scholarly journals Princesses in the Suburbs: Reading The Virgin Suicides as a Fairytale

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moureta Lingkar Maharani
Keyword(s):  
Gender Studies ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Male Gaze ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Literature Reading ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Long Time ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Very High

<p>The concept of male gaze has been present for a very long time. It is present in literature, albeit literature being an entirely different media. In <em>The Virgin Suicides </em>by Jeffrey Eugenides, this theme seems to be very apparent along with themes such as voyeurism and objectifications. Drawing on the structuralist and gender studies, this article emphasizes about the effect of the male gaze and how this specific way of viewing affects the girls in a way that it shifts their function as a character, by reading the novel as a fairytale—a form of literary work of which the elements are easy to understand—helped by Vladimir Propp’s theory of <em>dramatis personae</em>. The findings attained from literature reading and library research concludes that the way the neighborhood boys' view of the Lisbon girls does affect their roles in the story. I argue that the Lisbon girls were put on a very high pedestal since the very beginning; therefore positions them as the fairytale princess. However, due to the nature of the gaze applied in the work, there are possibilities that it may shift to other characters.</p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Matriarchal Society in The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Teta Irama Setri ◽  
Dwi Budi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Economic Condition ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Past ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Feminine Divine

This research discusses a novel which written by Sue Monk Kidd entitled The Secret Life of Bees. The writers aims to describe the matriarchal society issue that is often regarded as the opposed of patriarchy. This research aims to answer the question how levels of matriarchal society described in the novel The Secret Life of Bees through women characters in the story. This study applies descriptive qualitative method and typically library research. This research applies socio-historical approach in order to look at the relation between literary work and society’s historical elements that happen in the past. At political level, August character shows as the matriarch or the leader in community with important role for overcoming conflict and decision making process. At economical level, it shows that matriarchal society common practice has right and same position in economic affair and giving gift each other to make the economic condition balance. Last, at spiritual and cultural level, it is described that women characters in The Secret Life of Bees believe in feminine divine which is the Black Mary and doing worship for her. In conclusion, The Secret Life of Bees novel clearly depicts matriarchal society based on the theory of Matriarchy by Heide Göettner-Abendroth.Keyword: The Secret Life of Bees, Matriarchy, Matriarchal Society, Levels of Matriarchal Society, Socio-historical Approach

scholarly journals “Un estado de la conciencia contemporánea”: género y moral en La sirena negra de Emilia Pardo Bazán

Neophilologus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Bardavío Estevan
Keyword(s):  
Gender Studies ◽  
Gender Performance ◽  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Emilia Pardo Bazan ◽  
Sexuality And Gender ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Emilia Pardo Bazán ◽  
Decadent Aesthetics

AbstractDespite Emilia Pardo Bazán’s prominent feminism, La sirena negra has been strangely overlooked by gender studies. When the novel was published in 1908, Gómez de Baquero judged it “non feminist” due to its superficial heroines and the centrality of its complex masculine characters. Academic studies of La sirena negra have not refuted this idea, since they have elided gender approaches to focus on its decadent aesthetics. This article argues, on the contrary, that the novel’s androcentrism can be read as a Pardo Bazan’s strategy to appropriate the patriarchal discourse and hold it responsible for national degeneration. Emilia Pardo Bazán was harshly affected by the fin-de-siècle crisis. In her opinion, Spanish decay came from a lack of solid morality. Thus, Catholic principles should be restored because they would provide the autoregulation mechanisms to regenerate and reassemble the country. Literature should show the new reality, and the French roman psychologique provided her with an appropriate model. La sirena negra sets out the problem of the moral anomie through its protagonist, Gaspar de Montenegro. The analysis of his sexuality and gender performance reveals the danger of this amoral behavior for the degeneration of society, attributed ultimately to the patriarchal order and the androcentric discourse.

