THE ADAB OF COMMUNICATION IN CHARACTERS OF HIKAYAT KHOJA MAIMUN

Children and Adolescent Literature have yet to find its precise definition in the corpus of Modern Malay Literature. In this regard, the works whose characters consist of adults continue to be enjoyed by children until they eventually complicate the definition of Children’s Literature. Thus, many Western folklore works such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and others have become the focus of children's reading in Malaysia. Something needs to be done so that reading materials that encounter the East and Islamic values are served to these young people. Therefore, Hikayat Literature through the text of the Hikayat Khoja Maimun needs to be highlighted to replace Western folklore. The objective of this study is to identify characters that communicate in Hikayat Khoja Maimun and analyze the adab of communicating between the characters based on six (6) communication methods in Surah Luqman. The methodology of the study is by text analysis with three main activities to complete the objective of the study which is; to explain the character that communicates in the text of Hikayat Khoja Maimun, to identify the framework for analyzing the communication in Hikayat Khoja Maimun and to analyze the communication between the main characters based on six (6) methods of communication in the Quran through Surah Luqman i.e. through the call, symbolism, repetition, explanation, attention, and selection of idols. The study found that Hikayat Khoja Maimun reserved six (6) adab communicating in Surah Luqman. This denotes that through well-mannered communication, all matters can be delivered easily and successfully. Indeed, Hikayat Khoja Maimun as one of the works in Malay Hikayat Literature serves not only to teach but also to entertain the audience. Finally, it is time that the child reading material in Malaysia being replaced by the magnum opus inherited from generations rather than relying on Western folklore which is far deviating the audience from adab and desired values.