Religiosity, Covid 19, and Death Threats in Indonesian Poetry

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220206.017How to use a DOI?

Keywords

covid poetry; religiosity; representation; aesthetic

Abstract

Covid is a scary pandemic. Millions of people died due to this disease. Although the vaccine has been injected, this disease still exists and is no cure. Fear haunts many people, and death spreads in many places. This condition brought people closer to God and inspired many poets to create poetry. Many of the covid poems were written by adults to children dan the poem can be read on FB and anthology of poetry. These poems were also widely discussed by literary critics, and their articles were published in journals. A book of covid poetry has also been published for school children. Now, the relation between covid, poetry, and death is very close. This study aims to explore a representation of religious death in covid poems. The method used a qualitative approach with a literature study. From the study results, it is known that poetry expresses feelings that were very close to the spiritual world. This spiritual world is a place to look for something that doesn’t exist and has not been found. Therefore, when the deadly threat of covid appears, people become more religious, and covid poems become beautiful and aesthetic creativity.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Erlis Nurmujiningsih
AU  - Dina Amalia
AU  - Mu’jizah Mu’jizah
AU  - Suryami Suryami
AU  - Erli Yetti
AU  - Purwaningsih Purwaningsih
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/02/17
TI  - Religiosity, Covid 19, and Death Threats in Indonesian Poetry
BT  - Proceedings of the International Symposium on Religious Literature and Heritage (ISLAGE 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 126
EP  - 131
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220206.017
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220206.017
ID  - Nurmujiningsih2022
ER  -