Racism towards black people depicted in two selected Adjei-Brenyah's short stories

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Susilo, Rafli Ainurrizqon (2024) Racism towards black people depicted in two selected Adjei-Brenyah's short stories. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the similarities and the differences of the depiction of racism from two selected short stories by Adjei-Brenyah, Finkelstein 5 and Zimmer Land. The researcher brings this topic because both Adjei-Brenyah’s short stories illustrates the portrayal of racism in a different way. Both works also presents regarding how the main characters have to deal with the racism they encounter and how the racism changes them. There are three questions to be analyzed in this study: (1) How is racism depicted in two Adjei-Brenyah's short stories, Finklestein 5 and Zimmer Land? (2) How do the main characters in both stories deal with the racism? (3) How are the similarities and differences of two topics asked in prior questions This research utilizes the qualitative method to gather the required data for the analysis. The researcher also uses the comparison-contrast approach along with close reading approach to analyze the similarities and the differences found in both short stories. Critical race theory is used to analyzed how is racism depicted in both short stories. While, new criticism theory is used so that the researcher could analyzed all the data through sentences, dialogues and words provided in the literary works. This research finds that there are similarities and differences in the depiction of racism from both short stories by using the basic tenet of critical race theory. In Finkelstein 5, there are two basic tenets analyzed from the story, they are social construction and everyday racism. While in Zimmer Land, there are also two basic tenets analyzed from the story, they are material determinism and everyday racism. The researcher also finds that the main character from both stories deal with racism differently. In Finkelstein 5, racism causes the main character to be a round character, which means he changes throughout the story. While in Zimmer Land, racism causes the main character to be a flat character, which means that he stays the same throughout the story. In conclusion, the researcher finds that both stories have similarity in one basic tenet, which is everyday racism. It is because main character from both stories has to experience racism in daily basis. Meanwhile, the researcher also finds two differences. The first is that the racism happens in both stories are in the different type and for the second is how both of the main character deal with racism.

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Item Type:	Thesis (Undergraduate)
Creators:	Creators Email NIM Susilo, Rafli Ainurrizqon raflisusilo@gmai.com 03020320071
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email NIDN Thesis advisor Kusumajanti, Wahju wahjukusumajanti@uinsby.ac.id 2005027002 Thesis advisor Nuristama, Ramadhina Ulfa nuristamadina@gmail.com 2006039203
Subjects:	Bahasa Inggris Sastra
Keywords:	Racism; Black; Adjei-Brenyah
Divisions:	Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User:	Rafli Ainurrizqon Susilo
Date Deposited:	20 May 2024 07:57
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 07:57
URI:	http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/70206

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