THE PORTRAIT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL UNFAIR TREATMENT IN GLORIA NAYLOR'S THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE.
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TSf, FORTRAN OT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL
UNTAJR TREATMENT IN CLORIA NAYIOR'S
ME WOMEN OF BREVSTER PLACE
stbdnfuti, Pdtial hililtw,t oJk ,ccLitttutt3
Fot th. DesE. oJsdi@ sa''a
BY:
AGRY PRIMITA
06185t89
f,NGLISE Df,PARTMENT
FACULTY OT Lf,TTf,R9ANDALAS IJNIVERSITY
PAI}ANG
2010
ABSTRAK
i.i
penulis frengMalisis skaligrs nefr.Frkan k keraen
dallm tumah tan8aa seia diskinin6i sosial terhadap m$ydakat kulit bitlm di
Brew$ft Plae Amerika. Paparan teebul iercanbd jel$ ddlm k0rya Glori. Naylor
yans berjudur fts oheh aI The are\9ier Pt .e, .ovel ini nenssambarkr
s@l denco kekerren rumdh hn8aa
kehidup.n 7 o@g per€npue kulit bilam
'€ng
penulis
ini
meneeunakm tori leninis minorito
nengealkis
novel
Dalm
black le,tinils, 6e&ait^r denea. kehidupan wmita lalit hibm yang endetung
menjadi pihak yane dirindas di kehidupm doneslik sia pergaulu sosial. Pcnulis
ncngaunako teori y g dipeloFri oleh Bebm Snitn dd nelihahya dari sudul
td&ng ck$resil dinba.danya kelerkaibn ide, pikiH Ehupun !.ngalmd hidup
en8 penga@g dalam suatu karya.
Dui Malie novel ini pendlh nenenukd /Ddle dppre$2,r yans dialmi
oleh peEmpuan kulit hih. Dalam k€hidup domeslilq D€Mpuan leebut
didgeap sbasai tunbal yang sangal palut untuk dielankan ksent peliknya naslan
pcrekonomia di Anerika sdr iru, senenran di kehidupan sosial peremPum kulit
hiM smsatdidoninasi eitaditindsoleh neeka yae berkulil putih.Ierlcpas dari
pemslans tdg lersanber, novel ini nenjadi unik dm islimem kffins kdujuh
pe€mpud lolit hitan yang menjadi lokoh snt6l dalm novel ini &tap dampu
benand dibawsi cknm kehidupso donestik sena linCkrngan sosial. Kama
kesamen skan kednya kehidupu, kelujuh pe@mpum ini pun memgk i hidnp
besms dirunrn s$un di BEusrer Plt&. Dhdt keaiaibm nuncul, mcrcka DelN
adMya ik td Frt! addta ie nyams dengon mereka hidup b€Nana. jauh dan
kekersd rufrah dgga dan telnapusnla perlrluan tidal adil didh mccka.
Dal!fr sklpsi
r.1 The Brcksround orTheR€search
F$,inis'n molcment is
soncn s idca kcep sruwi g Mn
and fiel't alaiN( the painrchy
ard
huge phenom€non. Evc.y noq
$il
bd
thcn
dcbaldblc. Ihc idas ol qoncn lilEralion
slncn h.rc plat.d !ngnilicanr ntc
1n
building
Flninnlg $c novc.renl offenalc libanlion lcallzr il o, nor loda! sc are
still lirirg in
sill
!
in
a
wo d
dli
r|c scond nosition.
kccp thc pahidchal sy$cn ercws
uid$ r
jusr kno$ Rh.r thcl nn6r do, nor
wcll. \Vonen m
otprcssion. &d conlrollcd
*hal$e)
b] mcn. womcn
havc ro decidc. As lhu alLctuiu
Lo
nsbr the patriarchy systen woncn do somc actions. onc ol lhcm is thmush thc
lnerdy qorld. \\'oncn shrE,
lerLctly this
is
nol!n
as
soDcn kecF slru$ling rhrotrah this say.
dd cruclly. dcy nalc
xlhir8 sho shoukl
Sincc Ece
a.,l cnriciTe hos th. s.cir$ lr..ts thcn
easy work. bnt
Worncn de rrealed unldnlv
vie* wofr..
