WESTERN STEREOTYPING OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE IN MORGAN’S MUTANT MESSAGE DOWN UNDER: AN ORIENTALISM ANALYSIS
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This research aims to analyse the stereotyping of Aboriginal tribe in Morgan’s novel, Mutant Message Down Under, by the Western. The objectives of the study are to identify the Aboriginal stereotypes and to analyse how it is constructed based on Said’s theory of Orientalism.
This research applied a descriptive qualitative method to analyse the data. The prima ry data instrument was the researcher and the secondary data instrument was data sheet. The data was in the form of sentences, phrases, or words in the novel. The data were analysed using content analysis technique employing Orientalism theory by Edward Said.
The findings of this research showed that there are two main stereotyping of Aboriginal tribe in the novel. The first stereotype is uncivilized. This stereotype is constructed as the distinction of Western civilization. The Western civilization is maintained through the delineation of Aboriginal people as uncivilized, being primitive or traditional, and having bad personalities or manner. The second stereotype is inferior. The inferiority is constructed through the characteristics of Aboriginal people who are seen as uneducated, poor, and having worse language than English. The findings implicate that Western stereotyping of the Aboriginal people are maintained well through the literary work.
Keywords: Orientalism, stereotype, stereotyping, Aboriginal people, Edward Said.
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