Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations

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10.2991/assehr.k.200325.081How to use a DOI?

Keywords

characterization, Child of All Nations, hybridity, Pramoedya Ananta Toer

Abstract

Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s novel, Child of All Nations, tells the story of Minke, an upper-class Javanese living under Dutch occupation. In this second book of the Buru Quartet series, Minke must come to terms with his allegiance and identity in the colonial world. This article examines Child of All Nations in order to reveal the portrayal of hybridity in Minke’s characterization. Using Bhabha’s hybridity theory (1994) and Rimmon-Kenan’s character classification and characterization (2002), this study found that Minke is a hybrid character with complexity, development and open insights of his inner world. He shapes his hybridity through experience, study, and the act of accepting himself, something that is considered hard to do in the colonial era, especially for the colonized people. In this way, Minke is a unique hybrid character.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhammad Rangga Padika
AU  - Nita Novianti
AU  - Ruswan Dallyono
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/03/31
TI  - Hybridity in Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s Child of All Nations
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, Culture, and Education (ICOLLITE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 198
EP  - 202
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200325.081
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200325.081
ID  - Padika2020
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