Representation of Female Characters in the Novel "Women at Point Zero" by Nawal EL Saadawi using the Sara Mills Perspective Approach

Abstract

This study aims to describe the representation of female characters in the novel Woman at Zero Point by Nawal El Saadawi in terms of the subject-object position and in terms of the reader's position using the Sara Mills perspective approach. This research is qualitative with a qualitative descriptive method. The data source is the novel Woman at Zero Point by Nawal El Saadawi. The research results are as follows. First, the position of the female character as the subject describes the female character who is considered to have committed a rebellion in the form of resistance against men through physical violence. Second, in the position of the character as an object, the female character suffers injustice throughout her life from childhood to adulthood, causing her to fall into the valley of humiliation. Third, in the reader's position, female characters are described as experiencing injustice in the form of stereotypes, prostitution, and violence.