Author’s Ideology In Short Story Of Anthology In Sumi Dan Gambarnya By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim: Genetic’ Structuralism Study

This research aims to explore and describe the interpretation of the author’s ideology about anthology of Sumi dan Gambarnya by Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim. The interpretation was focused on the author’s socio-cultural background and the fact of humanity in each short story by Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim in this anthology. The approach used is a genetic structuralism approach. This approach was first introduced by Lucien Goldmann of Perancis. It is amount 5 short stories are used as the objects of study. The research method used is a qualitative descriptive method. The results showed the following. Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim is an accomplished woman who voices a lot about women’s issues in the fictional prose such as women who experience discrimination, subordination, have dual roles, receive negative labelling, also those who experience violence. In the fact of humanity, there were various variations of the female narrative that created her voice in ideology. The ideology is the author’s creative strategy to fight for gender equality that has remained deeply patriarchal and exclusions for women.