Istikomah, Nurul (2015) WOMEN’S ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN KHALED HOSSEINI’S A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS. S1 thesis, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta.
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Abstract
This study aims to identify the kinds of gender discrimination faced by women in A Thousand Splendid Suns, and to analyze women’s attitudes towards gender discrimination in the novel. To answer the objectives, the researcher used feminist literary criticism. This study is a qualitative research employing content analysis method. The main source of this research is a novel entitled A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini which was published in 2008 by Bloomsbury. The data were some expressions used to convey the kinds of gender discrimination and women’s attitudes in the novel. The researcher was the primary instrument and the data sheets were the secondary instrument. Data analysis was conducted through six steps: organizing and preparing the data, reading and re-reading the data, coding the data, sorting the data, interrelating the description, and interpreting the meaning of description. The trustworthiness of the data was gained by providing rich, thick description; reading and re-reading the data; and conducting triangulation. After analyzing the novel, the researcher finds two results related to the objectives of the study. The first result is related to the four kinds of gender discrimination faced by the female characters. They are (1) violence: sexual, psychological, and physical violence; (2) subordination: women are alienated in a remote place, sons are preferred from girls, women are forced to get married, women’s ways of dressing are restricted, women’s mobility is limited, and women are treated unfairly in polygamy; (3) stereotype: women are foolish and women are submissive; and (4) marginalization: from health facility and from education. The second result is related to women’s attitudes toward discrimination. Being influenced by many factors, three female characters show different attitudes. Nana shows her acceptance by having no resistance toward Jalil the oppressor, wreaking her anger on Jalil’s children, and becoming self-destructive. Meanwhile, Mariam and Laila show their struggles by working in sisterhood to escape from Kabul, fighting Rasheed the oppressor, and using education to end discrimination.
| Item Type: | Thesis (S1) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | gender discrimination, women’s attitudes, feminist literary criticism, A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| Subjects: | Bahasa dan Sastra > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Bahasa, Seni dan Budaya (FBSB) > Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris > Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | Admin Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris FBS |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Apr 2015 01:25 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jan 2019 20:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.uny.ac.id/id/eprint/15974 |
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