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GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
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GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
Approved by:
Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
Supervisor
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
Examiner
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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any courses or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2012. Bravicky Franchrista Lova and Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of Language
and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Bravicky Franchrista Lova :
iv
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
: Bravicky Franchrista Lova
Student ID Number
: 112008161
Study Program
: English Education
Faculty
: Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
in developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
“Gender Unfairness Faced by the Women Characters in Abidah El Khalieqy’s novel
Perempuan Berkalung Sorban”
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: 13 June , 2012
Verified by signee,
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
v
GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
ABSTRACT
The experience of living in a pesantren has inspired Abidah El Khalieqy to tell about gender
construction of people who live in the environment of a pesantren in her novel Perempuan
Berkalung Sorban. This novel tells about how women in Javanese Moslem society live inside
and around a pesantren suffering from gender unfairness. The study tries to find out how
gender unfairness is reflected in the novel Perempuan Berkalung Sorban by analyzing the
characters and it is found that the women characters; Annisa, Kalsum, Umi and Hajjah
Mutmainah have to face gender unfairness committed by men and women which manifested
in stereotypes, subordination, marginalization, violence and overburdens. The gender
unfairness happens because of patriarchy twisting the interpretations of Al’Quran. It is
suggested that people should not twist or manipulate religious teaching for particular group’s
interest and teaching material used in Indonesian schools must be evaluated to teach the
young generation to engraft fairness beyond sexes and gender.
Keywords: gender, gender unfairness
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT
FACULTY OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
SATYA WACANA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
SALATIGA
2012
ii
GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
THESIS
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Sarjana Pendidikan
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
112008161
Approved by:
Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
Supervisor
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
Examiner
iii
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
This thesis contains no such material as has been submitted for examination in any courses or
accepted for the fulfillment of any degree or diploma in any university. To the best of my
knowledge and my belief, this contains no material previously published or written by any
other person except where due reference is made in the text.
Copyright@2012. Bravicky Franchrista Lova and Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
All rights reserved. No part of this thesis may be reproduced by any means without the
permission of at least the copyright owners or the English Department, Faculty of Language
and Literature, Satya Wacana Christian University, Salatiga.
Bravicky Franchrista Lova :
iv
PUBLICATION AGREEMENT DECLARATION
As a member of the (SWCU) Satya Wacana Christian University academic community,
I verify that:
Name
: Bravicky Franchrista Lova
Student ID Number
: 112008161
Study Program
: English Education
Faculty
: Faculty of Language and Literature
Kind of Work
: Undergraduate Thesis
in developing my knowledge, I agree to provide SWCU with a non-exclusive royalty free
right for my intellectual property and the contents therein entitled:
“Gender Unfairness Faced by the Women Characters in Abidah El Khalieqy’s novel
Perempuan Berkalung Sorban”
along with any pertinent equipment.
With this non-exclusive royalty free right, SWCU maintains the right to copy, reproduce,
print, publish, post, display, incorporate, store in or scan into a retrieval system or database,
transmit, broadcast, barter or sell my intellectual property, in whole or in part without my
express written permission, as long as my name is still included as the writer.
This declaration is made according to the best of my knowledge.
Made in
: Salatiga
Date
: 13 June , 2012
Verified by signee,
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
Approved by
Thesis Supervisor
Thesis Examiner
Purwanti Kusumaningtyas, M.Hum.
Danielle Donelson-Sims, M.A.
v
GENDER UNFAIRNESS FACED BY THE WOMEN
CHARACTERS IN ABIDAH EL KHALIEQY’S NOVEL
“PEREMPUAN BERKALUNG SORBAN”
Bravicky Franchrista Lova
ABSTRACT
The experience of living in a pesantren has inspired Abidah El Khalieqy to tell about gender
construction of people who live in the environment of a pesantren in her novel Perempuan
Berkalung Sorban. This novel tells about how women in Javanese Moslem society live inside
and around a pesantren suffering from gender unfairness. The study tries to find out how
gender unfairness is reflected in the novel Perempuan Berkalung Sorban by analyzing the
characters and it is found that the women characters; Annisa, Kalsum, Umi and Hajjah
Mutmainah have to face gender unfairness committed by men and women which manifested
in stereotypes, subordination, marginalization, violence and overburdens. The gender
unfairness happens because of patriarchy twisting the interpretations of Al’Quran. It is
suggested that people should not twist or manipulate religious teaching for particular group’s
interest and teaching material used in Indonesian schools must be evaluated to teach the
young generation to engraft fairness beyond sexes and gender.
Keywords: gender, gender unfairness