REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE IN RUDYARD KIPLINGâS âTHE MAN WHO WOULD BE KINGâ, MARY BEAUMONTâS âTHE REVENGE OF HER RACEâ, AND JOSEPH CONRADâS âAN OUTPOST OF PROGRESSâ (A POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES).

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REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE IN RUDYARD

KIPLING

’S

“THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING”

, MARY

BEAUMONT

’S

“THE REVENGE OF HER RACE”

, AND

JOSEPH CONRAD

’S

“AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS”

(A POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES)

THESIS

Submitted as a Partial Fulfillment of Requirements

for the Sarjana Humaniora Degree in English Department Faculty of Cultural Sciences Sebelas Maret University

By

Tyas Nuriska

C0310063

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF CULTURAL SCIENCES

SEBELAS MARET UNIVERSITY

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REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S

“THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING”, MARY BEAUMONT’S“THE REVENGE OF HER RACE”, AND JOSEPH CONRAD’S“AN OUTPOST

OF PROGRESS”

(A POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES)

By Tyas Nuriska

C0310063

Approved to be examined by the Board of Examiners, Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Sebelas Maret University

Thesis Supervisor

Drs. Mugijatna, M.Si.,Ph.D NIP. 195110201 198601 1001

The Head of English Department

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REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S

“THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING”, MARY BEAUMONT’S“THE

REVENGE OF HER RACE” AND JOSEPH CONRAD’S “AN OUTPOST

OF PROGRESS” Sciences Sebelas Maret University on 20 May 2015

Position Name Signature

Chairperson Dra. Sri Kusumo Habsari, M. Hum., Ph. D

NIP. 196703231995122001 (…………..) Secretary Dra. Endang Sri Astuti, M. S.

NIP. 195208141981032001 (…………..) First Examiner Drs. Mugijatna, M.Si.,Ph.D

NIP. 1951102011986011001 (…………..) Second Examiner Dra. Nani Sukarni, M. S.

NIP. 195103211981032002 (…………..)

The Dean of Faculty of Cultural Sciences Sebelas Maret University

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PRONOUNCEMENT

Name : Tyas Nuriska

Student Number : C0310063

Hereby declare that this thesis entitled Representation of Native People in Rudyard Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King”, Mary Beaumont’s “The

Revenge of Her Race”, and Joseph Conrad’s “An Outpost of Progress” (A Postcolonial Studies) is neither a plagiarism nor written by others. Any materials and theories used as references are written in direct quotation or in paraphrase.

Otherwise, if it proven that I cheat, I would take any consequences given from the

Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University

Surakarta,

The Researcher

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MOTTOS

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken

- Oscar Wilde -

When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or

compete, everbody will respect.

- Lao Tzu

–

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

- Elanor Roosevelt -

Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

- Albert Camus -

Freedom is never voluntary given by the oppressor, it must be

demanded by the oppressed.

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DEDICATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise to Allah S.W.T for blessing and guiding me during this research. Many

people encourage me to finish this thesis. Therefore, I would like to express my

gratitude, particularly to:

1. Prof. Drs. Riyadi Santoso, M.Ed., Ph.D., as the Dean of Faculty of

Cultural Sciences, Sebelas Maret University.

2. Drs. Agus Hari Wibowo, M.A., Ph.D., as the Head of English Department.

3. Karunia Purnia Kusciati S. S., M. Si., as my academic supervisor.

4. Drs. Mugijatna, M.Si., Ph.D., as my thesis supervisor, for all advice and

guidance during the writing process.

5. Dra. Sri Kusumo Habsari, M. Hum., Ph. D, for all suggestion given to

improve this thesis.

6. My beloved parents, for all countless help, patience, support, reminder and

encouragement to finish this thesis.

7. My fellow literature mainstream students, Titis, Mulad, Clara, Agus and

Erik for all discussion and support inside and outside the class.

8. My greatest friends, Aya, Ajeng, Putri, Mifta, Erwin, Rifan for helping and

sticking up with me from the first year. My thanks to Gracia, Intan and

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9. All of English Department 2010, it is an honor to learn and experience

together.

10.My internship supervisor, Drs. Dwi Harjanto, for his wisdom about life.

11.My sisters from TIARA, mbak Arum, mbak Hani, mbak Nunu, mbak

Merlyta, April, Ari, Hani, Dina and Asih who keeping tabs on me through

Facebook. Thanks for your support.

12.Everyone who cannot be mentioned here, for all support and help.

Surakarta, May 2015

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ABSTRACT

Tyas Nuriska. C0310063. Representation of Native People in Rudyard

Kipling’s “The Man Who Would Be King”, Mary Beumont’s “The Revenge

of Her Race”, and Joseph Conrad’s “An Outpost of Progress” (A Postcolonial Studies). Undergraduate Thesis. Faculty of Cultural Sciences. Sebelas Maret University

The objectives of this research are to describe the representation of native people in “The Man Who Would Be King” by Rudyard Kipling, “The Revenge of Her Race” by Mary Beaumont, and “An Outpost of Progress” by Joseph Conrad and to find the reflection of colonialism based on the representation of native in the short stories.

This research uses Postcolonial studies as approach and applies Paul Ricoeur’s Hermeneutics as the methodology. This research is classified as qualitative research. The data are divided into main data and secondary data. Three short stories written by different authors are used as the main data. They are “The Man Who Would Be King” by Rudyard Kipling, “The Revenge of Her Race” by Mary Beaumont, and “An Outpost of Progress” by Joseph Conrad. The first two stories are taken from anthology Stories by English Author: Orient (1902) published by Project Gutenberg. The last short story is taken from anthology entitled Tale of Unrest (1888) published by Free Classic e-book. The secondary data are taken from other sources related to this research, both printed and online resources.

The three short stories analyzed in this study contain the representation of native people. The authors construct two contradictory places to show the white men’s superiority to the native people. The native people are presented as a primitive race while the white people pictured as a civilized race. This representation is not accurate because the authors only have partial knowledge of the native people. The native people are placed as second class in class division. The ambivalence occurs within the native people both negative and positive. The ambivalence in “The Man Would Be King” and “The Revenge of Her Race” are negative while it has positive atmosphere in “An Outpost of Progress”.

REPRESENTATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE IN RUDYARD KIPLINGâS âTHE MAN WHO WOULD BE KINGâ, MARY BEAUMONTâS âTHE REVENGE OF HER RACEâ, AND JOSEPH CONRADâS âAN OUTPOST OF PROGRESSâ (A POSTCOLONIAL STUDIES).