Social criticism in the short stories anthology “Saksi Mata” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma

Abstract

This study aims to: (1) describe the social problems in the short stories anthology “Saksi Mata” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, (2) describe the form of criticism by the author in athe short stories anthology “Saksi Mata” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. This type of research is qualitative research using a descriptive method of content analysis. The results of this research are in the form of social problems contained in the short stories anthology “Saksi Mata” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, namely: (a) the problem of crime, (b) the problem of population, (c) the problem of war, (d) the problem of bureaucracy. Furthermore, the form of criticism by the author in athe short stories anthology “Saksi Mata” by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, namely: (a) directly, (b) cynical, (c) humor, (d) interpretative, (e) symbolic.