap warisan traumatis. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa transmisi trauma dalam novel berlangsung melalui mekanisme familial dan afilial yang dimediasi oleh fragmentasi ingatan, kebisuan, dan afektivitas dalam relasi eksil. Transmisi tersebut menghasilkan krisis identitas pada generasi pascatrauma yang terjebak dalam ketegangan antara repetisi traumatis (acting out) dan upaya elaborasi (working through). Keterbatasan akses terhadap narasi sejarah akibat represi negara memperkuat keberlangsungan trauma yang tidak terselesaikan. Dengan demikian, novel Namaku Alam merepresentasikan trauma pasca-1965 sebagai pengalaman yang tidak berhenti pada generasi penyintas, melainkan berlanjut melalui proses transmisi yang kompleks dan memengaruhi konstruksi identitas generasi berikutnya dalam konteks sejarah politik Indonesia.

Kata kunci: Trauma Pasca-1965, Postmemory, Transmisi Trauma, Sastra Indonesia

This study aims to analyze the transmission of post-1965 trauma in the novel Namaku Alam by Leila S. Chudori through the lens of postmemory. The focus of this research lies in the mechanisms through which trauma is transmitted from the survivor generation to the post-trauma generation, as well as its implications for the formation of subjectivity. This study employs a qualitative method with a textual analysis approach using close reading techniques. The theoretical framework draws on Cathy Caruth’s concept of trauma as disruption and Marianne Hirsch’s concept of postmemory to explain intergenerational transmission. In addition, Dominick LaCapra’s concepts of acting out and working through are used to identify the dynamics of the post-trauma generation’s responses to inherited trauma. The findings indicate that the transmission of trauma in the novel operates through familial and affiliative mechanisms, mediated by fragmented memory, silence, and affectivity within exilic relations. This transmission produces an identity crisis in the post-trauma generation, which is caught in the tension between traumatic repetition (acting out) and attempts at elaboration (working through). Limited access to historical narratives due to state repression reinforces the persistence of unresolved trauma. Namaku Alam represents post-1965 trauma as an experience that does not end with the survivor generation but continues through complex processes of transmission, shaping the identity formation of subsequent generations within the context of Indonesia’s political history.

Keywords: Post-1965 Trauma, Postmemory, Trauma Transmission, Indonesian Literature

Kata Kunci : Post-1965 Trauma, Postmemory, Trauma Transmission, Indonesian Literature