scholarly journals The Portrayal of Indonesian Image in 2007 Kompas Selected Short Stories: Social Problems, Criticisms and Hopes

2010 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 140
Author(s):  
Akun Akun

Article aimed at exploring social problems reflected in 15 selected short stories printed in Kompas during 2007 both explicitly and implicitly. Specifically, this research is focused on the mapping of dominant social problems raised by the short stories, the social criticisms strongly voiced by the authors and the hopes of a better situation implicitly reflected in these interesting short stories. This study applies the Defamiliarization Effect promoted by Bertolt Brecht and Negative Dialectics or Negative Knowledge by Theodor Adorno, specifically in analyzing the literary works as a criticism tool. The result of the research shows that phenomena of social problems current lately in Indonesian context like identity, poverty, corruption, religious tensions, moral degradation, politics dirtiness, minority group problems, social security, natural disasters and the like are clearly seen and teased in these writings.

Aksara ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-234
Author(s):  
Ni Nyoman Tanjung Turaeni ◽  
Puji Retno Hardiningtyas

Abstrak Kritik sosial sebagai sebuah ide atau berbagai bentuk gagasan yang bertolak belakang dengan kenyataan yang tidak sesuai dengan tujuan dan harapan dari tatanan dalam masyarakat. Penelitian ini bertujuan membahas aspek sosial yang meliputi struktur cerita, masalah sosial dan kritik sosial bermuatan lokal Bali yang tercermin dalam kumpulan cerita pendek berbahasa Bali Nguntul Tanah Nulengék Langit karya I Made Suarsa. Metode analisis yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah deskriptif kualitatif dan teknik interpretatif. Dalam pengolahan data dilakukan tahapan klasifikasi, pendeskripsian, penerjemahan, dan penganalisisan data. Untuk mengetahui masalah sosial dan kritik sosial dalam cerpen tersebut, digunakan teori sosiologi sastra dan teori struktural untuk mengetahui struktur formal yang membangun cerita tersebut. Hasil dan pembahasan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kritik sosial yang dapat terhimpun dalam cerita tersebut adalah kritik sosial terhadap kemiskinan, kritik sosial disorganisasi keluarga dan kritik terhadap adat dan tradisi serta serta kehidupan sosial masyarakat Bali. Dengan demikian, lahirnya cerpen karya I Made Suarsa ini memperlihatkan kemegahan pariwisata, masih terdapat ketimpangan sosial dalam masyarakat Bali. Kata kunci: cerpen, kritik sosial, masalah sosial, muatan lokal Bali Abstract Social criticism as an idea or various forms of ideas that are contrary to reality is not in accordance with the goals and expectations of the order in society. This study aims to discuss the social aspects which include story structure, social issues and social criticism with local Balinese content as re ected in a collection of short stories in Balinese language “Nguntul Tanah Nulengék Langit” by I Made Suarsa. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative and note taking techniques. In data processing, the stages of classi cation, description, translation and data analysis are carried out. To nd out the social problems and social criticism in the short story, the sociology approach of Sapardi Djoko Damono’s view is used and is assisted by a structural approach to determine the formal structure that builds the story. The results of the study show that the social criticisms that can be collected in the story are social criticism of poverty, social criticism of family disorganization and criticism of customs and traditions as well as the social life of Balinese people who seem famous by tourism, but in fact there are still social inequalities in Balinese society. Keywords: social problems, social criticism, short stories 


Author(s):  
Galih Dwi Purboasri ◽  
Kundharu Saddhono ◽  
Suyitno Suyitno

  This study analyzed social problems as reflected in the Preman, an anthology of short story by Tiwiek SA.  The social problems were encountered in the attitudes the characters of the stories occured.  The study used ontent analysis that use psycholinguistics as an analysis of a literary work.  Sources of the study was an anthology consisting of six short stories.  The study revealed that social conflict in the story reflected problems in social daily live where Javanese community normally faced. The problems include: thuggery, clashes, greedines, infidelity, prostitution, economy, and social inequality.  Themes of good and bad conducts also appeared as performed by the primary characters.  


