Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Independence Of Female Character In Serayawati P. Tisna’s Wajah-Wajah Perempuan: A Feminist Criticism

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296865,
        author={Sumartini  Sumartini and Dyah  Prabaningrum},
        title={Independence Of Female Character In Serayawati P. Tisna’s Wajah-Wajah Perempuan: A Feminist Criticism},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Third International Seminar on Recent Language, Literature, and Local Culture Studies, BASA, 20-21 September 2019, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={BASA},
        year={2020},
        month={6},
        keywords={independence female character feminist criticism},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296865}
    }
    
  • Sumartini Sumartini
    Dyah Prabaningrum
    Year: 2020
    Independence Of Female Character In Serayawati P. Tisna’s Wajah-Wajah Perempuan: A Feminist Criticism
    BASA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2019.2296865
Sumartini Sumartini1,*, Dyah Prabaningrum1
  • 1: Indonesian Language and Literature Department, Languages and Arts Faculty, Universitas Negeri Semarang
*Contact email: sumartini@mail.unnes.ac.id

Abstract

Independent woman becomes one of the topics carried in literary works. One of the literary works that illustrates the topic is a novel entitled Wajah-Wajah Perempuan written by Serayawati. This paper aims to describe the forms of independence of female character and the factors that encourage a woman to be independent. Research method used in this study is descriptive qualitative method. The result of this study is that the female character, Siska, is an independent woman. Her independence begins to emerge when her husband no longer cares about her and his family. Siska’s independence begins by doing a business, working as a secretary, managing her colleague's hotel, and managing her own dormitory. The things that encourage this woman to be independent is husband abandoning his wife and the negative responses from her parent in-laws.