REPRESENTASI SUARA SUBALTERN DALAM NOVEL THE GLORY OF SRI SRI GANESH KARYA MAHASWETA DEVI

• Main Authors: , AGRY PRAMITA, , Prof. Dr. Faruk, SU.
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2014
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/128667/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=69031
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

This research explains about representation of subaltern�s voice in The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh, a novel written by Mahasweta Devi. That action aims to develop a deeper analysis about subaltern phenomenon in the novel, regardless of the descriptive analysis. In addition, this research also aims to construct a critical reading. The critical reading in this research will be done by using the concept of subalternity proposed by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. According to her definition, subaltern is a position without any identity and there is no space from which the subaltern as subject can speak. In finding out how Mahasweta Devi represents the subalternity through The Glory of Sri Sri Ganesh, aside from using the subaltern theory, the writer also uses the deconstruction reading method. With the discovery of the binary oppositions, it will be seen that one side of the unit is the privileged opposition, hierarchical, and other are the marginalized. In this novel, the hierarchical oppositional forces shape the dominant structure which describes the social life of low class citizen in India. Mahasweta Devi not only develops the dominant structure through characters and sequence of events but she also represent another perspective where subaltern can speak and do something better toward their life with actions of rebellion. The representation of subaltern�s voice in this novel is being questioned by interrogating the author�s hierarchy reversal of dominant structures in the novel. Thus, it would be revealed another data that it is likely to contradict the author's description of her own hierarchy reversal.