WOMEN ISSUES IN TWO SHORT STORIES BY RATNA INDRASWARI IBRAHIM: A STUDY OF COMPARATIVE LITERATURE TOWARD TWO SHORT STORY; ‘RAMBUTNYA JUMINTEN’ AND ‘BAJU’

Putri Bestari Mardani ,Juni Aratika,Devi Suprasti

doi:10.23917/kls.v2i2.6739

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Abstract

The issue of women’s life has always been an interesting topic to be discussed. This kind of issue has been widely delivered by story writers, which is by placing women as the main character in his/her work. It aims to convey the results of their thoughts in the form of literary works. As already been known, literary works are one of an essential container to describe the reflexivity of society. Sensitive issues could be freely expressed in literary works. As an example is the issue of women which is described in short stories form and published through the mass media. The aims of this paper are to explain the forms of problems or issues revolving women that are presented in the ‘Baju’and ‘Rambutnya Juminten’text by Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim. This study uses the theory of feminism by Simone de Beauvoir. Beauvoir suggests that women are considered as the second-class citizens or as the second sex due to patriarchal power, a notion that can lead to gender inequality (Kuntowijoyo 1987: 136). Based on the study, it was found that both texts reveal various forms of women’s issues, which are patriarchy and gender constructions. Both traditional women and an empress with a high social position experience the same issue. Although the two female figures were trying to speak up, they are being ignored. This is because there is a widely known stereotype that states that women are emotional and irrational, so women are considered unable to manage their own lives and are not suitable to speak in a public sphere. Keyword: comparative literature, feminism, short story, Ratna Indraswari, women issues.

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Literature works have a function which is known as ‘Dulce et Utile’
Dulce or sweet means that the work of literature is entertaining and fun, utile or useful means that the work of literature is meaningful and educate
Literature deals with people in society including a human effort to adapt and efforts to change the society

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Literature works have a function which is known as ‘Dulce et Utile’. Dulce or sweet means that the work of literature is entertaining and fun, utile or useful means that the work of literature is meaningful and educate. As was being told through her work entitled ‘Rambutnya Juminten’ and ‘Baju’ Both short stories have similarities that show the problems of women known as women issues. Based on the description above, the researchers conducted a study to explain the form of problems that women faced in the short stories of ‘Rambutnya Juminten’ and ‘Baju’. Based on this research it can be seen that through her fictional work Vasilisa Maligina, Kollontai seeks to express the idea of family function and the role of women in social and personal life. Through the figure of Vasilisa Maligina, Kollontai wants to give birth to a new image of Russian women by reconstructing the concept of Russian traditional masculinity based on patriarchal culture Through this fictional work can be deduced that what Kollontai is doing is a reconstruction of the concept of masculinity in Russian society in the days of Soviet communist government. Beauvoir who is well known by her existentialist feminism explains that women are human beings who are isolated by men domination

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