GENDER ISSUES IN MARY NORTON’S NOVEL ENTITLED “THE BORROWERS” : A LIBRARY RESEARCH

JURNAL SPHOTA ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Luh Riskayani ◽  
Ni Komang Arie Suwastini ◽  
Luh Gede Eka Wahyuni
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Young Female ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
And Gender

Feminist literary criticism has been focused on the marginalization of women in literary texts and the efforts to deconstruct patriarchy through counter texts, such as Mary Norton’s The Borrowers. This paper aims to review previous studies and expert opinions on Norton’s The Borrowers, especially the arguments in the form of feminist literary criticism. This study employed George’s (2008) model of literature review to review articles employing feminist literary criticism in "The Borrowers." The articles were gathered from books, academic journals, and previous studies on Norton’s The Borrowers. The review reveals that the novel depicted a feminine and masculine environment, constructing biased gender roles and labor division that triggered efforts to gain emancipation and independence in the female character. Telling about miniature family who survived by “borrowing” items from a human, The Borrower is centered towards the young female who deconstructed the traditional binary oppositions concerning the work division and spatial division between males and females. Besides, The Borrowers also presented women’s marginalization, women’s struggles, and gender identity. Such revelation might be useful to extend the fight for gender equity, especially for the children as the target readers. Abstrak Kritik sastra feminis telah difokuskan pada marginalisasi perempuan dalam teks sastra dan upaya untuk mendekonstruksi patriarki melalui teks tandingan, seperti The Borrowers karya Mary Norton. Tulisan ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji kajian-kajian terdahulu dan pendapat para ahli tentang The Borrowers karya Norton, khususnya argumentasi-argumentasi berupa kritik sastra feminis. Penelitian ini menggunakan model literature review George (2008) untuk mengkaji artikel-artikel yang menggunakan kritik sastra feminis dalam "The Borrowers". Artikel dikumpulkan dari buku, jurnal akademik, dan studi sebelumnya tentang The Borrowers dari Norton. Tinjauan terdahulu mengungkapkan bahwa The Borrowers menggambarkan lingkungan feminin dan maskulin, membangun peran gender yang bias dan pembagian kerja yang memicu gerakan emansipasi dan kemandirian dalam karakter wanita. Menceritakan tentang keluarga mini yang bertahan hidup lewat “meminjam” barang dari manusia, The Borrower berpusat pada perempuan muda yang mendekonstruksi oposisi biner tradisional mengenai pembagian kerja dan pembagian ruang antara laki-laki dan perempuan. Selain itu, The Borrowers juga menampilkan marginalisasi perempuan, perjuangan perempuan, dan identitas gender. Penceritaan tersebut dapat berguna untuk perpanjangan perjuangan kesetaraan gender terutama bagi anak-anak sebagai target pembaca.

scholarly journals PERJUANGAN PEREMPUAN DALAM KUMPULAN CERPEN NADIRA KARYA LEILA S. CHUDORI: KAJIAN FEMINISME

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Rahma Aulia Syainit ◽  
Yenni Hayati ◽  
Muhammad Ismail Nasution
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Analysis Approach ◽  
Socialist Feminism ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
The Social ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Definition Of

The object of this study was a collection of short stories Nadira written by Leila S. Chudori. This research aims to describe (1) women's struggle, and (2) ideas of feminism in a collection of short stories Nadira by Leila S. Chudori. Theoritical studies used in this research are: (1) the definition of short stories and (2) fictional structure, consists of (a) intrinsic element, and (b) extrinsic elements, (3) fictional analysis approach, and (4) the essence of feminism. The study used feminist literary criticism. Based on the story of this collection of short stories, another study used theory of socialist feminism. Feminism refers to a thought or ideology that want justice and gender equality. Because of these ideals, then feminism is regarded as an ideology of women's liberation. While socialist feminism states  the cause of oppression in women is capitalism and patriarchy. Feminism literary criticism means “reading as woman”. This feminism literary criticism analysis was conducted using feminism approach. This study will examine the women's struggles in the social, economic, educational, and political  contained in this collection of short stories.Keywords: women, feminism, feminist- socialist, feminism ideas 

Feminist literary criticism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Philosophical Texts ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Economic Construction

