REPRESENTASI ISU LINGKUNGAN DALAM CERPEN KORAN INDONESIA TAHUN 2023-2025: KAJIAN EKOKRITIK GREG GARRARD

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study unravels the articulation of environmental crises in 13 Indonesian newspaper short stories published between 2023 and 2025 through Greg Garrard’s ecocriticism framework. The study aims to describe and analyze the representation of ecological issues based on the tropes of pollution, wilderness, apocalypse, and animals, in order to deconstruct anthropocentric perspectives in literature. The corpus was selected using purposive sampling based on inclusion criteria regarding the sufficiency of contemporary environmental crisis discourses in national and regional print media. Utilizing a descriptive qualitative approach with note-taking techniques and descriptive-interpretive analysis, 28 textual data units were identified, demonstrating the dominance of the apocalypse category with 10 data units (35.7%) manifesting in floods, landslides, abrasion, and extreme droughts. The pollution category comprises 7 data units (25.0%) representing haze exposure and industrial residues, wilderness accounts for 5 data units (17.9%) related to deforestation and forest exploitation, while animals includes 4 data units (14.3%) regarding habitat fragmentation and threats of species extinction. In addition, 2 data units (7.1%) emerged as additional findings depicting mangrove restoration efforts and indigenous area protection. These findings reinforce the position of newspaper short stories as reflective spaces that potentially foster public ecological awareness, while simultaneously enriching the integration of fiction into Indonesian language pedagogy. ABSTRAK Kajian ini membongkar artikulasi krisis lingkungan hidup dalam 13 cerpen koran Indonesia terbitan 2023–2025 melalui pisau analisis ecocriticism Greg Garrard. Penelitian bertujuan mendeskripsikan dan membedah representasi isu-isu ekologis berbasis kerangka pollution, wilderness, apocalypse, dan animals, guna meruntuhkan cara pandang antroposentrisme dalam sastra. Korpus dipilih secara purposive sampling berdasarkan kriteria inklusi kecukupan wacana krisis alam kontemporer pada media cetak nasional dan regional. Melalui pendekatan deskriptif kualitatif berbasis teknik simak-catat serta analisis deskriptif-interpretatif, teridentifikasi 28 unit data tekstual yang memperlihatkan dominasi kategori apocalypse sebanyak 10 data (35,7%) berupa manifestasi banjir, longsor, abrasi, dan kekeringan ekstrem. Kategori pollution hadir melalui 7 data (25,0%) berupa paparan kabut asap dan residu industri, wilderness mencakup 5 data (17,9%) terkait deforestasi serta eksploitasi hutan, sedangkan animals memuat 4 data (14,3%) mengenai fragmentasi habitat dan ancaman kepunahan satwa. Di samping itu, terungkap 2 data (7,1%) temuan tambahan berupa gerakan restorasi bakau dan proteksi kawasan adat. Temuan ini mempertegas posisi cerpen koran sebagai ruang reflektif yang berpotensi menumbuhkan kesadaran ekologis publik, sekaligus memperkaya pemanfaatan fiksi dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Indonesia.