Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading

This research aims to show the ability of nature to heal mental and physical of children that shown on The Secret Garden written by Frances Hudgson Burnett. The relation of nature and human in this novel are captured on the characters experience the transformation from illness to wellness when inter...

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Main Author: Ignadhitya Herdiana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Andalas 2018-09-01
Series:Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature
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Online Access:http://jurnalvivid.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/vivid/article/view/145
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description This research aims to show the ability of nature to heal mental and physical of children that shown on The Secret Garden written by Frances Hudgson Burnett. The relation of nature and human in this novel are captured on the characters experience the transformation from illness to wellness when interact to the nature in the garden. We might should realize that the main function of literature is not only to entertain but also to teach us how important nature to human. In this case the writer uses qualitative methods and applies eco-criticism to explain how close the relation between nature and human. It means that human and nonhuman have benefited each other and it reflects on how nature or space can be the media of mental and physical healing, and healing power of nature is portrayed in this novel. The writer focuses on: 1) the relation between nature and human, 2) Nature as a media of mental and physical healing to the children depict on the novel interact with space and experience the goodness of nature.
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spelling doaj.art-d8704b4998074b00ad2fe3e1edfc51da2024-03-27T01:55:51ZengUniversitas AndalasVivid: Journal of Language and Literature2502-146X2018-09-0172515610.25077/vj.7.2.51-56.2018141Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical ReadingIgnadhitya Herdiana0Andalas UniversityThis research aims to show the ability of nature to heal mental and physical of children that shown on The Secret Garden written by Frances Hudgson Burnett. The relation of nature and human in this novel are captured on the characters experience the transformation from illness to wellness when interact to the nature in the garden. We might should realize that the main function of literature is not only to entertain but also to teach us how important nature to human. In this case the writer uses qualitative methods and applies eco-criticism to explain how close the relation between nature and human. It means that human and nonhuman have benefited each other and it reflects on how nature or space can be the media of mental and physical healing, and healing power of nature is portrayed in this novel. The writer focuses on: 1) the relation between nature and human, 2) Nature as a media of mental and physical healing to the children depict on the novel interact with space and experience the goodness of nature.http://jurnalvivid.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/vivid/article/view/145naturehealing powermentalphysicaleco-criticism
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Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature
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healing power
mental
physical
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title Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
title_full Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
title_fullStr Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
title_full_unstemmed Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
title_short Nature’s Role Toward Mental And Physical Healing Reflected On The Secret Garden By Frances Hudgson Burnett: An Ecocritical Reading
title_sort naturea€™s role toward mental and physical healing reflected on the secret garden by frances hudgson burnett an ecocritical reading
topic nature
healing power
mental
physical
eco-criticism
url http://jurnalvivid.fib.unand.ac.id/index.php/vivid/article/view/145
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