Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE 2020)

Women’s Objectification in Tanah Tabu and Cantik Itu Luka

Authors
Agnesi Dianti, Yasnur Asri
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Agnesi Dianti
Available Online 10 November 2020.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201109.021How to use a DOI?
Keywords
women objectification, Tanah Tabu, Cantik itu Luka
Abstract

This research was motivated by the phenomenon of woman objectification in the public life as outlined in a literary work in the form of a novel. This study aims to describe and explain the various forms of objectification experienced by women in the novel Tanah Tabu by Anindita S Thayf and the novel Cantik Itu Luka by Eka Kurniawan. Type of research this is research qualitative by using the method of analysis of the contents. The data of this research are the objectification of women from words, phrases, clauses and sentences contained in both novels that meet the criteria for objectification of women. Technique data collecting by way of reading and understanding, establishing characters major and figures companion, identify data related to the shape of the objectification of women in both novels. The results of the research on women’s objectification in both novels are as follows: Woman objectification can be divided into eight types, namely instrumentality, rejection of autonomy, passivity, functionability, violence, ownership, rejection of subjectivity, and: sexual. The most widely available data is the rejection of subjectivity as much as thirteen data; Writer men over looked and put women as satisfying lust, assessing physical and make women as a tool to get his wish, while the author of the women portray women as being weak, poor, educated and become a person who has always oppressed because not helpless. Based on the results of research can be concluded that the objectification of the female derived from various kinds of forms and female yet in spite of the various kinds of objectification well in the world of reality as well as in the works of literature.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Language, Literature, and Education (ICLLE 2020)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
10 November 2020
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.201109.021
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.201109.021How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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