A STUDY ON THE USE OF IRONY TO EXPRESS POSTCOLONIALITY IN ARUNDHATY ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS (KAJIAN PENGGUNAAN IRONI UNTUK MENGEKSPRESIKAN POSKOLONIALITAS DALAM NOVEL THE GOD OF SMALL THING KARYA ARUNDHATY ROY)

Abstract

This research discusses the irony in The God of Small Things and how irony expresses postcoloniality in novel. The God of Small Things is the first and the only novel written by Arundhaty Roy in April 1997 which got Booker Prize. The novel raises caste theme and proposes postcolonial issue. The problems that are discussed mostly highlight the violation of human rights. To criticize the social and cultural issues, Arundhaty Roy employs irony in writing the novel. This research uses theory of irony from Stanton that is used to determine the definition and clarification of irony. In this research, I employ qualitative research method and qualitative data. Finally in this research, I find caste system is the root underlying the emergence of irony in this novel. The caste system fertilizes patriarchal society and also takes side on the bourgeois. Furthermore, the ironies lead this novel to postcoloniality.