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- Title
Burmese Women Portrait Under the British Imperialism in Orwell's Burmese Days.
- Authors
Afiah, Nur; Arafah, Burhanuddin; Abbas, Herawaty
- Abstract
This study aims to expose the Burmese women portrait under British Imperialism. The writer believes that Burmese Days is created as a response to the social phenomenon that was happening during the process of its creation. This study used a qualitative method using a sociological approach by Laurenson and Swingewood. The data of this study were collected from the description and utterances of the characters and narrator in the novel. The result of this study shows that the women were portrayed as the slave of the English men. The women are not valuable, they merely become entertainment for the English men to entertain them. Even, some of the Europeans have concubines to accompany them in killing their time or killing their boredom. It looks like the women are created for the English men as dolls which can be played as often as they can, and of course, like a doll, they can be thrown easily after the English men being bored. As this research limited to the analysis of women portrait as a concubine for the English men, it is suggested for other researchers to analyze and find the relevant problems that still exist around the society, such as social inequality, resistance, obedience, strategy, gender, racism, corruption and other social aspects in the novel Burmese Days.
- Subjects
ORWELL, George, 1903-1950; BRITISH colonies; EQUALITY; SOCIAL facts; DOLLS; OBEDIENCE
- Publication
Journal of Language Teaching & Research, 2022, Vol 13, Issue 1, p213
- ISSN
1798-4769
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17507/jltr.1301.25