Institutional Repository | Satya Wacana Christian University: The Social Position of Women as Reflected in Ahmad Tohari’s Trilogi Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk

Abstract
The trilogy Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk is chosen because there is an assumption that in the world of
ronggeng, paid dancers of singing girl sometimes also available for sex are many social inequality
configurations caused by gender. In additions, the analysis has significant relevance and urgency to the
existing social realm. It is true, as social phenomena, literary work cannot be separated from the
traditions and norms in the society. Furthermore, this study is focusing the gender relations and the
social position of Srintil among the characters in the novel. By using the approach of feminist literary
criticism, the social position of women as a ronggeng is the minor one. The obedience of women that is
shown from the particular social codes and the subordination between women and men is the essence of
socio-cultural system that places men as the higher social status position, or often called as patriarchy
system. The findings show that Srintil is being oppressed not only by man but also woman as she is
always putted as secondary in society. To observe the social position of women, the study will explore
Srintil’s experience as a ronggeng.
Keywords: the Social position of women, trilogy of ronggeng dukuh paruk