Kata Kita: Journal of Language, Literature, and Teaching
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2024)

SCORCH: A Screenplay Exploring the Effects of Capitalism to the Working People and Environment in a Dystopian World

Nicole Naomi Hidajat (Petra Christian University)
Stefanny Irawan (Petra Christian University)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Sep 2024

Abstract

The planet is currently facing a crisis, and capitalism plays a part in it as it affects both the workers and the provider, nature. This paper aims to show the effects of capitalism to the working people and environment in a dystopian world where nature is on the brink of destruction, using screenplay as the creative medium, and dystopian genre. This creative work uses the theories of ecological Marxism and class struggle. Annie, an epitome of the working people in Outside, has to endure the exhaustion as capitalism run by the ruler of Inside leads to long working hours and product alienation, malnutrition due to the lack of food and water, as well as anxiety as her sister falls sick. The intense capitalistic production leads to resource depletion in the form of drought as well as the scorching heat. To make things worse, the Outside people are being treated unjustly, causing mass action.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

sastra-inggris

Publisher

Subject

Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Kata Kita is a journal dedicated to the publication of students research in the areas of literature, language, and teaching. In the study of language, it covers issues in applied linguistics such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, sylistics, corpus ...