*'ir.
a(. h:con.s
1o
lace scxhm lron
n.n shom
nor lo be respeclcd
lhc main is$rc in fotnrisl movenerl. this eforr
bcconins ha.der roward thc black son)cn. Jley h.!c to l:rcc conplctcly mlair
rE1m.nl liofr hlack lren and even \Lhite \oncn also bccone
rhem ro bc indca.nd.mi lhcy lacc rhc
whirc womcn As l,adcia Il ill Collins
-r\e Ba.^
l.n.r,
*xisn ol
$atd
dn obs@le lor
biack ncn a.d rb.
nr ,Derrrng
€!i$ ol
A/,.* / eninnt Tho Eht
Vo\cncir La lor.cd.oaddrc-r\esa). e$sr. i.cism.
mdclasshm influencethelivesofblack $oncn whos nccds wcrc ipnorcd by thc
hl,.l
lllftk
nan of rl,r
Libcrdri.n Movcfr.nt dnd whit $onrn in thc W.mcn\
MovcoEna (10).1he pasec. strcughcns thc roal olbbck Lminisl mov.mcrl,
fd
lron sexisn md mcisD. Moreoler fnc& ,^mcrice roder .lso d€.r.nd
{hcE c!er-
thcn ncdis to bc fulfillcd. Those e.ds colld b. sclJrrtualizrlion.
huhx. b.jn!feels liec lo
Mtrwhilc in
do
mldtuc
in
rclc[in!
drc achicvcnrnrs in
lifc.
Ud1ed SL{es. feninGm novencnl h.s been erosi'rg
amund sin.e 1910. Jhe
lowei posilion ol
Amcncm $omcn in Amcric,
has b€cn bsam€ UE ndin nsLrc
^liicm
ol black Lmirisl {rnrLers and .ctivhh ir
Ljnncd Sldcs. Since the pnrblcn
ol bl..k Nonen
hddcr tha. oln.s phcDoDcnon
ol
c6o*r
secnrs
lcrl
conLplic ed atrd
rcminisl nxrvemenl b€LR.
6
d1e
dc $nrr
hns
the novel that
h g.ing
ClorirNayl.ris mAticm-Ancricd lenalc mitei who bralely
explores
The
Wonen.l Brcestt l/d.e by Clori! Naylor
rhe condition or her pcoplc
wherc shc
d.s.
bes sone
tltroqh the lncm4 work. This novel is
d.'ncslir vn,l.nco ud
yri.l
untun
her
hrhcnl bs&J
qonrr. wi$ h.r incrcdibl. abiliry ni $itnre ord
Aliican-Amcncan
dmatic story, this sork gcls so nmy
apprcciatio.s
rond
aJi-cctcd drc slory.
Hci
buiLdlnE lhe
fmD nMy
Moreor.r, in this novcl thc Eadc^ ak. nnJ $frc olhrrlJe*on.l
AliicarAmcrictr
fiNt Fork
p.Mrd
panies.
erl.ric
.es xs
exp.rierces havc
stc.erlEncd rhe reader lo rhe sense oloppiessions llced bt black wonen md
hns
nh.nl']. ih.n liri.sed r, b.
'lhc novcl lalks
locuses on seven
abour a paintul
{oDer q'ho Iive
on
lifc
dud
ed
ultinalcly ol hopc. Th. book
end stecr
!r Rtutsler
Place. which i3
dnl bd
l
badly croqded
ro.
