Rizky, Lutfie Fahrizal. 2020: The Portrayal of Marginalised People in Ahmad
Tohari’s Short Stories: A Mimetic Study. The thesis for fulfilling Sarjana Sastra
degree, English Literature, Faculty of Letters, Universitas Muhammadiyah
Purwokerto.
Ahmad Tohari is a noted author from Banyumas by appointing the life of middlelow
class people into the works. One of his works is Kind-Looking Eyes, the English
version of Mata yang Enak Dipandang. This research aims to analyse
marginalisation reflected in the book by applying all short stories. The data taken
is primary data and secondary data. Primary data is derived from the Kind-Looking
Eyes short stories collection and analysed by M.H. Abrams mimetic approach.
Secondary data is taken from books, journals, and internet sources. According to
Singharoy, marginalisation is categorised into four types: economic
marginalisation, social marginalisation, political marginalisation, and religious
marginalisation. According to Khan, Combaz, and McAslan Fraser: women
marginalisation and religious marginalisation are groups of marginalisation. The
finding, in economic marginalisation: dependence, justifying the means, losing
dignity, the victim of egoism, expulsion, having debt, and indifference. In women
marginalisation: stigmatisation, menace, and pressure. In social marginalisation:
disability, stress, and mockery. In political marginalisation: intimidation and
powerlessness. The last is religious marginalisation.