Society’s View of Women in Drupadi’s Novel by Seno Gumira Ajidarma
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- 10.2991/assehr.k.220304.016How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- society’s view; women; novel; mimetic approach
- Abstract
The novel entitled Drupadi, written by Seno Gumira Ajidarma, tells the story of a female character named Drupadi in the epic Mahabharata. Seno changed the nature of several characters in the Mahabharata based on the tragic fate of Drupadi. People in Drupadi’s novel give various responses to the chance experienced by Drupadi. Through literary works, people’s views of women are voiced. This study aims to describe the public’s view of women associated with facts outside of literary texts. The method used in this study is a qualitative descriptive analysis method with a mimetic approach. The mimetic approach was chosen because it questions the relationship between literature and reality, and utilizes documents as social reality or facts. The results obtained in this study, namely (1) women who are considered perfect by society have physical beauty and a high degree, (2) women who have become the property of a person/group are free to be treated whatever, (3) great women always get place in people’s hearts. Based on the analysis and discussion results, it can be concluded that society’s view of women is described as a reflection of the times that are still entrenched in placing women’s position in society. With this cultural reflection, it is hoped that the community will be wiser in placing women in life in society, such as giving proper rights, not discriminating against women from a physical point of view, and making the definition of beauty more complex which is not only seen from the physical form, but also spiritually and intellectually.
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TY - CONF AU - Muakibatul Hasanah AU - Risa Yanuarti Sholihah PY - 2022 DA - 2022/03/28 TI - Society’s View of Women in Drupadi’s Novel by Seno Gumira Ajidarma BT - Proceedings of the 2nd World Conference on Gender Studies (WCGS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 111 EP - 116 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220304.016 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220304.016 ID - Hasanah2022 ER -