Pemikiran Pengarang Peranakan Tionghoa di Surabaya dan Malang Periode 1870-1942

The paper aims to find the dominant thoughts in Indonesian Chinese literature and to describe the impact and cause of this changes in the 1870-1942 period. The paper uses qualita tive method research based on the sociological literature, collaborated especially with the intellectual history studies. The thoughts in 1870-1942 can be divided into three. The first is conservatism. As a mainstream in early periods, it characterized the movement of Chinese traditional culture or custom of Confucianism (1870-1910). The actors in this period were Oei Soei Tiong, Ang Siong Tiauw, Tan Khing Tian, and Tjap Goan Thay. Second, in the period of 1911-1920, the Indonesian Chinese literature was dominated by questions of values between conservatism and moderate. The dominant figures in this period was Liem Sim Djiwie. Third, in the Indonesian Chinese literature in the period of 1921-1935, the thought was moderate and adaptive, accepting the locality as the part of Indonesian Chinese identity but rejecting Western substances. The representatives of this pe riode were Liem Khing Hoo dan Njoo Cheong Seng (1921-1935s). Meanwhile, Ong Pik Lok was placed in the escapism modern structure. This community did not have any problem with the Indonesian Chinese identity or culture. It escaped from the reality and become victims of materialism and individualism (1935-1942).