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Deconstructing the Portrayal of Adults’ Superiority towards Children in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s "A Little Princess"

Rainbow: Journal of Literature, Linguistics and Culture Studies · Vol. 8 No. 2 (2019) · hlm. 24–31

DOI
10.15294/rainbow.v8i2.34570
ISSN
2721-4540, 2252-6323
Terbit
2019-11-30
Penerbit
English Department, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Universitas Negeri Semarang
Bahasa
eng

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This study discusses how the portrayal of adults’ superiority towards children in the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is deconstructed by the work itself. The adults’ superiority is portrayed in the novel, in which the adults are depicted as more superior figure than children. However, the perfect descriptions of the children as portrayed by Sara in the novel show that the hierarchy in child-adult relationship is able to be reversed. This study uses descriptive qualitative method supported by Structuralism’s binary opposition and Derrida’s Deconstruction reading strategy. The aim of this study is to destabilize the novel, A Little Princess, by applying Deconstruction reading strategy. This study shows that the novel deconstructs its portrayal of adults’ superiority towards children. So, by destabilizing the binary opposition in the novel, that is an adult opposes a child, the child-adult hierarchy is reversed. Keywords: adults, children, deconstruction, superiority

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Muhammad ManaqibSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta2
Nina FitriyatiSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta2
Ikhwal YupintoSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta1
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Achmad MunjidUniversitas Gadjah Mada1
Fatma HetamiState University of Semarang1
Rohaeni RohaeniState University of Semarang1
Maria Johana Ari WidayantiState University of Semarang1
Yosia Puri SaputroState University of Semarang1
Mohamad Ikhwan RosyidiState University of Semarang1
Hanna Eka RositaState University of Semarang1
Rudi HartonoState University of Semarang1
Wayan AnggunturState University of Semarang1
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Didik Tulus SubektiNational Research and Innovation Agency1
Madona Yunita WijayaSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta1
Andrew FiadeSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta1
Flori R. SariSyarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta1

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