Isaak, Khaista Yngwie Anneira (2026) The construction of the Creature through power relations in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Sarjana thesis, UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung.
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Abstract
This study examines the construction of the Creature’s identity through power relations in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by applying Michel Foucault’s concepts of power/knowledge, discourse, the gaze, subject formation, and normalization. The study addresses two research questions: (1) How is the Creature’s identity constructed through the social interactions in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? (2) How do the scientific discourse and social exclusion function as mechanisms of power that shape the Creature’s subjectivity in the novel? This research employed a qualitative descriptive design using a mimetic perspective and a Foucauldian analytical framework. The primary data were obtained from selected narrative excerpts in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (2018 edition) through purposive sampling, while the secondary data were collected from books, journal articles, and previous studies related to Michel Foucault’s theory, Gothic literature, identity construction, and Frankenstein. The findings reveal that the Creature’s identity is not an inherent characteristic but is progressively constructed through unequal social interactions, beginning with Victor Frankenstein’s rejection, followed by learning, self-awareness, the desire for acceptance, repeated social rejection, alienation, and ultimately the transformation of self-identity. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that scientific discourse and social exclusion operate as mechanisms of power that shape the Creature’s subjectivity through scientific authority, objectification, normalization, the gaze, exclusion, internalization, and subject formation. Therefore, the study concludes that the Creature’s identity and subjectivity are socially and discursively constructed through the operation of power relations rather than determined by its biological creation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Sarjana) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mary Shelley; Frankenstein; Michel Foucault; power relations; identity construction; subjectivity |
| Subjects: | English Literatures English Fiction |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Program Studi Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Khaista Yngwie Anneira Isaak |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Oct 2026 23:12 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Oct 2026 04:23 |
| URI: | https://digilib.uinsgd.ac.id/id/eprint/144780 |
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