Environmental Issue in Literary Work

Keywords

criticism, environment, human, damage, literature

Abstract

This environmental destruction is caused more by human actions. For example, damage to the natural environment, such ascongested flow of river, is caused by irresponsible human actions. Some even damage the environment as an organization, rather than individually. Public concern for environmental damage is expressed in various ways. Some are in harsh criticisms, and some are in a softermessages. Conveying concerns about something,both oral and written in other words, is to express criticism. This case is a criticism of the environmental issue. In the form of criticism,there are some that are done in a harsh way but some are done in a subtle way. For example, it can be done by writing in the form of literary work. Literary work itself has a function as entertainment and at the same time education or dulce et utile. In its function as an educational tool, there are many people, especially literary artists, who use it as a means to express their concerns for the environment. In literary works, artists often write a story in which there is a description of a very beautiful environment.. The purpose of research is to reveal the existence of a longing for the balance of the natural environment which is increasingly damaged by humans at present, despite humans who are aware that their environment is increasingly damaged are powerless to mend the situation.The renewal of this research is that literary works are often used as a means to raise environmental issues.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nanny Sri Lestari
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - Environmental Issue in Literary Work
BT  - Proceedings of the International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Cultural Studies (BASA 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 412
EP  - 420
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://www.atlantis-press.com/article/25906116
ID  - Lestari2018/11
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