Bercerita Tanpa Menggurui: Gaya Bahasa Dalam Buku Cerita Anak Untuk Membangun Karakter

As a part of the research “National Character Building through Children’s Literature”, this paper is aimed at elaborating the language style applied in storybooks in order to convey the message of character building. With samples of of storybooks randomly chosen and by using Gorys Keraf’s theory of language style , this textual study concludes that many storybooks tends to use didactic language style. This style is inclined to clearly state the mission of the story. Therefore, it does not provide ample space for readers’ imagination. Eventually, the story fails to attract the readers’ attention so that the values offered may be futile.