Tleir envnoment nutbcr coDplicate cir liv.s.
his work is quitc complicalql,
ilm
ee s. mny !&lnchs descnbcd int iacistr.
fuily
Eligion, ed@tior\ dre lesahy of presmcy.
povcrtr, lesbian issucs. uttan violencc, sinerhood
e
oiy
on
our. DespiF dret dijfcrcnces,
Ire
1hc womcn
ol coonunilr
$cy
fu
forced to
dd
in rhe
sd ofcouN
nalc doninatio..
ach oin$ whcn lhe s.ild s4ns to shut
Wonen
ofBrevst
them
isb.vAb! ase*e
Place
sislcrh@d that cnabl6 thcn lo dcal with everyday press@s
'nale
Tlee @
rclalioship, p@d!ood,
dominalion socicty in $hich rh.y livc.
seveEl reaors why the
wiler chooss to mlyze Glonr
Naytor's The wonch af Bters,.r /'>/a.e lo LE analyzcd. liiEl, as ore oflite€ry
c
on, Cloria Nayrois Th! tttoneh af
q'eEiet
Placa is bclicvcd
s
one of
herary works which conrained the issue of black feDinisl Rhich cloined
as
fcminisn n,inrily wl,erc irs cxhlcne uscd to bc igndrcd cspcciallt in Anffica.
smndly.
the
*rite. is inteBtcd in ealtzine lhe shggles ol Afican-,^oerice
Romen to
sNivd in a vorld rhal never
blnck- Airican-Americe
al$ sdllcrcd lnn
relalion
roner
b*.
ldnd
cxncrienccd racisfr
b.!*en n0lc sd {cMle in fmily. Il
c\pdi.nccd exual
hffimcn!
td
lidfr
b(auc
thcy dc
whiLe pe.nle. They
l
e happc0cd in my
could bc bctwcen husbmd
son runhennore.
tllck
ed
qomen
abEive t etncnl .nd eend4 dhcrimination.
'Itose olprssions sbich sere expenflced by
sL.ning
lhcn jusl
black mcn. flre oppression in domcstic
wifc. fathtr aDd daushler lnd cv.n nolhd
just
lo
Aft@-Am-icm
women did not
rhcn up in a paintul lile, hd in the other side it has rahcd black
wonen Ebcllious spirir lhcy loush aeaiBl thal oppFssion
lo
rcach then
liedofr
colloctively and
bondi.q
ed
sistcrhood
$!r
eone lhcn.
cm be seen in inen strussle
sdnl ljfc 6 *cli s
opptssion creals lnd sLrensdels
$Njvd of Afican-lncrican
lhc poler1y B€sidcs, rhis
Bldnet Plae 6
TSf, FORTRAN OT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL
UNTAJR TREATMENT IN CLORIA NAYIOR'S
ME WOMEN OF BREVSTER PLACE
stbdnfuti, Pdtial hililtw,t oJk ,ccLitttutt3
Fot th. DesE. oJsdi@ sa''a
BY:
AGRY PRIMITA
06185t89
f,NGLISE Df,PARTMENT
FACULTY OT Lf,TTf,R9ANDALAS IJNIVERSITY
PAI}ANG
2010
ABSTRAK
i.i
penulis frengMalisis skaligrs nefr.Frkan k keraen
dallm tumah tan8aa seia diskinin6i sosial terhadap m$ydakat kulit bitlm di
Brew$ft Plae Amerika. Paparan teebul iercanbd jel$ ddlm k0rya Glori. Naylor
yans berjudur fts oheh aI The are\9ier Pt .e, .ovel ini nenssambarkr
s@l denco kekerren rumdh hn8aa
kehidup.n 7 o@g per€npue kulit bilam
'€ng
penulis
ini
meneeunakm tori leninis minorito
nengealkis
novel
Dalm
black le,tinils, 6e&ait^r denea. kehidupan wmita lalit hibm yang endetung
menjadi pihak yane dirindas di kehidupm doneslik sia pergaulu sosial. Pcnulis
ncngaunako teori y g dipeloFri oleh Bebm Snitn dd nelihahya dari sudul
td&ng ck$resil dinba.danya kelerkaibn ide, pikiH Ehupun !.ngalmd hidup
en8 penga@g dalam suatu karya.
