An ecocritical analysis: the influence of nature in brave new word by aldous huxles

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Author, Ahmad Nailul (2023) An ecocritical analysis: the influence of nature in brave new word by aldous huxles. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze environmental issues and their relationship with humans in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This study uses literary eco-criticism, an approach to literary criticism that considers the relationship between humans and their environment in literary works. The formulation of the problem in this study is divided into two: how is the representation of the environment in the novel and how is the relationship between humans and their environment in the novel. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method approach with content analysis techniques to collect data from the novel. Descriptive study in text analysis is applied in this research to analyze the data in the novel. Data is collected by interpreting the quotations and conversations in the novel. The results of this study indicate that the representation of the environment is depicted through environmental issues in the novel, such as the natural and artificial environment. The relationship between humans and their environment in this novel is described through nature, the environment by humans, and the artificial environment created to satisfy human needs. In conclusion, this study showed some of data findings: the portrayal of environmental issues, the portrayal of artificial environment, nature as provider of human need, and human exploitation towards nature.