Romantic Poetry. He teaches his classes dutifully. He is a 52 year-old-man without a wife. He feels that he lives in harmony because he has everything that
he wants, including a good reputation in the society, and woman. When he goes to his daughter’s farmhouse in the country, he wants to show his power and
superiority as the European person. He thinks that the local person like Petrus, his daughter’s neighbour, does not have right to get high social status. According to
him, the local people are in the lower position in the society. Throughout the story, it is clearly seen that David Lurie has imposed his belief to the others.
B. Approach of the Study
In this study, the writer applies the postcolonial approach. The approach is used because this thesis is concerned with the study of the western hegemony as
represented in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace through the main character. Charles E. Bressler in his book entitled Literary Criticism: An Introduction
to Theory and Practice notes that postcolonial approach concerns with the literary works produced in colonised countries. It appreciates the creative writings from
the colonised countries, and excludes the European and American’s ways of thinking. It investigates the clash culture between the Whites and the local people
1999: 265-266. In addition, Peter Bary in the book of Beginnning Theory An Introduction
to literary and cultural theory says that Postcolonial approach rejects the idea of Eurocentric universalism, which believes that the European or the Whites is
superior, and the local is inferior. It looks on cultural difference, diversity, and
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hybridity. It also celebrates hybridity that is the condition somehow; groups of peoples belong to more than one culture 2002:199.
C. Method of the Study
In analysing the novel, the library research was conducted. It means that the data were collected from the books, theories of literature, and other
information sources that could support the study. There are two kinds of sources that are used in this study. The first is the novel itself as the main source of this
study. The second sources are theories on the literary works and some postcolonial theories to examine the topic. Theories that are used in this study for
examples, theories of character and characterization by M. H. Abrams, M. J. Murphy, R. Stanton, Henkle, and theories of Postcolonialism by Leela Gandhi,
Frantz Fanon, Elleke Boehmer. The writer took certain steps in exploring the novel. The first step was to
scrutinize the novel until the writer got a full comprehension, by focusing on the main character. The place or the nature, including detailed objects where the story
takes place, the interrelation between each character in the story, and the social condition of the story lead to the comprehension of the main character as the
representation of the western hegemony. The second step was to find theories of character and characterization, theory of postcolonialism, theory of representation,
and theory of western hegemony. The theories were used in order to analyse deeper how the main character in the novel is depicted. The third step was to take
notes of any relevant and supportive information on postcolonialism,
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