Detail REDEFINITION OF IDENTITY IN POSTCOLONIAL SOCIETY AS SEEN THROUGH THE WOMEN CHARACTERS IN PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER’S THIS EARTH OF MANKIND   Oleh:  Kusumastuti, Sekartiyasa ; Williany, Vania Jenis: Article from Proceeding Dalam koleksi: The 1st Literary Studies Conference: Configuring and Reconfiguring English Literature in Southeast Asia (SEA), Yogyakarta, Universitas Sanata Dharma, 17-18 Oktober 2013 Topik: redefinition; postcolonial society; hybridity Fulltext: 13 Redefinition of Identity.pdf (488.1KB) Isi artikel The notions of the “Orient” and the “Occident” will always appear as an unavoidable reality since it is the impact of the simultaneous interactions among groups and individuals in postcolonial society. At the beginning, the characteristics of the “Orient” are commonly defined by the “Occident” who holds the interest of power. As a result, the representation of the “Orient” is usually unjust and it will also create homogenization. Though, the characteristics of the “Occident” will not always suitable to be considered as the antagonistic one. Indeed, the postcolonial situation brings the tainted and crosscultural interaction between the “Orient” and the “Occident” into being. (Said, 1978:3-5) Thus, within the postcolonial study, identities among the people with colonized or decolonized experience are fluid. Both Colonized as the “Orient” and Colonizer as the “Occident” cannot have merely one static identity. The recognition of hybrid identity, then, exists. This hybrid identity is a form of the effort of postcolonial society to redefine their identities by themselves. The hybrid also wants to voice out their awareness of their double identity and advocate their aspiration against the homogenization. This study will firstly, describe the characteristics of three women in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s This Earth of Mankind. The characters of three women, in the context of Dutch colonialism over Dutch East Indies: Nyai Ontosoroh, Annelies Mellema, and Magda Pieters are interesting to discuss; they have different race and hybrid. Secondly, this study will draw the relation between the characteristics toward the theory of hybridity and subaltern voice in postcolonial studies. Finally, the study will draw conclusion on how identity’s redefinition of postcolonial society in Indonesian literary context is still ongoing and it can be reassessed through postcolonial theories. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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