The Effect of Power Relations on Robin Swift's Identity in Babel: or The Necessity of Violence by R F. Kuang
Afifa Nur Asysyafa, Achmad Munjid, M.A., Ph.D.
2026 | Skripsi | SASTRA INGGRIS
Due to the importance of a person’s identity, the factors shaping identity need to be studied. The record shows that power has an effect on young generations' identity. Therefore, using a literary work, Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution by R. F. Kuang, this research aims to examine the process of power relations in shaping Robin Swift’s identity as the main character. This research uses Foucault’s theory of power relations to reveal the mechanisms of power relations and the significant effect of power on shaping Robin’s identity. This research reveals that both his guardian and Babel as an academic institution exercised their power and made Robin a subject of power. They offer stability, which led Robin to obey them. Although the power exercised by the authority offers stability, it also causes Robin to struggle with his own identity, which leads Robin to resist the power by exercising his power over the authority that subjects him. This shows that power relations that are forcing identity to the subject resulted in the subject's rejection and led the subject to take resilience as an action.
Kata Kunci : Kuasa, subjek, babel, identitas, perlawanan/ power, subject, babel, identity, resistance