Hybridity and Mimicry in the Novel Pangeran Dari Timur Iksaka Banu's Work

Abstract

This study aims to describe and interpret the hybridity and mimicry in Iksaka Banu's novel, Pangeran dari Timur. This research is a descriptive qualitative study with a postcolonial approach. The data in this study are symptoms of hybridity and mimicry in the data source, namely the novel Pangeran dari Timur by Iksaka Banu. Data were collected using reading and note-taking techniques. The collected data then analyzed using the interactive analysis technique of Miles and Huberman. The results show that in the novel Pangeran dari Timur by Iksaka Banu, there is hybridity which includes the educational hybridity, fashion style, and the meaning of transportation. The mimicry contained in the novel is in the form of imitating lifestyle, ways of dressing, and transportation instrument.