Social Criticism in “Orang yang Selalu Cuci Tangan” Short Story by Seno Gumira Ajidarma

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10.2991/icille-18.2019.84How to use a DOI?

Keywords

literature sociology criticism, corruption, “Orang yang Selalu Cuci Tangan” short story

Abstract

The analysis of “Orang yang Selalu Cuci Tangan” short story by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, gave a view on the factual phenomenon of corruption at the national level, especially the cases in 2013 in which this short story was written. This short story was published in Kompas daily newspaper on May 20, 2013. The critical discourse analysis was used as an approach aiming to find out, analyze, and interpret the discourse in the short story representing the corruption cases. The critical discourse analysis used was Norman Fairclough's perspective carried out in three ways, namely micro, meso, and macro analysis. This study used a sociological literature approach with descriptive qualitative method. The note taking technique was also used in this research. The data were analyzed descriptively, and the results of the study indicate that the writer criticized the rampant corruption behavior in 2013 in certain institutions and by individuals, and the silence of the journalists/media causing the huge losses to the country.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Syaiful Amrin
AU  - Else Liliani
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TI  - Social Criticism in “Orang yang Selalu Cuci Tangan” Short Story by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Language, Literature and Education (ICILLE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 410
SN  - 2352-5398
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