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A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSEELVES AS SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2014
A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSEELVES AS SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2014
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A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSE-ELVES AS
SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
Approved by:
Lany Kristono, M. Hum.
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M. A.
Supervisor
Examiner
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2014. Estiningtyas Retno Windarti and Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Language Teaching, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti:
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PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
______________________________________________________
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
Student ID Number:
112010066
Study Program:
English Language Teaching
Faculty:
Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work:
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
A Postcolonialist Analysis on the Portrayal of House-Elves as Slaves in J. K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
:
Verified by signee,
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M. A.
Lany Kristono, M. Hum.
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Windarti 1
A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSEELVES AS SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
"You do realize that your sheets are changed, your fires lit, your classrooms cleaned,
and your food cooked by a group of magical creatures who are unpaid and
enslaved?" –Hermione Granger
Abstract
Harry Potter, one of the most popular literary works in its time, presents the
adventurous experiments of a boy in the wizarding world with magical creatures.
Apart from its popularity, there, also lays another issue behind its story: the HouseElves enslavement. Interestingly, in this magical-world novel, the magical creatures
are shown inferior to humans, and are dehumanized by having no power against the
unjust wizarding society with no one standing for their rights. Using Postcolonialism
perspectives, this study aimed to analyze the enslavement of the House-Elves: how
the novel portrays the elves as slaves, and how slavery had led them to live as a
„contested culture‟: Fanon‟s idea to describe a culture which is frozen as the effect of
slavery or colonialism. The findings show that the enslavement of the House-Elves
was a product of force or oppression, rather than an act of free will, and that the
enslavement of the House-Elves has made them live as a „contested culture‟, where
punishments and violence are used to wipe out their tradition, culture, identity, and
education.
Keywords: colonialism, post-colonialism, imperialism, civilization, racism, sla very.
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GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2014
A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSEELVES AS SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
2014
i
A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSE-ELVES AS
SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
112010066
Approved by:
Lany Kristono, M. Hum.
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M. A.
Supervisor
Examiner
ii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any course or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any other
person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@ 2014. Estiningtyas Retno Windarti and Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least one of the copyright owners or the English Language Teaching, Faculty of
Language and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti:
iii
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
______________________________________________________
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community, I
verify that:
Name:
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
Student ID Number:
112010066
Study Program:
English Language Teaching
Faculty:
Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work:
Undergraduate Thesis
In developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free right
for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
A Postcolonialist Analysis on the Portrayal of House-Elves as Slaves in J. K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce, print,
publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database, transmit,
broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my express written
permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
:
Verified by signee,
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M. A.
Lany Kristono, M. Hum.
iv
Windarti 1
A POSTCOLONIALIST ANALYSIS ON THE PORTRAYAL OF HOUSEELVES AS SLAVES IN J. K. ROWLING’S HARRY POTTER AND THE
GOBLET OF FIRE
Estiningtyas Retno Windarti
"You do realize that your sheets are changed, your fires lit, your classrooms cleaned,
and your food cooked by a group of magical creatures who are unpaid and
enslaved?" –Hermione Granger
Abstract
Harry Potter, one of the most popular literary works in its time, presents the
adventurous experiments of a boy in the wizarding world with magical creatures.
Apart from its popularity, there, also lays another issue behind its story: the HouseElves enslavement. Interestingly, in this magical-world novel, the magical creatures
are shown inferior to humans, and are dehumanized by having no power against the
unjust wizarding society with no one standing for their rights. Using Postcolonialism
perspectives, this study aimed to analyze the enslavement of the House-Elves: how
the novel portrays the elves as slaves, and how slavery had led them to live as a
„contested culture‟: Fanon‟s idea to describe a culture which is frozen as the effect of
slavery or colonialism. The findings show that the enslavement of the House-Elves
was a product of force or oppression, rather than an act of free will, and that the
enslavement of the House-Elves has made them live as a „contested culture‟, where
punishments and violence are used to wipe out their tradition, culture, identity, and
education.
Keywords: colonialism, post-colonialism, imperialism, civilization, racism, sla very.
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