CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
A. Object of the Study
The object of the study is The Glass Inferno. This novel is written by an Australian female writer, Angelika Fremd. This novel has 185 pages with 40
subtitles to indicate where the story takes place and also what it is about. The Glass Inferno
is one of her best novel, which presents female character as the central of the story. It was first published in 1992 by University of Queensland
Press Australia. It is the second part of trilogy novels dealing with female character as the main character.
The Glass Inferno by Anglika Fremd tells about a woman, Inge who lives
in male-dominated world. In the patriarchal society where she lives, she has to face oppressions which come from men. She has to deal with it because of her
sex. The male characters depicted in this novel are unconsciously or consciously give oppressions to Inge, the sexual oppression and also love oppression. Then,
through her experiences in dealing with men, she realizes that she has to strive for her rights, to be equal with men in all of fields. Through her characteristics,
actions and struggle we can see the values of feminism. They are freedom of choice, equality, and woman’s right to be herself.
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B. Approach of the Study
Since the focus of the study is about feminism, therefore, the writer uses Feminist Literary Criticism Approach. Feminist Literary Criticism Approach is
an academic approach to the study of literature which applies feminist thought to the analysis of literary text and the contexts of their production and reception
Goodman, 1996:xi. Concerning with feminist criticism, Guerin in his book A Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature
stated that: Despite their diversity, feminist critics generally agree that their goals are
to expose patriarchal premises and resulting prejudices, to promote discovery and reevaluation of literature by women, and to examine social,
cultural, and psychosexual contexts of literature and literary criticism 1992: 197.
Most of feminists believe that our culture is a patriarchal culture.
Feminist literary criticism tries to explain how power imbalances between women and men. It also presents how gender stereotypes which is shaped by
culture, are reflected in or challenged by literary texts Guerin, 1992: 196. Feminist approach is used to analyze the condition of women which is
usually differentiated with men and considered as inferior, and then eventually this condition discriminates and places women as secondary class citizen in the
society. However, through this story, we could see that a woman’s awareness of her own rights result in an effort to have the same rights with men. The approach
sees how women can stand equally with men and breaks the misconception that women are weak, dependent, passive, submissive, receptive and subordinate
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feminism, that are freedom of choice, equality, and woman’s right to be herself.
C. Method of The Study
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