Book description The Author’s biography

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CHAPTER III ANALYSIS

A. Research Findings

1. Book description

The data of this research is folktales story entitled “More Folk Tales from Indonesia” published by Djambatan Penerbit Company and written by Dra. Siti Djanewar Bustami Aman. The book has interesting cover dominated in green colours with 140 pages. It is also completed with vocabulary for each stories.

2. The Author’s biography

Dra. Siti Djanewar Bustami Aman was born in Buo West Sumatra, August 1912, her formal education was at the Training College in Salatiga and Training College in Sukabumi and then she got her master degree from the University of Padjadjaran English Departement in Bandung. She has experience in teaching at the Sarikat Usaha Junior School Adabiah II in Padang, the Catholic Junior High School Mardi Yuana in Sukabumi, the Secondary School BPI in Bandung, the SMA BPI in Bandung, the University of Padjadjaran English Departement in Bandung and the Junior School in Krefeld, Germany. There are fourteen folktales stories taken from each country: xxvi 1. Two stories from West Java entitled Lutung Kasarung on page 1 to 10 and Pucuk Kalumpang on page 36 to 45. 2. Two stories from East Java entitled Joko Seger and Dewi Roro Anteng on page 29 to 35 and The Legend of The Mount Arjuna on page 70 to 73. 3. One story from Central Java entitled Timun Mas on page 64 to 69. 4. One story from Java’s land entitled The Poor Widow and Her Rich Neighbour on page 46 to 51. 5. Two stories from West Sumatra entitled Cindur Mata on page 14 to 22 and Sabai Nan Aluih on page 52 to 59. 6. One story from Shout Sumatra entitled The Origin of The Island of Kembaro on page 119 to 122. 7. One story from The Island of Nias entitled Princess Buruti Siraso on page 11 to 13. 8. Two stories from Sulawesi entitled Datu Biki-biki from Siau on page 23 to 28 and The Anoa and The Girl on page 80 to 83. 9. One story from Madura entitled The Origin of The Tokek on page 98 to 100. 10. And one story from Kalimantan entitled The Legend of Putmaraga on page 115 to 118.

3. Data description