Abstract:
This thesis intends to study Century, the fantasy fiction of Pierdomenico Baccalario; Lanello di fuoco, La stella di pietra, La città del vento and La prima sorgente, focusing on the use of the fantasy characteristics to present ecological conscience. There are 3 types of characteristics that appear in this fiction. The first characteristic is the presentation of the four main protagonists who have 4 different special powers; Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire. The second characteristic is the presentation of magic objects such as the seven Fortune-Telling Tops. The third characteristic is the presentation of belief in Eclipse Comet. The researcher found that the motifs found in this fiction share some common elements with the motifs appeared in the Motif- Index of Stith Thompson. We might be able to say that it is the author's intention to bring and inherit the motifs used in folktale and duplicate them in his work. However, the author adapted the content of the story in this fiction in order to fit into the currently modern and contemporary society by focusing on the Ecological Conscience matter which readers can see via the presentation of the balance relationship between human and human, and human and nature. The relationship between human and human focuses on a pattern of relationship, True Friend reflecting the relationship among the main protagonists and between the main protagonists and the helpers. The relationship between human and nature focuses on the Modesty Attitude that human has toward nature, not to control or overcome the nature.