| dc.description.abstract | This research tries to reveal the discourse of colonialism in the time the
novel was written in Rudyard Kipling‘s The Jungle Book (1894). It focuses on
analyzing the experiences of the characters that lived in the colonial environment.
Those characters are Mowgli and the people of the jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and
Kala Nag. To analyze the discourse of colonialism, I use Stuart Hall‘s
representation theory and the discursive approach by Michel Foucault. This
research uses qualitative data. The data of this research are divided into two kinds,
the primary data and secondary data. The primary data are taken from the
narrrations and dialogues from The Jungle Book novel by Rudyard Kipling in
1894 and the secondary data are taken from books, journals, articles, and previous
research that have similar objects or topics to support the analysis of the primary
data.
First, I read The Jungle Book novel by Rudyard Kipling (1894), to find
and know about the discourse of colonialism in the text. The second is
categorizing the data that I found to make the mapping easier, and then I read
similar issues about colonialism in 18-19th century in India. It will support me to
concern the contextual condition of colonialism in India in 18-19th century. The
third step is analyzing the data using the theory of representation by Stuart Hall
and helped with the discursive approach by Michel Foucault with intention of
discussing the colonialism discourse practice which is represented in the novel
entitled The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The last, I try to find the critical
position of the author, this step is focuses on the position of the author as the
member of culture that produces the discourse, whether he is in pro or contra
position of colonialism that happened in that time. The critical position of the
author will be revealed by relating the discourse of colonialism in India in the text
with the contextual background in the time the text written.
The result of this research shows that the depiction of colonialism is
shown in the form of the elements of the story, such as characterization, setting
and experiences of the characters who lived in the colonial environment. Born in
Anglo India parents, and in the time when Britain colonized India, the nature of
his life affected his works. His life started in colonial environment, especially
from colonizer class and become greater after his comeback to India after he
finished his study there. In the time the text written, colonialism happened when
Britain colonized India and took advantages from the country. Therefore, Rudyard
Kipling as the author of the novel positioned himself as a major apologist of
colonialism; it can be seen through his literary works, especially The Jungle Book
which contains the discourse of colonialism and also from his personal life as a
man in colonial environment. | en_US |
