Dolphin Conservation in Pengelana Laut Short Story: Greg Garrard's Ecocriticism Study

Abstract

The short story "Pengelana Laut" by Linda Christanty focuses on the theme of preserving dolphins. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the environmental phenomena and the importance of environmental education in the story. This qualitative design presents descriptive data using the Grag Garrard ecocritical approach. The primary data source is the short story "Pengelana Laut," published in Kompas newspaper and ruangsastra.com, containing words, phrases, and sentences related to marine ecological phenomena, collected using the literature study techniques. The data obtained were analyzed using interactive interpretive models involving data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing/verifying. The NVivo software program was used to code the data. The result showed that the short story contains various environmental phenomena, such as pollution, wilderness, apocalypse, dwelling, animals, and earth, with a focus on the exploitation of dolphins by humans. In conclusion, environmental education is crucial for dolphin conservation, hence it is imperative to incorporate such material in literacy skills for students to cultivate a sense of concern for and environmental preservation of marine life.

Modernization in Environmental Change in the Novel “Baitun Nakhil” by Tarek Eltayeb: Greg Garrard’s Ecocritical Study

“…In line with the results of (Praveena & Raju, 2023), this study revealed that environmental pollution occurs due to human actions. The form of pollution raised is also in line with (Juanda, 2023), who found the use of suicide bombs with very loud sounds as a form of noise pollution. The results of this study are different from (Boast, 2020;Karthik & Mukherjee, 2022), that only focuses on pollution in water circulation and rivers.…”

“…The representation of urban areas is in line with the findings of (Juanda, 2023), which describes cities as environments with complete living facilities, as well as (Inmozhi & Kishore, 2023), which describe them as man-made artificial environments. The findings of this study are also in line with study by (Abdelsalam, 2019;Ewaidat, 2019;Nirmala & Surur, 2023;Ismail, 2023) that describes rural landscapes that are still maintained in beautiful and simple community life alongside nature, as well as studies by (Praveena & Raju, 2023;Setyawan, Suyitno, Wardani, & Suwandi, 2023), that identify human exploitation of nature in the context of urbanization and modernization has an impact on the destruction of nature.…”

“…Therefore, a literary work is closely related to the environment in which it was created (Syahin, 2022). The ecological values contained in literary works can instill moral awareness of the environment and trigger environmental conservation movements (Juanda, 2023).…”

“…Ecocriticism is a study that is quite attractive to critics who pay more attention to the sustainability of nature and the environment. The researchers found several previous studies that raised the theme of ecology in literature, including study related to the harmony of the relationship between humans and nature (Abdelsalam, 2019;Ewaidat, 2019;Malecki, Mossner, & Dobrowolska, 2020;Gouili, 2021;Cotton, 2021;Hilmiyatun, Suwandi, Waluyo, & Wardani, 2022;Kuan, Mohsen, & Othman, 2023;Juanda, 2023;Praveena & Raju, 2023;Nirmala & Surur, 2023), environmental change in the form of environmental damage (Boast, 2020;David & Bhuvaneswari, 2022;Pérez-Gil, 2022;Karthik & Mukherjee, 2022;Inmozhi & Kishore, 2023;Setyawan, Suyitno, Wardani, & Suwandi, 2023;Ismail, 2023) and calls for environmental conservation (Siwi, et al, 2022;Rarasati & Zawawi, 2022;Manugeren, et al, 2023;Ghanem, 2023).…”

“…These previous studies have similarities and differences with this study in various aspects. Greg Garrard's ecocritical theory is used to study the issue of land grabbing (Setyawan, Suyitno, Wardani, & Suwandi, 2023) and marine life (Juanda, 2023). Ecocritical themes are also found in Arabic literature, such as ecological narratives in Egyptian society (Ewaidat, 2019;Abdelsalam, 2019), animal representations of lizards (Gouili, 2021), depictions of deserts (Nirmala & Surur, 2023), the exploitation of nature (Ismail, 2023), the value of ecological wisdom (Rarasati & Zawawi, 2022).…”