THE REFLECTION OF KATE CHOPIN’S CONCEPT OF FREEDOM IN HER NOVEL “THE AWAKENING”.

ANDALAS UNIVERSITY

THE REFLECTION OF KATE CHOPIN’S CONCEPT OF
FREEDOM IN HER NOVEL “THE AWAKENING”

A Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for the Degree of Sarjana Humaniora

ELMIRA AFRIANI
BP. 0810732029

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT -FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
PADANG 2012

ANDALAS UNIVERSITY

THE REFLECTION OF KATE CHOPIN’S CONCEPT OF
FREEDOM IN HER NOVEL “THE AWAKENING”

A Thesis
Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement
for the Degree of Sarjana Humaniora

ELMIRA AFRIANI
BP. 0810732029

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT -FACULTY OF HUMANITIES
ANDALAS UNIVERSITY
PADANG 2012

ABSTRAK
The Awakening membahas isu tentang wanita dan pernikahan. Dalam novel
ini, Kate Chopin menunjukkan bahwa budaya patriaki dalam masyarakat Creole,
yang menjadi latar belakang cerita dari novel ini, begitu banyak memberikan tekanan
serta beban kepada wanita terutama kepada wanita yang terikat dalam pernikahan.
Dalam menganalisis novel ini, penulis menggunakan pendekatan feminis, khususnya
“Gynocriticism”, perempuan sebagai penulis, yang dikemukan oleh Elaine Showalter.
Setelah melakukan analisis, penulis menemukan bahwa Kate Chopin mencoba
menyampaikan kritiknya terhadap budaya patriaki di Amerika Selatan yang terlalu

menekan perempuan. Chopin melihat bahwa lembaga pernikahan memperlakukan
istri sebagai hak milik dan kemudian memenjarakan kehidupan sang istri. Upaya
untuk melepaskan diri dari semua pengekangan tersebut, Chopin menawarkan
kematian sebagai kebebesan mutlak bagi karakter utama dari novel ini, Edna
Pontellier.
Kata Kunci : “Gynocritics”, budaya Patriaki, Kebebasan Individu

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEMBAR PERSETUJUAN SKRIPSI
ABSTRAK
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1

The Background of the Research .............................................. 1

1.2

The Identification of the Problem ............................................ 4

1.3

The Scope of the Research ...................................................... 5

1.4

The Objective of the Study ...................................................... 6

1.5

Review of Related Studies ...................................................... 6

1.6

Theoretical Framework

1.7

Methods of the Research

........................................................ 8

1.7.1 Collecting the Data .......................................................... 11
1.7.2 Analyzing the Data .......................................................... 11
1.7.3 Presenting the Data ......................................................... 12
CHAPTER II PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS
2.1

Plot

...................................................................................... 13

2.2

Character ................................................................................ 16

2.3

Setting .................................................................................... 22

2.4

Point of View .......................................................................... 23

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2.5

Theme ...................................................................................... 23

CHAPTER III KATE CHOPIN’S CONCEPT OF FREEDOM FOR WOMEN
3.1 Edna as a Married Woman ........................................................... 25
3.1.1 Husband’s Property ........................................................ 26
3.1.2 Life Imprisonment .......................................................... 32

3.2 Edna as a Single Woman: The Run-Away Mother ....................... 36

3.3 Death as Resolution ....................................................................... 40

CHAPTER IV : CONCLUSION .................................................................. 45
BIBLIOGRAPHY ………………………………………………………….. 46

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