Pendidikan Karakter dan Nilai Budaya dalam Novel Teluk Alaska Karya Eka Aryani

<p><em>The purpose of this study is to describe character education and cultural values contained in the novel Teluk Alaska by Eka Aryani. This research uses literary sociology method with descriptive approach. The results showed 1) In character education, 78 types of characters were found and the dominating character education is compassion 24 data (30.77%). While character education is confident 12 data (15.38%); humble 8 data (10.26%); tolerant 8 data (10.26%); fair 6 data (7.69%); independent 6 data (7.69%); love of God 6 data (7.69%); responsibility 4 data (5.13%); polite 4 data (5.13%). 2) In cultural values, 66 types of values were found and the dominating one is the cultural value of views on nature 21 data (31.82%). While the cultural value of the nature of human relations with others 16 data (24.24%); the nature of human life 14 data (21.21%); perception of time 10 data (15.15%) and the nature of work 5 data (7.58%). Conclusion: The results of the analysis of the novel Teluk Alaska by Eka Aryani contain a lot of character education and cultural values that can be taken as learning in schools, so this novel can be recommended as material in Indonesian language learning for high school students in grade XII. </em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords:</em></strong><em> Character education, cultural values, novel.</em></p>