THE PRONCESS SULTANA'S CIRCLE: JEAN P. SASSON'S EMPATHY TOWARD PRINCESS SULTANA'S STRUGGLE TO HELP WOMEN FROM THE PATRIACHAL OPPRESSION IN SAUDI ARABIA IN THE END OF 20th CENTURY.
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INCLTSH DTPARTHTN"T
FACULII Of I,EI'T[(S. AIID4LAS UNIViRSTII
PADAI\(;
10ll
ABSTI-AK
Slripsi ini nensaalisis tenl&s benmk sinplri Jea P. Ssson tcrludap
tenm Aabia n]4 Purd Sul6a ye8 bctjwg nelalu p€dnd6e terhadap
wdil1 di Adb Saudi. Dalm bulu y s bedDdul rrincess Sulrsat Circlc ini,
pemb&a dlpa,l melital basainr a Jee P Sasson 6er$aha henyhpaikan ide,
ide Pulri Sultam untuk nelass pedndNm ydg dialmi oleh wdit! di AFb
Dal@ mengualisis buku ini, p€nulis n€nggm.le teon clnocnlics dei
Elaine Showalter kdena dens leori ini Fenulis dopat mensuslapkm idc-idc
]os insin penulis snpaitm melalui kary&la Selain ilu p€nuUs jusa
nenegMalan p€ndekal ekpresif ytus aninya leori ini rocus kepada sudut
pmdaa. ide, pe6m. de emosj si pcng&&g Daia yans ale disuatm
ditmpulks den8d menggxnalm kajim kelusr,l@ yans kenudi diualisis
dened nctodc kualibtia Hdil pen€liiie di@pdkm s4aF dBkriptit
nensoali$ buiu ini. penulis b€rhasil nhyispulkd banva buku
The Pnnces Sulkna\ Cncb, karya Jm P. Ssson merutakd bcDtuk larya
enE p€renpud yma Dengugkapkd bcntul empali nya lerhadap perjuese
Prhce$ Suliam uiuk nelawd pcnindasm rdg dilatu*u oleh laki-laki Amb
Saudi terhadap pcrcnpum. Sclain itu penuh jus! menyinpulke banwa
penenam linlar negdr t&g dijalin oleh lee P. Sdsd dm Princess SullaDa
ncrupald salan $u cda b&u lcnulis karya sstra peEmpua.
Setelah
CHAPTERI
TMRODUCIION
l,
Background of th. R€etrcn
leninist Criticish nudies hor litemtu€ analvz$ the
Ronen in all
f.ds 'ftis cnLicism
"oppression
of
refuscs towatd potidchai cuirure thar
hditio.allJ, thee cultw sho{ nen in donimt ioles &d wonen in submissivc
roles.
Fdinist cnticisn
is doninated by nen. ln
in litcFtud ,tFeds
$t
fion tlie fad
lir€Ery works prcsnt
lnal posino. of wonen
won6 d
ih€
m
theme' bur
nost oflhen aliays Pres.t men\ dominatioD. (Bdrv, 1995:l2l) lt neans thal
the
loi
oncoralihs
ol de lcninisl author ee wheD wone. lrv
noc doFinet, or cleady le$
novc into
subDissive oles, this slrussle lends ro b€cone a
]nedu.
local poinl ol fie
fte
10
Pnnc€ss
Sultdas Circlc. a book by.,eo F
SNt
Ys
published bv
Wind{cBm.kc Dooks in 2000 ln $is 6ook SN$n hd Fied 10 dcscibe
her ftiend\ slory, Pnnccs Snltana. Pincess Sdtna is a wona.
indep€ndot
be
iind
who wmis lo b.ins chmge ro
sonm\ livs
aboDt
*ith m
in Saudi AEbia lo
ft.e ftom pdrirchal cdhm. Paaidcbal cultuE shos ner in doni.et roles
dd
wonen in s'rbnissive roles. Falridciul idcolost rorks to k€ep nen ord
*omen lolloB hdirion.l g.ndar ioles. so malc's dominance can be nainiai.cd.
'lbc I'ri.€ss Sultanas Circle. al$
patirrch! lhis
descnbes
abc
book dlso de$ribcs thc probl.nx
how rvonen's liles under
l|al
hrpF.Dcd
in
palriarchrL
'Ine
qicr
ol saudi A'rbir. ln thrs bNk dcscibe
ofx
Princess
.o
ntuns undcr
r$ment life.
patrur.It,:
nr Saldi
book is beaue thh book
Anbia
nem
&sed on kJne rcsoN
sii.r
entitled her
Empathy
lo*"d
The
lhe sLor!
s
witer
'l{omen
chooses this
ed $is
book llso
ol len.lc wrinre
!
is inreicsled ealvze
b.ok of
Jd L S6son by usins leninisr apFoach
esedh "Thc Princ* Sultana\ cinlc: Jeo P.
lrincess Sulbna\ St uggle to Help Wonen lroo thc
the end
s
ger morc krouledg' md
lsl Ea$n *hv tle *nter
this b@k is kind
slorr_
dom;diotu lo\rard
by leninin thmrv
above. ihc
Circle by
oppre$io! in saudi Ambia in
2.
