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MOZAIK HUMANIORA

ISSN 2442-8469

Vol. 15 / No. 2 / Published : 2015-07

Order : 5, and page :183 - 190

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Original Article :

power and ambivalence: reading the indian women characters in aravind adiga’s the white tiger

Author :

  1. Erika Citra Sari Hartanto*1
  1. rogram Studi Sastra Inggris, Universitas Trunojoyo Jalan Raya Telang, PO BOX 2 Kamal, Bangkalan, Madura

Abstract :

AbstrakIndia tidak hanya terkenal dari film-film produksi Bollywood, tetapi juga dari karya sastranya. Banyak penulis dari India menggambarkan karakter perempuan yang memiliki posisi inferior karena nilai- nilai sosial, ekonomi dan budaya dalam karya sastranya. Aravind Adiga, sebaliknya, melalui novelnya berjudul The White Tiger, merepresentasikan tokoh-tokoh perempuannya dengan cara yang berbeda. Studi ini menganalisis representasi perempuan India dalam novel The White Tiger, dengan fokus pada dua tokoh perempuan yang berbeda kasta, yaitu Kusum dan Pinky Madam. Studi ini merupakan studi kualitatif dengan data primer berupa novel The White Tiger dan data sekunder berupa buku, jurnal dan sumber-sumber lain. Dalam menganalisis data, studi ini menerapkan  kritik sastra feminis dengan dukungan  teori  feminis  dari  Chandra  Mohanty  dan  Luci  Irigaray.  Hasil  penelitian  menunjukkan bahwa Aravind Adiga merepresentasikan tokoh-tokoh perempuannya dengan karakter ambivalen. Walaupun  posisi  para  tokoh  perempuan  tersebut  tersubordinasi  oleh  nilai-nilai  social,  ekonomi dan budaya India, mereka digambarkan sebagai tokoh yang kuat dan memiliki kuasa. Di satu sisi mereka diceritakan sebagai korban dari sistem, akan tetapi, di sisi lain mereka  melakukan dominasi terhadap laki-laki.Kata kunci: ambivalensi, dominasi, kuasa, tokoh perempuan IndiaAbstractIndia  is  not  only  famous  with  Bollywood  and  its  movies,  but  also  with  its  literary  works.  Indian authors, through their novels, depict their women characters that have subordinate position toward socio-economic and cultural values. In the contrary, Aravind Adiga, an Indian author, through his novel entitled The White Tiger, depicts his women characters in a different way. This study is intended to analyze the representation of Indian women in Aravind Adiga’s novel The White Tiger. This study focuses on two women characters from different caste, Kusum and Pinky Madam, since they represent lower and upper caste. This study applied qualitative research design and literary critical feminism by using feminism theories from Chandra Mohanty and Luci Irigaray. The result shows that Adiga presents  his  women  characters  as  having  ambivalent  characters.  They  have  subordinate  position toward cultural and socio-economical values, yet they are strong and powerful characters. In addition, although they are shown as victims of Indian values, they dominate men in some ways.Keywords: domination, Indian women character, power, ambivalence

Keyword :

domination, Indian women character, power, ambivalence,


References :

Suneetha, P,(2012) Double Vision in Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger. (2): 163-175 : Journal of Ariel 42





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