The Student Association of the Indonesian Language and Literature Study Program Student Council Department of Indonesian Language and Literature, Faculty of Language and Literature, Makassar State University (Himaprodi PBSI DEMA JBSI FBS UNM) plans to hold a Seminar on Indonesian Language and Literature with the theme "Cultural Responsive Indonesian Language and Literature for Strengthening National Character in the Industrial Era 4.0 ". The "Narrative 2018" Language and Literature Seminar was held with the aim of exploring academic ideas from lecturers, students, teachers, and language observers. Not only that, this activity was also formulated with the intention of being a form of language development and character education in Indonesia.
The seminar was held on 17-18 November 2018 with three main speakers. The speakers included, Prof. Imam Suyitno, M.Pd is a professor of the Department of Indonesian Literature, FS UM, Prof. Dr. A Suminto Sayuti is a professor at the Department of Indonesian Literature, UNY, and Dr. Salam, M.Pd is a lecturer at PBSI, Makassar State University. Furthermore, the paper presentation event was attended by 75 papers by speakers from all over Indonesia. There were two teams selected for the delegation from State University of Malang. First, the team from Asyifa Alifia and Fatimatuz Zahro are students of Indonesian literature class 2015. Second, the team from Ary Kusuma Wardhani and Claudia Larassati, students of Indonesian language, literature, and regional education class 2016. With this activity it is hoped that today's students will be more creative, active, and innovative. Besides that, keep learning and dare to work to develop one's potential.