Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa
This paper explores the role of literature in the post-truth age through reading on O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa. A Hawai’ian novelist, Bushnell contextualizes the earliest interactions between the native Hawai’ian (Kanaka Maoli) and the white settlers which began with the arrival...
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| description | This paper explores the role of literature in the post-truth age through reading on O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa. A Hawai’ian novelist, Bushnell contextualizes the earliest interactions between the native Hawai’ian (Kanaka Maoli) and the white settlers which began with the arrival of Captain Cook’s expedition in 1778. Through his fictions, Bushnell underlines positive portrayal of the white characters to provide a counter-discourse to the generally accepted history of Hawai’ian colonialism. Through first person point of view, white characters become the central figure in both of Bushnell’s fictions. Through reading on O.A Bushnell’s narration, this paper aims to elaborate how the Hawai’ian natives also become a willing partner in western colonialism which highlights their colonial complicity. The concept of colonial complicity is employed to highlight the participation of the natives in promoting Western way of thinking. The analysis argues that although Bushnell contextualizes the complicity of the Hawai’ians in promoting Western discourse, resistance also occurs through creation of a hybrid culture. This paper concludes that in the post truth era, literature should always strive to uncover the truth based on subjective interpretation instead of abiding of a universal truth. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3906765e33f145a2bc51b81455a248962022-12-21T22:00:20ZengProdi Sastra Inggris Fakultas Sastra Universitas Sanata DharmaJournal of Language and Literature1410-56912580-58782021-03-01211586710.24071/joll.v21i1.27831897Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awaKristiawan Indriyanto0Ida Rochani Adi1Muh. Arif Rokhman2Doctoral Program of American Studies Faculty of Cultural Sciences Universitas Gadjah MadaUniversitas Gadjah MadaUniversitas Gadjah MadaThis paper explores the role of literature in the post-truth age through reading on O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa. A Hawai’ian novelist, Bushnell contextualizes the earliest interactions between the native Hawai’ian (Kanaka Maoli) and the white settlers which began with the arrival of Captain Cook’s expedition in 1778. Through his fictions, Bushnell underlines positive portrayal of the white characters to provide a counter-discourse to the generally accepted history of Hawai’ian colonialism. Through first person point of view, white characters become the central figure in both of Bushnell’s fictions. Through reading on O.A Bushnell’s narration, this paper aims to elaborate how the Hawai’ian natives also become a willing partner in western colonialism which highlights their colonial complicity. The concept of colonial complicity is employed to highlight the participation of the natives in promoting Western way of thinking. The analysis argues that although Bushnell contextualizes the complicity of the Hawai’ians in promoting Western discourse, resistance also occurs through creation of a hybrid culture. This paper concludes that in the post truth era, literature should always strive to uncover the truth based on subjective interpretation instead of abiding of a universal truth.https://e-journal.usd.ac.id/index.php/JOLL/article/view/2783hawai’ian literaturepost-truthcolonial complicity |
| spellingShingle | Kristiawan Indriyanto Ida Rochani Adi Muh. Arif Rokhman Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa Journal of Language and Literature hawai’ian literature post-truth colonial complicity |
| title | Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa |
| title_full | Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa |
| title_fullStr | Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa |
| title_short | Positioning the Portrayal of White Protagonists in O.A Bushnell’s the Return of Lono and Ka’a’awa |
| title_sort | positioning the portrayal of white protagonists in o a bushnell s the return of lono and ka a awa |
| topic | hawai’ian literature post-truth colonial complicity |
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