GAMBARAN DIRI ANDREA HIRATA DALAM NOVEL EDENSOR: KONSEP TRAVEL WRITING CARL THOMPSON
Arie Azhari Nasution(1*)
(1) Sastra Indonesia Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan
(*) Corresponding Author
Abstract
This research is about to review the self-image in the novel by Andrea Hirata, Edensor, which tells the story of his travels around Europe and some African countries as a form of travel writing. To discover how Andrea Hirata write and illustrate the discovery of spaces as a form of a report from the places he visited and how he positioned himself as a traveler, used the theory of travel writing Carl Thompson to identify novel Edensor from concept Reporting The World, Revealing The Self, and Representing The Other. As a result, Andrea Hirata identified as a romantic traveler who tends to give a picture of himsel fas an autobiography and more to self-awareness (self-consciously) displayed in each trip made because the motivation to find himself. Moreover, he recognizes himself as inferior to the West because he comes from the East.
Keywords: Andrea Hirata, Edensor, Travel Writing, Postcolonial Studies, Travel, Self-Image
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Faruk. 2007. Belenggu Pasca-Kolonial. Yogyakarta: Pustaka Pelajar.
Hirata, Andrea. 2008. Edensor. Yogyakarta: Bentang.
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http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edensor
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22146/poetika.v3i1.10425
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