Mursyidah, Nabilah (2023) Class struggle depiction in Ben Okri's "The Famished Road". Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim.
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Abstract
ENGLISH:
The Famished Road, written by Ben Okri, is a novel that tells the journey of Azaro, a spirit child known as an Abiku, who was born into a world with an impoverished family and a lack of resources. Ben Okri described the class struggle endured and encountered by the working-class characters in his novel. The paper examines the class struggle depicted in The Famished Road and the challenges faced by the working classes during the class struggle viewed from Karl Marx's theory of class struggle. Based on this background, the researcher formulates two research questions, namely 1) How is the class struggle depicted in Ben Okri's The Famished Road? 2) What challenges did the working class face during the class struggle described in Ben Okri's The Famished Road? The researcher used literary criticism to achieve the research objectives, including identifying, analyzing, and interpreting literary works. The source of data is Ben Okri's novel The Famished Road. The data that the researcher analyzes are every word, phrase, sentence, and paragraph from The Famished Road novel. After analyzing, the researcher describes the class struggle carried out by the lower class with a sociological approach. Then the last step is to write the conclusion of the whole research.
The research results in two findings. First, there are two social classes. The Azaro family, the photographer, and the residents of the compounds belong to the working class. Another social class is the bourgeoisie, represented by Madame Koto, politicians, and landlords. Then, the novel's depiction of class conflict begins with individual class struggles, such as limited class mobility, political corruption, and provocation. Furthermore, they were then described through the labour movement, specifically the lower class protest against politicians and exposing unrest and injustice. Second, based on the data that the researcher had found, it shows that the class struggle carried out by the working class was unsuccessful because there were several challenges that the working class had to face during the class struggle. The challenges that hindered the proletariat's class struggle, among others, were economic inequality, exploitation, violence, and political oppression. Thus, the analysis conducted by the researcher shows that the working class depicted in the novel The Famished Road has failed to carry out their class struggle due to the obstacles they encountered while fighting for their class interest.
INDONESIA:
The Famished Road, yang ditulis oleh Ben Okri, adalah novel yang menceritakan perjalanan Azaro, seorang anak roh yang dikenal sebagai Abiku, yang terlahir di dunia dengan keluarga miskin dan kekurangan sumber daya. Ben Okri menggambarkan perjuangan kelas yang dialami dan dihadapi oleh karakter kelas pekerja dalam novelnya. Penelitian ini mengkaji perjuangan kelas yang digambarkan dalam novel The Famished Road dan tantangan yang dihadapi oleh kelas pekerja dalam perjuangan kelas tersebut ditinjau dari teori perjuangan kelas Karl Marx. Berdasarkan latar belakang tersebut, peneliti merumuskan dua pertanyaan penelitian, yaitu 1) Bagaimana perjuangan kelas yang digambarkan dalam novel The Famished Road karya Ben Okri? 2) Apa saja tantangan yang dihadapi kelas pekerja dalam perjuangan kelas yang digambarkan dalam novel The Famished Road karya Ben Okri? Peneliti menggunakan kritik sastra untuk mencapai tujuan penelitian, termasuk mengidentifikasi, menganalisis, dan menginterpretasikan karya sastra. Sumber data yang digunakan adalah novel The Famished Road karya Ben Okri. Data yang peneliti analisis adalah setiap kata, frasa, kalimat, dan paragraf dari novel The Famished Road. Setelah menganalisis, peneliti mendeskripsikan perjuangan kelas yang dilakukan oleh kelas bawah dengan pendekatan sosiologi. Kemudian langkah terakhir adalah menuliskan kesimpulan dari keseluruhan penelitian.
Penelitian ini menghasilkan dua temuan. Pertama, terdapat dua kelas sosial. Keluarga Azaro, fotografer, dan para penghuni kompleks termasuk ke dalam kelas pekerja. Kelas sosial lainnya adalah kelas borjuis yang diwakili oleh Nyonya Koto, politisi, dan tuan tanah. Kemudian, penggambaran konflik kelas dalam novel ini dimulai dari perjuangan kelas secara individu, seperti mobilitas kelas yang terbatas, korupsi politik, dan provokasi. Selanjutnya, mereka kemudian digambarkan melalui gerakan buruh, khususnya protes kelas bawah terhadap para politisi dan mengungkap keresahan dan ketidakadilan. Kedua, berdasarkan data yang telah peneliti temukan menunjukkan bahwa perjuangan kelas yang dilakukan oleh kelas buruh tidak berhasil karena ada beberapa tantangan yang harus dihadapi oleh kelas buruh selama melakukan perjuangan kelas. Tantangan-tantangan yang menghambat perjuangan kelas kaum proletar antara lain adalah kesenjangan ekonomi, eksploitasi, kekerasan, dan penindasan politik. Dengan demikian, analisis yang dilakukan oleh peneliti menunjukkan bahwa kelas pekerja yang digambarkan dalam novel The Famished Road telah gagal dalam melakukan perjuangan kelasnya karena adanya hambatan-hambatan yang mereka hadapi ketika memperjuangkan kepentingan kelasnya.
Item Type: | Thesis (Undergraduate) |
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Supervisor: | Kusuma, Agung Wiranata |
Keywords: | Class Struggle; Social Class; Proletariat Class; Bourgeoisie Class; Perjuangan Kelas; Kelas Sosial; Kelas Proletar; Kelas Borjuasi |
Subjects: | 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1608 Sociology > 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods 16 STUDIES IN HUMAN SOCIETY > 1699 Other Studies in Human Society > 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified |
Departement: | Fakultas Humaniora > Jurusan Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
Depositing User: | Nabilah Mursyidah |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2023 14:56 |
Last Modified: | 07 Jul 2023 14:56 |
URI: | http://etheses.uin-malang.ac.id/id/eprint/51263 |
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