A Dictionary of Gender Studies

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriele Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Gender Studies ◽  
Mary Wollstonecraft ◽  
Helene Cixous ◽  
Male Gaze ◽  
Bell Hooks ◽  
Double Burden ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Postgraduate Level ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
And Gender

Over 430 entriesThis new dictionary provides clear and accessible definitions of a range of terms from within the fast-developing field of Gender Studies. It covers terms which have emerged out of Gender Studies, such as cyber feminism, the double burden, and the male gaze, and gender-focused definitions of more general terms, such as housework, intersectionality, and trolling. It also covers major feminist figures, including Hélène Cixous, bell hooks, and Mary Wollstonecraft, as well as groups and movements from Votes for Women to Reclaim the Night. It is an invaluable reference resource for students taking Gender Studies courses at undergraduate or postgraduate level, and for those applying a gender perspective within other subject areas.

scholarly journals WITH SHINING EYES: WATCHING AND BEING WATCHED IN SARAH WATERS’S "TIPPING THE VELVET"

2015 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Viktorija Krombholc
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Film Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Male Gaze ◽  
Feminist Film Theory ◽  
The Gaze ◽  
Male Clients ◽  
Cross Dressing ◽  
Social Views ◽  
Gender Coding

The aim of this paper is to explore the dynamics of looking and being looked at in Sarah Waters’s Tipping the Velvet. The analysis is theoretically framed by feminist film theory and the concept of the male gaze. According to Laura Mulvey, classic narrative cinema reflects social views on sexual difference and reaffirms the active male/passive female binary. The novel raises the issue of what happens with the gaze when the protagonists are non- heteronormative, a question further made complex by the theme of cross-dressing, which destabilizes visual gender coding and makes it unreliable. The female narrator is infatuated with a male impersonator only to become one herself, and the visual interaction that spurs their sexual relationship on does not fit neatly into Mulvey’s analysis, as both the bearer of the gaze and its object are female, a woman coded as masculine. The male gaze is further deconstructed as the main female character becomes a prostitute, passing for male and working with male clients. Finally, the novel questions the controlling aspect of the gaze implicit in Mulvey’s essay, as the gaze is reimagined as a potential source of power to be desired and invited.

scholarly journals A Cross-Examination of Female Masculinities and Male Femininities in Mema by Daniel Mengara

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 384
Author(s):  
Ayodele A. Allagbé ◽  
Akinola M. Allagbé
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Critical Reading ◽  
African Culture ◽  
Gendered Identities ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Language And Gender ◽  
The Feminine ◽  
And Gender

<p><em>This paper attempts a critical reading of Mema (2003) written by Daniel Mengara. The study draws on insights from language and gender studies, feminism and queer theory to critically cross-examine how female masculinities and male femininities are represented in the novel. It holds the view that gendered identities are socially constructed via speech. This means that language encodes means which overtly mark masculinity or/and femininity. However, it should be noted that neither masculinity nor femininity is an exclusive characteristic of the male or the female sex/gender. In this sense, the role(s) an individual takes on in a given context confers either the masculine or the feminine profile upon him/her. This study concludes that gendered identities as portrayed in Mema are intricate, and that in most cases the portraiture of both sexes counters the expectations of African culture</em><em>.</em></p>

scholarly journals Moralitas dalam Novel 728 Hari Ibu Jembatanmu Menuju Surga Karya Djono W.Oesman

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57
Author(s):  
Eka Ayu Permata Sari ◽  
Ida Bagus Jelantik ◽  
I Ketut Nama
Keyword(s):  
Setting Time ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Value Theory ◽  
Structural Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
True Story ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Three Stages

Novel 728 Hari Ibu Jembatanmu Menuju Surga by Djono W.Oesman was chosen as research data for several reasons. First, because this novel is a best seller. Second, this novel tells the true story of a person. Third, this novel has many useful references to morality. The analysis of this resersch uses structural theory and moral value theory as formulated by Burhan Nurgiyantoro’s. Structural theory discusses the object of research in the intrinsic elements that build and literary work, among others, characterization, plot, and setting. Moral value theory is uused analyze the morality contained in the novel. The method used in this research is the library research method with reading, listening, and note taking techniques. Then, the data were analyzed using the analytical descriptive method. The results of this study consist of two parts. First, the structure of the novel 728 Hari:IJMS, the characters in the novel are the main character, Eva Meliana Santi, and additional characters, namely Sugiarti, Badarudin, Ryantori Ahmad, and Winantyo Adi Tamtomo (Nanan). The flow used consisnts of three stages, namely the initial stages, the middle stages, and the final stages. The setting of this novel is divided into three, namely place setting, time setting, and social setting. Second, the morality contained in the novel 728 Hari:IJMS and the moral of the main character in dealing with life’s problems.

