Banyumas Folklore in an Ecocritical Perspective: Medium of Inheritance of Environmental Conservation Value

Abstract

. The world community's attention to environmental issues has been getting stronger lately. Efforts to explore local wisdom with environmental insight in folklore are part of environmental conservation efforts. This is so that the value of wisdom in maintaining the Environment is not interrupted to ensure generations. This critical analysis essay attempts to explain: (1) Ecocriticism in the study of folklore (2) The position of environmental folklore as a medium for environmental conservation (3) Banyumas folklore as a literary work with environmental insight and a conservative medium. This research is descriptive qualitative. This research utilizes the literature study method by utilizing references that are relevant to the theme of the writing. The data in this study are essential information related to the primary research problems contained in books, articles, newspapers, or other media. The data were analyzed descriptively analytically to conclude than to answer the main issues in this paper. The results of the study are as follows: (1) Folklore as one of the objects in ecocritical studies, (2) Environmental conservation with the medium of folklore in the form of human attitudes in viewing, utilizing, appreciating nature through ecological wisdom, (3) Banyumas folklore is included in the category of works environmental literature.