Dui Malie novel ini pendlh nenenukd /Ddle dppre$2,r yans dialmi
oleh peEmpuan kulit hih. Dalam k€hidup domeslilq D€Mpuan leebut
didgeap sbasai tunbal yang sangal palut untuk dielankan ksent peliknya naslan
pcrekonomia di Anerika sdr iru, senenran di kehidupan sosial peremPum kulit
hiM smsatdidoninasi eitaditindsoleh neeka yae berkulil putih.Ierlcpas dari
pemslans tdg lersanber, novel ini nenjadi unik dm islimem kffins kdujuh
pe€mpud lolit hitan yang menjadi lokoh snt6l dalm novel ini &tap dampu
benand dibawsi cknm kehidupso donestik sena linCkrngan sosial. Kama
kesamen skan kednya kehidupu, kelujuh pe@mpum ini pun memgk i hidnp
besms dirunrn s$un di BEusrer Plt&. Dhdt keaiaibm nuncul, mcrcka DelN
adMya ik td Frt! addta ie nyams dengon mereka hidup b€Nana. jauh dan
kekersd rufrah dgga dan telnapusnla perlrluan tidal adil didh mccka.
Dal!fr sklpsi
r.1 The Brcksround orTheR€search
F$,inis'n molcment is
soncn s idca kcep sruwi g Mn
and fiel't alaiN( the painrchy
ard
huge phenom€non. Evc.y noq
$il
bd
thcn
dcbaldblc. Ihc idas ol qoncn lilEralion
slncn h.rc plat.d !ngnilicanr ntc
1n
building
Flninnlg $c novc.renl offenalc libanlion lcallzr il o, nor loda! sc are
still lirirg in
sill
!
in
a
wo d
dli
r|c scond nosition.
kccp thc pahidchal sy$cn ercws
uid$ r
jusr kno$ Rh.r thcl nn6r do, nor
wcll. \Vonen m
otprcssion. &d conlrollcd
*hal$e)
b] mcn. womcn
havc ro decidc. As lhu alLctuiu
Lo
nsbr the patriarchy systen woncn do somc actions. onc ol lhcm is thmush thc
lnerdy qorld. \\'oncn shrE,
lerLctly this
is
nol!n
as
soDcn kecF slru$ling rhrotrah this say.
dd cruclly. dcy nalc
xlhir8 sho shoukl
Sincc Ece
a.,l cnriciTe hos th. s.cir$ lr..ts thcn
easy work. bnt
Worncn de rrealed unldnlv
vie* wofr..
*'ir.
a(. h:con.s
1o
lace scxhm lron
n.n shom
nor lo be respeclcd
lhc main is$rc in fotnrisl movenerl. this eforr
bcconins ha.der roward thc black son)cn. Jley h.!c to l:rcc conplctcly mlair
rE1m.nl liofr hlack lren and even \Lhite \oncn also bccone
rhem ro bc indca.nd.mi lhcy lacc rhc
whirc womcn As l,adcia Il ill Collins
-r\e Ba.^
l.n.r,
*xisn ol
$atd
dn obs@le lor
biack ncn a.d rb.
nr ,Derrrng
€!i$ ol
A/,.* / eninnt Tho Eht
Vo\cncir La lor.cd.oaddrc-r\esa). e$sr. i.cism.
mdclasshm influencethelivesofblack $oncn whos nccds wcrc ipnorcd by thc
hl,.l
lllftk
nan of rl,r
Libcrdri.n Movcfr.nt dnd whit $onrn in thc W.mcn\
MovcoEna (10).1he pasec. strcughcns thc roal olbbck Lminisl mov.mcrl,
fd
lron sexisn md mcisD. Moreoler fnc& ,^mcrice roder .lso d€.r.nd
{hcE c!er-
thcn ncdis to bc fulfillcd. Those e.ds colld b. sclJrrtualizrlion.
huhx. b.jn!feels liec lo
Mtrwhilc in
do
mldtuc
in
rclc[in!
drc achicvcnrnrs in
lifc.
Ud1ed SL{es. feninGm novencnl h.s been erosi'rg
amund sin.e 1910. Jhe
lowei posilion ol
Amcncm $omcn in Amcric,
has b€cn bsam€ UE ndin nsLrc
^liicm
ol black Lmirisl {rnrLers and .ctivhh ir
Ljnncd Sldcs. Since the pnrblcn
ol bl..k Nonen
hddcr tha. oln.s phcDoDcnon
ol
c6o*r
secnrs
lcrl
conLplic ed atrd
rcminisl nxrvemenl b€LR.
