Postcolonial Analysis On Novel Robinson Crusoe

Abstract thesis:  Postcolonial Analysis On Novel Robinson Crusoe

Colonization is a process when one group cannot determine themselves and another group dominates them. The phenomenon of colonization does not happen only in real life but also in written fiction. The example of colonization in the real life is colonization that has done by Dutch to Indonesian people. While, colonization could be found in economics, politics, education, culture and literary work. Daniel Defoe as an English novelist writes colonization process in his novel “Robinson Crusoe”.

Related to the phenomenon above, this research aims to answer two following questions; the first is how the colonization reflected in Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, and second is how the dominant power dominated the colonized people.

This research is a descriptive qualitative research. The data source of this study is the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The data of this study are all sentences in the form of written dialogues, monologues and expression, which are collected from novel Robinson Crusoe. The steps of data collection are reading and understanding the text, picking up the data dealing with the problems, selecting and classifying the data that were related with the problem of the study. To analyze the data, he presented the data, interpreted the data, evaluated and drew the conclusion.

Based on the findings and discussion of the data, it is concluded that there are colonization that are reflected in Daniel Defoe’s novel Robinson Crusoe. The major character has been the major colonizer. Hegemony of Robinson Crusoe was huge. He could determine everything around him in order to be appropriate for his business. There are many ways to dominate “silent other” that are used by the major character, Robinson Crusoe. Hey are controlling communication channel, confiscated proprietary right, and giving a pseudo positive pleasure.

The researcher hopes that this research can give a new contribution to the readers, especially the students who are interested in postcolonial discourse. Furthermore, it is hoped for further researchers to conduct the research, which not only focuses on reflection of colonization but also on the other aspect of postconsonantal.

writer and researcher: Zubair, Agus Maimun

years of research: 2005

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A Postcolonial Analysis On Novel Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Defoe

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