(Title: Stylistics on Song Lyrics Spirits of the Sea by Kenshi Yonezu) Lyrics of the song are an outpouring of the author's personal feelings and contain various meanings based on the style of language used. The style of language in a literary work is known as the 'stylistics'. In this regard, this research trying to find out the stylistic elements (language style) contained in the lyrics of Spirits of the Sea by Kenshi Yonezu. The theory used is the style theory by Gorys Keraf. In conducting this research, the author uses qualitative methods. Data processing techniques used are literature review and analysis techniques. Data obtained by reading the lyrics of the song Spirits of the Sea by Kenshi Yonezu. Through library research methods and analysis techniques, the results and conclusions obtained in the form of qualitative data is description and interpretation, namely the style of language based on the choice of words used and the style of language based on the sentence structure in the lyrics. Besides, there are several types of language styles based on the direct or indirect meaning in the lyrics of the song Spirits of the Sea by Kenshi Yonezu such as personification, hyperbole, etc.

[The interpretation of Kinoshita Mokutaro’s Kurofune] This article discusses about the interpretation of poetry with semiotic approach. As the object of this study is one of Kinoshita Mokutaro’s poetries: Kurofune. Decoding the dramatic situation and connotation of a poetic text can be helpful for its interpretation. The dramatic situation of Kurofune will be discussed with semiothics theory from Riffaterre. In Riffaterre’s theory, poetry can be interpreted with heuristic and hermeneutic’s reading. The purpose of this article is to know the poetry’s implied meaning. The terms of Black Ships(Kurofune) commonly refer to the American steam-powered warships led by Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry which first arrived in Uraga in 1853. But as the result of the analysis, the term kurofune can be also read as the end of shakoku and the beginning of new era called the Meiji Restoration.

Baraumi Shougakkou is a children’s short story written by Miyazawa Kenji, a famous writer for producing literary works covering all the natural elements in the world; humans, animals, plants, rocks, wind, clouds, light, stars, and the sun. His works have been translated into many languages, including Indonesian. However, in translating a literary work, there are several issues, one of which is translating ecological terms. It needs the proper method so that the ecological terms can be translated accurately and provide a common perception between the readers of the original work and the readers of the translated works. This study aims to analyze the translation of ecological terms in environmentally oriented work Baraumi Shougakkou by Miyazawa Kenji. This study uses literature study methods from various sources as primary and secondary references related to translation criticism. Ecology, such as flora, fauna, geography, climate, is difficult to find the equivalents in translation. Baraumi Shougakkou translation uses several Newmark translation procedures, such as literal and paraphrases, that can provide translation results that are close to the target language.

Short stories are one type of modern literary work that has the privilege of forming a whole short story but still interesting for readers. The whole story in the short story cannot be separated from the elements that make it up. This study aimed to determine the intrinsic elements of the short story Yuki no Hi by Higuchi Ichiyō. The elements analyzed were themes and messages, characters and characterizations, plot, setting, and point of view. The theory used is the theory of structuralism with literature review techniques and qualitative analysis techniques. This research shows that the structure of this short story forms a unity of an exciting story from beginning to the end because of the integration of intrinsic elements in supporting the story presented. In addition, the use of deautomation techniques that delay the reader's understanding until the end of the story has succeeded in making the suspense of the story more interesting

This research was conducted to reveal and classify the social adaptation efforts made by the main character in the film "Subarishiki Sekai" by Miya Nishikawa. This type of research is quantitative research with a literary sociological approach. The theory used is Robert K. Merton‘s typology of adaptation. Data is collected by the listening and record method. The stages of adaptation according to Merton there are five, namely conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. The results showed that from the five stages of adaptation, Mikami only performed the following four stages: (1) conformity, changing the way you look, looking for job openings, buying the latest mobile phone, studying for a driving exam; (2) innovation, biting the stomach of a thug who locks an employee at night; (3) ritualism, not saving and laughing at Abe when other employees bullied and made fun of Abe; (4) Retreatism, go to Kyushu to isolate themselves when all Mikami’s efforts did not get the response he expected. The conclusion of this study is that social adaptation must be done by ex-convicts who want to blend back into society. In particular, the state and society must play a role and be present in helping ex-convicts to obtain jobs and re-mingle with society so that they do not return to illegal business or crime.