Subject Drought in Central America. Significance Intensifying drought in the Northern Triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras has had a devastating effect on crop production and food stocks, exacerbating the social challenges facing communities and authorities. Impacts NGOs will increasingly cooperate regionwide to deal with drought. Already strained agricultural sectors will be particularly vulnerable to the effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes. Increased migration to cities from affected areas will exacerbate urban gang activity. Migration within Central America will increasingly focus Costa Rican attention on the issue.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Dwi Hariyanto

AbstrakPengkajian ini memaparkan gambaran kritik sosial dalam tiga cerpen yang dimuat dalam koran di Kalimantan Timur pada tahun 1980-an, yaitu  “Nomer”, “Suatu Sore di Pinggiran Desa”, dan “Tatkala Takbir Menggema”. Fenomena sosial di masyarakat dalam cerpen yang dimuat dalam media cetak berbentuk koran ini layak diungkapkan. Pengungkapan  fenomena sosial dalam tiga cerpen tersebut sangat diperlukan untuk melihat kondisi sosial masyarakat di tahun 1980-an karena pada tahun-tahun tersebut dapat dikatakan sebagai awal kemunculan  karya sastra berbentuk cerpen dalam media cetak berbentuk koran di Kalimantan Timur. Metode kualitatif digunakan penulis untuk mengungkapkan gambaran sosial yang terjadi pada tahun 1980-an di Kalimantan Timur. Pendekatan sosiologi sastra digunakan sebagai alat untuk mengungkapkan masalah sosial dalam tiga cerpen ini. Namun, sebagai pijakan awal, penulis akan memanfaatkan struktural untuk mengungkapkan salah satu unsur intrinsik yang terdapat dalam karya cerpen yang dibahas. Gambaran masalah sosial yang terdapat dalam tiga cerpen di atas adalah masalah kemiskinan, disorganisasi dalam keluarga, disorganisasi keluarga, generasi muda dalam masyarakat modern, pelanggaran terhadap norma masyarakat, kependudukan, lingkungan hidup, dan birokrasi. Kata kunci: kaltim, kritik sosial, koran, cerpen Abstract This study presents a picture of social criticism in three short stories published in newspapers in East Kalimantan in the 1980s, namely "Nomer", "Suatu Sore di Pinggiran Desa", and "Tatkala Takbir Menggema". Social phenomena in the society in those short stories are worth disclosing. It is necessary to see the social conditions in the society in the 1980s. It can be considered to be the beginning of literary works in the form of short stories in print media of newspapers in East Kalimantan. The author uses qualitative methods to reveal the social picture in the 1980s in East Kalimantan. It also uses the sociological approaches to literature to show social problems in these three short stories. However, as a starting point, the writer will use the structure to reveal one of the intrinsic elements in the short stories. Social problems in those short stories are poverty, disorganization in the family, family disorganization, young people in modern society, violations of social norms, demography, environment, and bureaucracy. Keywords: East Kalimantan, social criticism, newspaper, short stories  


1972 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-316
Author(s):  
Clément Michel

Social security research is a relatively recent development. The interest in it and the way in which it has developed over about the last twelve years seems to have coincided, on the one hand, with the increasing financial difficulties of the social security systems and on the other with the realization that, in spite of the increase in the social security budget, numerous social problems remain to be solved.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
I Wayan Nuryana

Short story is one of literature in the form of prose. Short story is a work that is built through various intrinsic elements and extrinsic elements. Element element of the short story will build a short story in totality and is artistic. Short stories have intrinsic and extrinsic elements, intrinsic element is the element of the story builder that comes from within the short story itself. If likened to a building, then the intrinsic element is the components of the building. The intrinsic elements are themes, plot, figure, background, point of view and mandate. In addition to intrinsic elements also analyze the social value in this story which contains social problems such as poverty, faded empathy and so forth. As for the benefits of peeling a short story is very diverse, from the first did not know to know, who did not understand to understand, analyze / peel thoroughly a short story is very useful for writers and readers. Writers and readers will very easily understand the contents contained in a short story, especially for people who like to short stories.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 513
Author(s):  
Oji Tri Ananda Putra ◽  
Yenni Hayati ◽  
Muhammad Ismail Nasution

This article aims to describe social problems in the collection of short Cemara by Hamsad Rangkuti. The data in this study are words, phrases, clauses, or sentences that contain the discourse of social problems in the collection of short Cemara by Hamsad Rangkuti. The source of the data in this study is the short-short story in a collection of short Cemara by Hamsad Rangkuti. In this short story collection has 15 titles of short stories, but only 12 short story from which the data in this study. Data that has been entered into the tables collected inventory data to obtain summary data. The results showed that in a collection of short Cemara by Hamsad Rangkuti indeed found the existence of problems that are contained on each short story that became a source of research. Aspects of social issues contained in a collection of short stories this is a form, causes, and the impact of social issues. Causes of social problems in the collection of short stories include the economical factors, biological, cultural, and bio-psychology, but not bio-psychology many factors were discovered. In a few short stories that became a source of research, there is a form of deviant behavior and social inequalities that clearly reflected the author's way of building character stories and figures according to the theme that many raised issues of life in the social community.Keywords: social problems, the collection of short Cemara by Hamsad Rangkuti


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