Feminist literary criticism looks at literature assuming its production from a male-dominated perspective. It re-examines canonical works to show how gender stereotypes are involved in their functioning. It examines (and often rediscovers) works by women for a possible alternative voice. A study of the social suppression and minimalization of women’s literature becomes necessary. These questions emerge: What is sexual difference and how has it been represented? How has the representation of woman relied on a presupposition of inequality between the sexes? Is there a feminine essence, biological or otherwise, that produces ‘women’s writing’? Feminists who believe that a ‘woman’ is culturally or socially constructed look for evidence of that process in literature. The socio-cultural and politico-economic construction of sexual difference is ‘gender.’ A study of the difference between sexual and gender difference can establish alliances with gay and lesbian studies. Feminist criticism sometimes relates to psychoanalysis and/or Marxism, criticizing their masculinism and using their resources. It expands into film/video as well as social-scientific or philosophical texts. Feminists sensitive to racism and imperialism demonstrate the culture-specificity of all of the above.

scholarly journals KETERDIDIKAN PEREMPUAN DAN WACANA KESETARAAN DALAM NOVEL INDONESIA PRA-BALAI PUSTAKA

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulianeta Yulianeta
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Women's Education ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Cultural System ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
And Gender

This research rests on the phenomenon that literary works are not born from cultural vacuum and social emptiness. The pre-Balai Pustaka Indonesian novels mark the public's awareness of the importance of education so that it cannot be separated from its social cultural system. The issue of the importance of women's education and equality discourse has been spawned in pre-Balai Pustaka Indonesian novels. This is important to be reflected as an effort to enrich the literary treasures of Indonesia that often side-stepped pre-Balai Pustaka literary works. Three pre-Balai Pustaka Indonesia novels that raise issues of women's education and equality discourse show the concern of Indonesian authors on issues related to women's education. This research seeks to explore the discourse of equality in three pre-Balai Pustaka Indonesian novels buried in the course of Indonesian literature. Therefore, feminist literary criticism and gender perspective are used. The results of this study contribute to the world of Indonesian literature, especially the activities of Indonesian literary criticism that reflect the presence of pre-Balai Pustaka Indonesia novels for the development of literary criticism in the present time and the future.

scholarly journals CITRA PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL CERITA TENTANG RANI KARYA HERRY SANTOSO; TINJAUAN KRITIK SASTRA FEMINIS* (The Image of Women in the Novel Entitled Cerita Tentang Rani by Herry Santosa: A Feminist Literary Criticism)

ALAYASASTRA ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Choerul Anam
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Feminist Criticism ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Research Types

This study aims to describe the image of women in Herry Santoso's novel: Cerita Tentang Rani in the perspective of feminist literary criticism. The method applied in the research is a qualitative one. The purpose of the qualitative method leads the writer being able to get to know the in-depth history of the research environment by applying descriptive research types. Feminist criticism theory of Rosemarie Putnam Tong and gender theory of Judith P. Butler were applied in this research. The results of this study prove that the image of the main character, Maharani, is a strong and tough woman. The images of the woman cover 1) the image of women in her relation with Allah Swt (God); 2) the image of women in her relation with herself; and 3) the image of women in her relationship with others. Keywords: female image, feminist literary criticism, Novel Cerita Tentang Rani.

scholarly journals Gender Digital Divide and Education in Latin America: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 804
Author(s):  
Ana Ancheta-Arrabal ◽  
Cristina Pulido-Montes ◽  
Víctor Carvajal-Mardones
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Digital Divide ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Equity In Education ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
And Gender

Gender equity in education is one of the main targets for social justice and sustainable development. This literature review, from a gender approach, was conducted to understand how the gender digital divide (GDD) in information and communication technologies (ICT) and education are related in Latin American countries. A total of 28 articles have been analyzed as a satisfactory sample of the scientific literature to examine how this relation is explored and its influence, to acknowledge political stakeholders, as well as provide information and proposals to address the digital gender divide in education research in this region. The results show the need to develop research from the pedagogical and gender perspectives in Latin America, since they are not represented within an obvious problem.

