Social Criticism with the Theme of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Satire "The Land of the Dead"

Abstract

Social criticism in the satire "The Land of the Bedebah" was uploaded via Tere Liye's Facebook fan page account. The satire "The Land of the Bedebah" has various contexts and is only taken in the context of problems during the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Each context is analyzed using Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis through three stages, namely text analysis, discourse practice, and sociocultural practice. This research method uses a qualitative approach, with the research objective being to find out how social criticism is in the satire "Negeri Para Bedebah." The results of this research show that there is social criticism of the satire "The Land of the Bedebah," which was conveyed through the Tere Liye Facebook fan page. Based on the problem context
taken, namely problems during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, there are eleven problem contexts. These eleven contexts have four social criticisms, namely: one, taking advantage of pandemic conditions to seek profit. Two, government performance. Third, violation of regulations during the pandemic. Four, KKN (Collusion, Corruption, and Nepotism).