Skripsi ini berisi pengkajian atas novel ketujuh Andrea Hirata yang berjudul Sebelas Patriot (2011) yang berkisah tentang kecintaan seorang anak dan sang ayah terhadap sepakbola, PSSI, dan bangsa Indonesia. Kisah dalam Sebelas Patriot bermain di era kolonial (1936—1940) dan selepasnya (1967—1997 ke atas). Di dalam novel yang berlatar tempat di Pulau Belitong dan Benua Eropa ini tergambar pula wajah nasionalisme masyarakat Melayu Belitong melalui sepakbola. Penelitian atas novel ini dilakukan dengan metode deskriptif analisis dan pendekatan sosiologi sastra. Unsur-unsur intrinsik dalam novel dikaji menggunakan pendekatan sosiologi sastra guna mengetahui hubungan konteks nasionalisme di Indonesia baik dalam ranah pergerakan merebut kemerdekaan maupun ranah sepakbola dengan novel Sebelas Patriot. Hasil penelitian membuktikan bahwa Andrea Hirata kembali menghadirkan semangat mengejar mimpi lewat tokoh Ikal dan novel Sebelas Patriot adalah karya yang menghadirkan wajah nasionalisme masyarakat Melayu melalui sepakbola yang sarat akan penghadiran kembali kisah kesejarahan dan pengalaman masa lalu tokoh pencerita.

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This thesis contains the review of Andrea Hirata's seventh novel, entitled Sebelas Patriot (2011) which tells the story of a child and his father's love for football, PSSI, and Indonesia. The stories in Sebelas Patriot play in the colonial era (1936-1940) and thereafter (1967-1997). In this novel, which is sets in Belitong Island and Continental Europe, also reflected face of Belitong Malay nationalism through football. The research was conducted with descriptive analysis method and sociology literature approach. Intrinsic elements in novel examined with sociology literature approach in order to determine the relationship of Indonesian nationalism context within the realm of the movement for independence as well as the realm of football with Sebelas Patriot novel. The results prove that Andrea Hirata bring back the spirit of pursuing dreams through his character named Ikal and Sebelas Patriot novel is a work that presents a face of Malay nationalism through football with telling back historical stories and past experiences of the author.