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- Title
The Position of Women as the Second Sex in Leo Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata.
- Authors
Andriani, Tuti; Mahmud, Murni; Burhamzah, Muftihaturrahmah
- Abstract
This research is aimed at analyzing the position of women as the second sex in a literary work. It analyzes a novel entitled "The Kreutzer Sonata" written by Leo Tolstoy. The authors used descriptive qualitative method to analyze data using a theory of gender and feminism from Fakih (2013) and Beauvoir (2016). Through the analysis of gender inequality covering marginalization, subordination, stereotype, violence, and double workloads, it is revealed that the position of women in the novel is the second sex. This novel shows that women as the second sex in a patriarchal culture have certain limits in doing things in their lives. The position of women is under men, and men are considered as the main sex, which has an important role in society. The women in this story are positioned as "the second sex" where women are considered to have a lower class than men because all power, decisions, and rules are determined by men. The society also supports a patriarchal culture that makes women have fewer roles in society. In this story, women are described only as a complementary to men. It makes women to not have full power over themselves. The findings from this study could become precious knowledge for the study of literature, especially regarding the exploration of gender issues in literary works.
- Subjects
FEMINISM; GENDER inequality; STEREOTYPES; VIOLENCE; DATA analysis
- Publication
Lakon: Jurnal Kajian Sastra dan Budaya, 2023, Vol 12, Issue 1, p50
- ISSN
2252-8954
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20473/lakon.v12i1.43286