Setyorini, Ari and Idris, Serwana
(2017)
THE PRACTICE OF IDEOLOGICAL STATE APPARATUSES IN LOIS
LOWRY’S THE GIVER.
Jurnal Nobel, 8 (2).
ISSN 2087-0698
Abstract
This article attempts to portray how a contemporary young
adult literature entitled The Giver (Lowry, 1993) illustrates the operation of state apparatus in a dystopian setting of time and place. Applying Althusser’s theory of state apparatuses, the study particularly focuses on
a prominent issue of Ideological State Apparatuses (ISA) which is operated within the The Giver’s society. Descriptive qualitative research is applied to interpret the data in the novel. The result of this study reveals that the novel draws ISA as a tool to control and to maintain the dominance in this dystopian community. The ISA operates through training system, particular rule of language used by the community, media censorship, and family’s role.
Keywords: ideological state apparatus (ISA); The Giver
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