Open AccessEcological Apocalypse in The Three Poems: We Think We Are Less Foolish, Crossing A City Highway, and Epithalamia
Author(s) -
Eko Wijaya,
Delvi Wahyuni
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
english language and literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2302-3546
DOI - 10.24036/ell.v9i1.108055
Subject(s) - anthropocentrism , poetry , irony , context (archaeology) , criticism , the arts , interpretation (philosophy) , ecology , sociology , history , environmental ethics , literature , art , philosophy , visual arts , archaeology , linguistics , biology
Wijaya, Eko. 2020. Ecological Apocalypse in the Three Poems: We Think We Are Less Foolish, Crossing A City Highway, and Epithalamia. Thesis. English Department. Faculty of Languages and Arts. Universitas Negeri Padang. This thesis is the analysis of the three poems: We Think We Are Less Foolish, Crossing A City Highway, and Epithalamia. It explores the issue of ecological apocalypse which is done by people toward the nature. It is also intended to know the contribution of poetic elements: imagery, irony, and speaker in revealing the issue of ecological apocalypse. This analysis is related to the concept of eco-criticism by Garrard, McKusic, Barry, and Buell that is supported by the text-based and context-based interpretation. The result of this analysis shows about ecological apocalypse is a result of human intervention. They exploit and pollute the nature continuously just for their own advantages without concern about the sustainability of nature.Key words: apocalypse, human, nature, anthropocentrism, exploitation, pollution.