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI PERAN DAN RELASI GENDER DALAM NOVEL CANTIK ITU LUKA KARYA EKA KURNIAWAN DAN NOVEL NAYLA KARYA DJENAR MAESA AYU

LITERA ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wiyatmi Wiyatmi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Role ◽  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Gender Relation ◽  
The Public ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
Dominant Female ◽  
Female Figures ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Patriarchal Power

This study aims to describe the representation of gender relation and gender role and Eka Kurniawan’s and Djenar Maesa Ayu’s different visions of the two. The data sources were Cantik Itu Luka, a novel by Eka Kurniawan and Nayla, a novel by Djenar Maesa Ayu. The data were analyzed by means of the qualitative descriptive technique through categorization, tabulation, and inference employing the feminist literary criticism theory. The findings are as follows. First, Cantik Itu Luka representsthe gender relation dominated by patriarchal power especially in the public domain, while Nayla represents the gender relation leading to superior women against the patriarchal power. Second, Eka Kurniawan views that men have dominant positionsin relation to women, while Djenar Maesa Ayu views that men’s domination must be opposed by presenting dominant female figures. Third, Eka Kurniawan views that patriarchal domination in gender role still cannot be opposed by women, while Djenar Maesa Ayu views that women must be able to compete with men especially in the public role.

scholarly journals GENDER INEQUALITY REPRESENTED IN ENGLISH TEXTBOOKS: A LITERATURE REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 576
Author(s):  
Luh Shanti Nilayam Mihira ◽  
Ni Komang Arie Suwastini ◽  
Ni Nyoman Artini ◽  
I Gusti Agung Sri Rwa Jayantini ◽  
I Wayan Budiarta
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Gender Equity ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
English As Foreign Language ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Fertile Ground ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
English Textbooks ◽  
Gendered Stereotypes

Ideologies are contested through discourses; thus, textbooks can be a fertile ground for implanting the prevalence of women's marginalization in society, or they can also be used for deconstructing the ideology. The present study aims to provide a general map of how English as a foreign language reflects gendered stereotypes. The study was library research that used the results of previous studies to answer the research questions. Using George's method, the study chose thirty articles published in 2010 - 2021, then critically reviewed. The critical reading was continued with mapping the results of the studies, and their arguments on gender stereotypes included English as Foreign Language textbooks worldwide. The review revealed that there had been prevalent marginalization of women in English textbooks reflected through the depiction of women as less dominant, inferior than men, primarily domestic, generally weak, powerless, voiceless, and passive. Such male prevalence was also found in Indonesian EFL textbooks. Many previous studies admit that male prevalence and women marginalization in EFL textbooks reflect reality in society. Nevertheless, the present study takes the standpoint that calls for the utilization of textbooks to deconstruct gendered binary oppositions that marginalize women by deliberately designing textbooks that impart awareness about gender equity.

scholarly journals Gender Inequality in Japanese Fairy Tales with Female Main Character

2020 ◽  
Vol 202 ◽  
pp. 07053
Author(s):  
Fajria Noviana
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Cultural Beliefs ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
And Gender

Gender at root is a system of inequality that is founded on cultural beliefs about status differences between men and women. Women usually became the one who are disadvantaged in a relatively similar-situated men. This paper discusses the gender inequality upon women that can be found in Japanese fairy tales that have female main character entitled Kaguyahime and Tsuru no Ongaeshi. Fairy tales chosen as the object of this study because as a traditional story that is told from generation to generation, fairy tales are able to absorb aspects of life found in the supporting community groups, both in the form of social problems, ethics, and others. The results of feminist literary criticism on the object f this study are that both of the fairy tales has four forms of the gender inequality acts toward women, which are marginalization, subordination, stereotyping, and gender-related violence; and none of them has the double workload form. This could be due to the fact that when this fairy tale made, there were none of any women’s activities are performed in the public sphere, as well as being a housewife in their domestic sphere.

scholarly journals “THE EMPRESS IS BACK ON THE STAGE“ : WOMAN LEADERSHIP IN MINANGKABAU FOLKLORE

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Elfira
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
Critical Analysis ◽  
Main Argument ◽  
Feminist Literary Criticism ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Gender Constructions ◽  
Literary Sociology ◽  
And Gender

This paper aims to do a critical analysis on power and gender constructions from selected Minangkabau folklore which has been transcribed into Minangkabau manuscripts: Kaba Cinduo Mato, Kaba Anggun nan Tongga, Kaba Malin Deman, Kaba Malin Kundang and Kaba Sabai nan Aluih. The main argument of this paper is that Minangkabau folklore strongly presents matrifocality. As a result, these kabas represent woman leadership either in private or public areas. The analysis is conducted within the frame of literary sociology, and feminist literary criticism. Based on the analysis, it can be said that to some extent, representations of woman leadership in the texts have competed against patriarchal conventional assumptions on gender.

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