DWI LARAS PRASETIO, 121012052
(2016)
THE STUDY OF ESCH’S NEGOTIATION TOWARD TRADITIONAL
GENDER ROLES IN JESMYN WARD’S SALVAGE THE BONES.
Skripsi thesis, Universitas Airlangga.
Abstract
In early 20th century, women declared their freedom to the world. Women
feels that they already achieved the main aim of feminist movement which is the
equality with men. Thus, women can do anything they want to do as long as they
can deal with all the consequences of their choices because they have power and
control of themselves, their body and also their life. The aims of this study are to
find out the representation of the woman character in this novel and how she
struggle to become a liberal woman. This study uses Feminist criticism in order to
answer the research questions; this study uses close reading and qualitative
descriptive analysis. This study analyzes the data by revealing the issue and
examining Esch’s negotiation towards traditional gender roles. In the end of the
analysis, the writer found that Esch as a female character in this novel tries to do
the negotiation with traditional gender roles by her choice to become a sexually
aggressive woman, in order to change the concept of Objectification and men’s
control over her body.
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