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Allusion

ISSN 2301-5829

Vol. 4 / No. 2 / Published : 2015-08

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Original Article :

Deconstructing the portrayals of adults’ superiority towards children in the society in orson scott card’s ender’s game

Author :

  1. Amalia Ayu Wijayanti*1
  2. Dewi Meyrasyawati*2
  1. Mahasiswa Fakultas Ilmu Budaya
  2. Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Budaya

Abstract :

This study discusses how the portrayal of adults’ superiority toward children in the society is deconstructed in the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. Adults’ superiority is accepted as a society normative belief in which the society contemplates adults as a more superior figure than children. However, because of the fluidity of language in every literary works, the primal authority of adult-child transcendental hierarchy is able to be reversed logically. This study uses qualitative method supported by Derrida’s Deconstruction theory. The aim of this study is to destabilize the novel, Ender’s Game¸ by applying Deconstruction theory’s features such as the notion of absence, binary opposition, inconsistency, ambiguity, and ambivalence. This study shows that the novel deconstructs the portrayal of adults’ superiority toward children. By destablizing the binnary opposition in this novel, that is an adult opposes a child, the adult-child transcendental hierarchy is significantly reversed.

Keyword :

adult, adult-child transcendental, hierarchy, children, deconstruction,


References :

Herring, David J.,(2003) The Public Family: Exploring Its Role in Democratic Society Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press





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