ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture
Vol 7, No 1 (2023)

SOCIAL DETACHMENT AND FALSE CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE LOTTERY IN BABYLON BY JORGE LUIS BORGES

Cantika, Rita Apriliya (Unknown)
Wardani, Tia Ivanka (Unknown)
Asy-Syaffa, Alifya Rahma (Unknown)
Hariyanto, Alifia Kamila Jasmine Putri (Unknown)
Fiorella, Sonya Ivanda (Unknown)
Saraswati, Rina (Unknown)

Article Info

Publish Date
29 Jun 2023

Abstract

This study analyzes the portrayal of social class between The Company that ran the lottery as the upper class and the citizens who were the lottery participants as the lower class in The Lottery in Babylon by Jorge Luis Borges. This study used the theory from Karl Marx regarding the existence of the false consciousness of the bourgeoisie toward the proletariats. The qualitative approach was employed in this study to collect the essence of the short story. It is found that according to Marxist theory, The Lottery of Babylon portrays the existence alienation from the existence of the Lottery in which defines one's social class and fate.

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ISLLAC : Journal of Intensive Studies on Language, Literature, Art, and Culture
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Abbrev

jisllac

Publisher

Universitas Negeri Malang

Subject

Arts Humanities

Description

ISLLAC Journal is an international journal that publishes the best works of intensive research and conceptual studies on language, literature, art, and culture. The first publication of the journal in 2017, in conjunction with international seminars of language, literature, art, and culture. The ...