scholarly journals UNSUR-UNSUR LOKALITAS DALAM NOVEL GALUH HATI KARYA RANDU ALAMSYAH (Locality Elements in Galuh Hati, Novel by Randu Alamsyah)

Kandai ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Agus Yulianto
Keyword(s):  
Social Criticism ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Sociology Of Literature ◽  
Local Color ◽  
Diamond Mining ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Physical Background ◽  
Descriptive Method

Galuh Hati, novel written by Randu Alamsyah is one of novels that its background is in South Kalimantan area, especially the diamond mining at Cempaka. Therefore, it’s not surprising that this novel contains local color or people locality. Locality is actually an effort to make literary work down to earth. It makes a reader truly feels-not only physical background-but also a kind of culture system and social portrait from both explicit and implicit texts. The approach used in this research is sociology of literature. The aim of this study is to find out the elements of locality and social criticism in the story. Research problems are how the locality depicted in the novel Galuh Hati and what kind of social criticism found in the story. This study uses descriptive method with a library research. Based on the research, it is found that the locality in the novel includes the title, names of character and the using of local vocabulary in both narrative and dialogue. In addition, locality is also found in place and socio cultural setting. 

scholarly journals Sikap Orang Madura dalam Novel Ojung Karya Edi Ah Iyubenu

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tauhed Supratman ◽  
Rahmad Rahmad
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Willingness To Sacrifice ◽  
High Attitude ◽  
Very High

Characters and attitudes are often raised in a story or literary work involving the author himself to bring out what he has experienced, so that the reader can be clearly known by humanity's attitude as described in Ojung's novel. The novel, describes the attitude of Madurese people who are diverse in dealing with social problems such as brave attitude to bear the risks possessed by the main sitokoh, a very high attitude of confidence and confidence will come something he believes, egoism and ambition, willingness to sacrifice and virtuous tall one. Attitudes in a literary work can be diverse, including brave attitudes, high manners, selfishness, jealousy and envy of all and so on. The method used is a qualitative method. The results of the study illustrate the attitude of the Madurese people such as: the attitude of upholding self-esteem, courageous attitude to bear the risk.

scholarly journals THE PECULIARITIES OF A FEMALE PROTAGONIST IN A. BRONTË’S EPISTOLARY NOVEL

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-39
Author(s):  
Juan de Dios Torralbo Caballero ◽  
Violeta Janulevičienė
Keyword(s):  
Gender Studies ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Victorian Era ◽  
Epistolary Novel ◽  
Societal Norms ◽  
Female Protagonist ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
And Gender

This paper offers a study of the less known today and less analysed epistolary novel by Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. It focuses on the instances of female protagonist's unconventional behaviour according to the existing societal norms of the Victorian era. The research aims at pointing out the reasons modifying heroine’s behaviour and analysis of the reactions that the protagonist’s acts of nonconformity elicits in other characters of the novel. The undertaken study is believed to raise awareness of less studied Brontë sisters works in university literature and gender studies courses, as it touches upon the emerging issues of the female strength in the Victorian society.

scholarly journals Lewis Barnavelt and the Rainbow over New Zebedee: Queering The House with a Clock in Its Walls

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-108
Author(s):  
Maciej Skowera
Keyword(s):  
Queer Theory ◽  
Gender Studies ◽  
Motion Picture ◽  
Film Adaptation ◽  
The Novel ◽  
And Gender

The paper discusses The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973) by John Bellairs and its film adaptation, directed by Eli Roth (2018), from queer theory and gender studies perspectives. The author of the article aims to overview and develop existing queer in‑terpretations of the first novel in the Lewis Barnavelt series, with contextual references to the cycle’s subsequent volumes, and to conduct a queer theory ‑inspired analysis of Roth’s motion picture. The genre represented by the novel and the film is also consid‑ered by taking the scholarly reflections on the queer aspects of the Gothic and the hor‑ror into account. The author concludes that although both versions of the story fail at portraying femininity in an unconventional way, they succeed in showing that queer‑ness and, more generally, the Otherness should be highly appreciated and valued.

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