Body Image Portrayed in Laura Dockrill’s Big Bones and Carolyn Mackler’s The Earth, My Butt & Other Big Round Things: A Comparative Literature

Abstract

This study discusses a study of comparative literature which involves two literary works from two different nations with similar motifs, which is body image. The aims of this study are (i) to find out how body image is portrayed in the two literary works, and (ii) to find the similarities and differences of body image portrayed in both literary works. The writer uses comparative literature theory as well as looking at the intrinsic elements of literature in analyzing both literary works. In completing the analysis, the writer uses descriptive qualitative method which represents all the data in forms of words and sentences. The data sources of this study are Laura Dockrill’s Big Bones and Carolyn Mackler’s The Earth, My Butt & Other Big Round Things. Based on the results of the analysis it can be concluded that the two literary works show similarities and differences regarding body image that happen to the characters in both literary works