%T Ann Veronica’s Struggle to Get Higher Education as Reflected in H.G Wells’ Ann Veronica: A Feminist Study
%D 2017
%I Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
%A Uswatun Khasanah
%X This study aims to reveal the kinds of inequalities that constrain Ann Veronica to get higher education and to analyze her struggles to reach her desire to get higher education in dealing with the gender inequalities that she faces. The researcher used feminist literary criticism to answer the objectives of the research.
This study is a qualitative research employing content analysis method. The data source of this research is a novel entitled Ann veronica by H.G Wells which was published in 1909 by Harper & Brothers. The data were some expressions to convey the kinds of problems that constrain Ann Veronica to get higher education and her struggle in the novel. The instruments of the research are the researcher herself and the data sheet. Data analysis was conducted through six steps: identifying the data, reading and re-reading the data, coding and categorizing 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.
In the analysis, the researcher found two results related to the objectives of the study. The first result is related to the inequalities that constrain Ann veronica to get higher education. They are (1) stereotypes towards women: being domestic, being pure, and being irrational; (2) marginalization towards women: being discouraged and being discriminated; (3) subordinations towards women: women cannot become a decision maker in the family and women have less privileges than men; and 4) violence towards women. The second result is Ann Veronica’s struggle to reach her desire to get higher education. They are (1) having courage: leaving her family for freedom and living without protection; and (2) proving her ability to reach her goal: trying hard to be financially independent and studying for knowledges.
Keywords: Gender inequalities, higher education, women’s struggle, feminist literary criticism, Ann Veronica.
%K Gender inequalities, higher education, women’s struggle, feminist literary criticism, Ann Veronica.
%L UNY52953