Voicing Change: A Comparative Reading of Selected Works by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Katharina Susannah Prichard

Puspita, Ida (2015) Voicing Change: A Comparative Reading of Selected Works by Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Katharina Susannah Prichard. [Artikel Dosen]

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Abstract

Although
coming
from
different
historical
and
political
backgrounds,
Indonesian
Pramoedya
Ananta
Toer
and
Australian
Katharina
Susannah
Prichard
both
have
used
their
writing
to
rehearse
their
concerns
with
the
social
and
political
situations
in
their
respective
societies.
In
The
Girl
from
the
Coast
(1987)
and
Coonardoo
(1929),
they
create
the
setting
for
a
staging
of
the
effects
of
colonial,
racial
and
gender
ideologies
on
the
lives
of
marginalised
and
oppressed
individuals.
Through
the
characters
of
The
Girl
and
Coonardoo
respectively
Pramoedya
and
Prichard
hold
up
a
lens
to
an
awakening
concern
with
minorities
in
specific
periods
in
Indonesian
and
Australian
societies.
The
novels’
main
female
characters
serve
thus
as
spokespersons
for
an
agenda
of
social
and
political
change
that
characterise
the
work
of
Pramoedya
and
Prichard.
This
paper
will
examine
how
these
two
novels
depict
marginalised
groups
in
Indonesia
and
Australia
and
the
significant
role
these
groups
play
in
both
challenging
and
sustaining
a
national
memory.
To
this
extent
it
is
concerned
with
how
they
are
positioned
as
well
as
how
they
position
themselves
in
the
patriarchal
and
colonial
societies
of
the
late
19th
and
early
20th
centuries.
Pramoedya’s
and
Prichard’s
shared
perspectives
on
political
and
social
matters
lead
to
some
comparable
aspects
in
the
way
they
depict
the
social
dynamics
in
the
texts.
Readers
are
led
to
see
the
tensions
between
identity
and
class/race
and
family
and
nation
through
the
eyes
and
the
voices
of
the
marginalised
women
characters.
Keywords:
comparative
literature,
voicing
change,
Pramoedya,
Prichard

Item Type:	Artikel Dosen
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisi / Prodi:	Faculty of Letters (Fakultas Sastra) > S1-English Letters(S1-Sastra Inggris)
Depositing User:	Ms. Ida Puspita
Date Deposited:	21 Oct 2023 06:44
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2023 06:44
URI:	http://eprints.uad.ac.id/id/eprint/51052

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