BREAKING THE LOVE LAW: IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSION IN ARUNDHATI ROY'S THE GOD ...

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BREAKING THE LOVE LAW:
IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSION
IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
A THESIS
Presented as a Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements
to Obtain the Magister Humaniora (M.Hum.) Degree
in English Language Studies
by
Gisela Swara Gita Andika
Student Number: 126332040
THE GRADUATE PROGRAM OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES
SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY
YOGYAKARTA
2015
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BREAKING THE LOVE LAW:
IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSION
IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
by
Gisela Swara Gita Andika
Student Number: 126332040
Approved by
Dr. Patrisius MutiaraAndalas, S.J.
Advisor June 3 0, 2015
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A THESIS
BREAKING THE LOVE LAW:
IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSION
IN ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
Presented by
Gisela Swara Gita Andika
Student Number: 126332040
Defended before theThesis Committee
and Declared Acceptable.
THESIS COMMITTEE
Chairperson : Dr. Mutiara Andalas, S.J. __________________
Secretary : Dr. Novita Dewi, M.S., M.A (Hons)__________________
Members : 1.Dr. F.X. Siswadi, M.A __________________
2.Paulus Sarwoto, S.S., M.A., Ph.D.__________________
Yogyakarta, ,2015
The Graduate Program Director
Sanata Dharma University
Prof. Dr. Augustinus Supratiknya
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STATEMENT OF WORK‘S ORIGINALITY
This is to certify that all ideas, phrases, sentences, unless otherwise stated, are the
ideas, phrases, and sentences of the thesis writer. The writer understands the full
consequences including degree cancellation if she took somebody else’s ideas,
phrases, sentences without proper references.
Yogyakarta,
Gisela Swara Gita Andika
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To love. To be loved.
To never forget your own insignificance.
To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity
of life around you.
To seek joy in the saddest places.
To pursue beauty to its lair.
To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is
simple.
To respect strength, never power. Above all to watch.
To try and understand.
To never look away. And never, never to forget.
Arundhati Roy
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I dedicate this study
for girls who have the privilege for reading this work
in the comfort
of the warm, snug, safe
rooms of their own.
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LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN
PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS
Yang bertanda tangan dibawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma:
Nama : Gisela Swara Gita Andika
NIM : 12 6332040
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Universitas Sanata Dharma karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul:
BREAKING THE LOVE LAW: IDENTITY AND TRANSGRESSION IN
ARUNDHATI ROY’S THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS
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Demikian pernyataan ini saya buat dengan sebenarnya.
Dibuat di Yogyakarta
Pada tanggal :
Yang menyatakan
Gisela Swara Gita Andika
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to thank my lecturers Dr. Patrisius Mutiara Andalas, S.J., Dr.
Novita Dewi, M.S., M.A (Hons), Dr. Bagus Laksana, S.J., Ni Luh Putu Rosiandari,
SS, M.Hum and Dr. F.X. Siswadi, M.A, who always trust my capability and never
give up on me. I also would like to thank Rissa Egitia for introducing me to The God
of Small Things as she believes that it will meet my interests and capability, which is
proven to be true.
I also would like to thank myparents, Rosalina Popy and Emanuel Mugiharja,
and brother, Stephan Gilang, for the infinite trust and love. For my beloved cousin
and best friend, Gaby Swastika, the one that is always there when I’m in need. The
writing of this thesis will never be complete without the hours of discussions I follow
with fellow students: Albertus Harimurti, Timoteus Anggawan Kusno, Wisnu Ari
Tjokro, Malcolm Smith, Georgius Benardi, Irene, Heri, Linda, Nurcholis, Pinto,
Wahono, Rahman, Martha, Riston, Andre, Elis, Bre, and many others who, in
uncountable hours of laughter and love, have shared their thoughts and helped to
expand mine.
I would also like to express my gratitude to my beautiful friends in the music
and art scene for the creative distraction that preserves my sanity: Matias Sri Aditya,
Latan Rizky, Dimas Dhyara, Wipti Eta, Tata Christiana,Wahyu Septian, Anindita
Bramantyo, Rami Risky, Arif Kusuma, Uniph Kahfi, Prihatmoko Moki, Adelina
Maryam, Wednes Mandra, Rangga Nashrullah, Indra Menus, Arie Mindblasting,
Hendra Adityawan, Hilman Fathoni, Haryono, Kuntoro Adi, Made Dharma, Sean
Stellfox, Irfan R. Darajat, Damar Sosondoro, Agung Hanifah, Hengga Tiyasa, Randy
Surya Mukti, Wafiq Giotama, Sekar Handareni, Eka Jayani, Arkham Kurniadi, Sarra
Oktaviya, Satya Prapanca, Rully Sabhara, Woto Wibowo, Syafiatudina, Dinda
Advena, Natasha Tontey, Syaura Qotrunadha, Agung Kurniawan, Yustina Neni, and
many, many others whose priceless companions I value the most. I also thank
especially to Zacharias Szumer, for the love and comfort during the crucial moments
of the writing. Also, thank you very much Beach Fossils and Sigur Ros.
Lastly, I would like to thank God, the infinite inspiration, that appears in the
earth I walk on, in the air I breathe, in the faces of my beloved ones, in the pleasures
and obstacles I encounter during the writing of this thesis, that never stops
accompanying me in any thinkable and unthinkable forms. Thank you.
Gisela Swaragita
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE ..................................................................................................i
APPROVAL PAGE.........................................................................................ii
ACCEPTANCE PAGE....................................................................................iii
STATEMENT OF WORK’S ORIGINALITY................................................iv
QUOTATION PAGE.......................................................................................v
DEDICATION PAGE ....................................................................................vi
LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI................................vii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................viii
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ix
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................xi
ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................xii
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION....................................................................1
A. Background of the Study.............................................................................1
B. Definition of Terms......................................................................................3
1. Love Law and Ideological State Apparatuses............................................3
2. Identity Categories and Identity Markers..................................................5
C. Research Questions.................................................................................... 6
D. Research Objectives.................................................................................... 6
E. Object of the Study..................................................................................... 8
F. Method of the Study................................................................................... 9
G. Approach of the Study................................................................................ 9
H. Review of Related Studies......................................................................... 11
I. Significance of the Study........................................................................... 16
CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL REVIEW ................................................ 20
A. Theory of Identity....................................................................................... 20
B.Theory of Transgression..............................................................................22
C. Theory of Ideological State Apparatuses................................................... 25
D. Theory of Subaltern.....................................................................................30
E. Theory of Mimicry....................................................................................... 32
CHAPTER III:
AMMU’S IDENTITY CATEGORIES AND THE LOVE LAW.................34
A. Caste and Class as Social Stratification....................................................... 38
1. Touchability and Untouchability in the Indian Caste System.....................40
2. Anglophilia in Post-Independence India.....................................................52
B.The Position of Syrian Christianity among
Other Religious Groups in India.................................................................55
C. Women in India............................................................................................57
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CHAPTER IV:
AMMU’S IDENTITY MARKERS AND TRANSGRESSION.................. 66
A. Childhood: Braveryas a Potential Transgressor....................................... 68
B. Adolescence: Marriageas a Transgression............................................... 71
C. Marriage: Authority to Her Own Body and Divorce as Transgression.... 75
D.Coming Back to Ayemenem: Transgressions from Family Values.......... 79
E. The Terror: Fornication as Transgression................................................. 89
F. Ammu’s Last Transgression...................................................................... 99
G. The Abyss: Transgression and Punishment.............................................. 100
CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION..................................................................... 105
WORKS CITED .............................................................................................. 110
APPENDIX...................................................................................................... 113
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