Channing: Journal of English Language Education and Literature
Vol 7 No 1 (2022): Channing: Journal of English Language Education Literature- April 2022

The Portrayal of Orientalism and Occidentalism in the novel "A Passage to India" by, E. M. Forster Post-Colonialism Approach

Delis Aprianti (College student)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Apr 2022

Abstract

This research was conducted to analyze the influence of orientalism and occidentalism on the lives of western and eastern people in the novel "a passage to india" by e. M. Forster using a post-colonial approach and the theory of edward said, namely Orientalism and Occidentalism. According to Said, Orientalism is the study of Eastern world in the perspective or Western people and Occidentalism is the study of Western world in the perspective of Eastern people. This study used qualitative methods to analyze the potrayal and influence of the two theories in their respective social lives. Based on the analysis that has been done in the novel “A Passage to India”, Western people in India still monopolize the government and look down on Indian. Although there are some characters who have welcomed and treated Indians well but their initial interest in coming to India was to rule India.

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Abbrev

Channing

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Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

Channing: Journal of English Language Education and Literature is a peer- reviewed journal. It is published by English Language Study Program of STKIP Nurul Huda Sukaraja in both print and online version. The fisrt volume was published on September 2016 it published two times in a year, on September ...