6
d1e
dc $nrr
hns
the novel that
h g.ing
ClorirNayl.ris mAticm-Ancricd lenalc mitei who bralely
explores
The
Wonen.l Brcestt l/d.e by Clori! Naylor
rhe condition or her pcoplc
wherc shc
d.s.
bes sone
tltroqh the lncm4 work. This novel is
d.'ncslir vn,l.nco ud
yri.l
untun
her
hrhcnl bs&J
qonrr. wi$ h.r incrcdibl. abiliry ni $itnre ord
Aliican-Amcncan
dmatic story, this sork gcls so nmy
apprcciatio.s
rond
aJi-cctcd drc slory.
Hci
buiLdlnE lhe
fmD nMy
Moreor.r, in this novcl thc Eadc^ ak. nnJ $frc olhrrlJe*on.l
AliicarAmcrictr
fiNt Fork
p.Mrd
panies.
erl.ric
.es xs
exp.rierces havc
stc.erlEncd rhe reader lo rhe sense oloppiessions llced bt black wonen md
hns
nh.nl']. ih.n liri.sed r, b.
'lhc novcl lalks
locuses on seven
abour a paintul
{oDer q'ho Iive
on
lifc
dud
ed
ultinalcly ol hopc. Th. book
end stecr
!r Rtutsler
Place. which i3
dnl bd
l
badly croqded
ro.
Tleir envnoment nutbcr coDplicate cir liv.s.
his work is quitc complicalql,
ilm
ee s. mny !&lnchs descnbcd int iacistr.
fuily
Eligion, ed@tior\ dre lesahy of presmcy.
povcrtr, lesbian issucs. uttan violencc, sinerhood
e
oiy
on
our. DespiF dret dijfcrcnces,
Ire
1hc womcn
ol coonunilr
$cy
fu
forced to
dd
in rhe
sd ofcouN
nalc doninatio..
ach oin$ whcn lhe s.ild s4ns to shut
Wonen
ofBrevst
them
isb.vAb! ase*e
Place
sislcrh@d that cnabl6 thcn lo dcal with everyday press@s
'nale
Tlee @
rclalioship, p@d!ood,
dominalion socicty in $hich rh.y livc.
seveEl reaors why the
wiler chooss to mlyze Glonr
Naytor's The wonch af Bters,.r /'>/a.e lo LE analyzcd. liiEl, as ore oflite€ry
c
on, Cloria Nayrois Th! tttoneh af
q'eEiet
Placa is bclicvcd
s
one of
herary works which conrained the issue of black feDinisl Rhich cloined
as
fcminisn n,inrily wl,erc irs cxhlcne uscd to bc igndrcd cspcciallt in Anffica.
smndly.
the
*rite. is inteBtcd in ealtzine lhe shggles ol Afican-,^oerice
Romen to
sNivd in a vorld rhal never
blnck- Airican-Americe
al$ sdllcrcd lnn
relalion
roner
b*.
ldnd
cxncrienccd racisfr
b.!*en n0lc sd {cMle in fmily. Il
c\pdi.nccd exual
hffimcn!
td
lidfr
b(auc
thcy dc
whiLe pe.nle. They
l
e happc0cd in my
could bc bctwcen husbmd
son runhennore.
tllck
ed
qomen
abEive t etncnl .nd eend4 dhcrimination.
'Itose olprssions sbich sere expenflced by
sL.ning
lhcn jusl
black mcn. flre oppression in domcstic
wifc. fathtr aDd daushler lnd cv.n nolhd
just
lo
Aft@-Am-icm
women did not
rhcn up in a paintul lile, hd in the other side it has rahcd black
wonen Ebcllious spirir lhcy loush aeaiBl thal oppFssion
lo
rcach then
liedofr
colloctively and
bondi.q
ed
sistcrhood
$!r
eone lhcn.
cm be seen in inen strussle
sdnl ljfc 6 *cli s
opptssion creals lnd sLrensdels
$Njvd of Afican-lncrican
lhc poler1y B€sidcs, rhis
Bldnet Plae 6