$e inpeK olmaD
cd m,!E
Miften bt vonont aulhor, il
sulma\
shoN
abd
iio $h book se dr
Besidc lha1,
hfomolion,boul life
The Princes
tle
chooses lhis bool bsausc dns book is bNed on lhd
The
S4son s
Patrielul
ol2on cenory. '
(dcntificrtion ofth. problen
alier ftading rhis bool. rhe *rile! lihds.ut lbal this book is a kind ol
fenale-rririns. Jean P. S4son crcatcs this bo.k bsause her enpathy lowdd
hncess Sulha who wdls to heb the wnen in Saudi Anbia lion thc
P
naEhal Clminadrn dal nates them sels thc oppEsion. w.nen
thc obiar oi
'nor
i.
this
an!!F.
rheir lives de under rhe conrol
analyzo
They hrve no rishri
oidc frci
in
i.
rhen
:E al*ats
livei Ail
aspecls
in
fie lanily l hcrcbr rh. wrn r Nill
ink nolclby NinE female citics llial rroposed b! ll.ine Slio$rher
CIIAPTERV
The Pn.ess Sulram s Cnck is
rsj6
udcr
CrlGitics
patriarcncl
.ttjcis
'
work whi.h is tulI of sad slones abour
o!}ssion. By atpiyilg cxpKive
to this vort.
tht
approach
dd
Esemh sho* $at tb. ',ork
is
EpEstarion of fdale vntine.
The
e*
d€€ds toward
Evals lh3t nost
wond
{Saudi
have
io deJ
Sandi
Anbia. Ihe inpaots olthis oppEssion are:
ro alroged nmiag€ fored 1o theE,2)
mdy rcnen
Emen ed wom.n lom othd coutryi becoms viclin of numd
taficking md slav€ry,
3)
lMy
vonen h€cohe viciim ofphysical .buse.
ln The Princds Snlbna\ Circle.
Arabid's
Fifldt
Jean P.
S$en desnbes rbod
her
living
and
slory, Prine$ Sultna, wno prodoles sislerhNd.
Erc!,ing up in Saudj
h6
iNriry lhen panidhli olp€sion
by uing IslDic teacddg. This oppGsio! gives the bad
iipa.ts rowtrd won€n\ life i,
l) sons
Saudi nen
Anbi!
rhar srill
nai.rain pairimhal cdhE nale Srltlra
sFons pesonalil,v. Sul.@ is beins
ce
and fightlxl lowdd women's
condition. She tries to help the wmen wno set rh€ oppresian by ncn by givins
love
ed cm. Il
is fomred in a ciEle suppon Danely Sultam s
Ctcle lhat helpins
the iomen Nho gd the violence by men.
Prince$ Sultana helDs rhe {onen $no ser thc oppre$ion
suppori 1o them. Princess Sulrana lnows lhal she
doninarion in her cobrry bul she
m
cd
b)
sivins
nol .npose the nan's
heh rhe woner by civing then suppon,
love md care. Pnncess Slllana rlso hopes tbat
ill
woncn pilljoin her cncle and
BIBLIOGRAPIII
lie!j!r!.
(hltp://\rw.smdtldeN con/rhcPrinesssdresci{lc/rcliewhh)
1he
Pi'sN
Suit@'s Cnc!.
Ciied
HoIYQld4f@o4
AIi. YNuf. I1F
btp/,&w-hadtznye@nvQnm bsnslatiotQm hmlatiol ind€r'php
C'1ed on
tdury
Alorffii,Onu.Arabic
4. 2010.
dd Islmic Cdrues
hftpT/wohiondriry'or3/cgi-
bidsbown!e.exe?CISOROOT=/p26740lccP2&CISOPTR=l
SlSailqme=l
834.pdf- Cited onAug$112 2010.
Algihole IE
Prin@s Srntamh Ciole ReYid-
Ottpr/MN.goodEad6.@!fi lEPnm6ssulla4circle/Eview hlrn) Cited
ob
Februdf 12.2010.
Barry. Pener Beqibins Tnmfl. m Inhoduction to
New York Mschdler UniveEnt
Seriens.
tles.
Liler
Brcsler, cheles E
lIes
LilerN dd
qftMl
Theofl.
1995.
nreod: lhc B6ics. NeR York. Rourledgc 200l
Uqfl e!4rjlr
lal!]d$ji!!
Io Thsry md
riadhe. New
Jesey. Prentice Hall. 1999.
Cdie.
The Priness Sultma\ Circl€ Review.
(bitp://w.s@drcade^.con/rhcPrincesssulmascncle/revies,htnt. Ciled
on Febru.ry 11.2010.
llltlCISS
TOrVAl!
Itto
SIJLTAN
?RliKtss
{ s fla(Lf; llAN
P. $ssoLs Ev?ATsY
LIANAB $nUC6Lt l10 {ELt AOi{fN
Tllr tllru-{ncu]ll otPt$sroi lr grlot rlaBt^
n rti tlto oF xn cEmuRY
r Tlhdi
S"h.in a n hnht Fdddht't b tqtue.t
fu re D.ctd 4sojM s,I]a
?4,?'a{,l
Sllfl
AYTiANANDA S!5ANl r
!lP. tarl&i0D
INCLTSH DTPARTHTN"T
FACULII Of I,EI'T[(S. AIID4LAS UNIViRSTII
PADAI\(;
10ll
ABSTI-AK
Slripsi ini nensaalisis tenl&s benmk sinplri Jea P. Ssson tcrludap
tenm Aabia n]4 Purd Sul6a ye8 bctjwg nelalu p€dnd6e terhadap
wdil1 di Adb Saudi. Dalm bulu y s bedDdul rrincess Sulrsat Circlc ini,
pemb&a dlpa,l melital basainr a Jee P Sasson 6er$aha henyhpaikan ide,
ide Pulri Sultam untuk nelass pedndNm ydg dialmi oleh wdit! di AFb
Dal@ mengualisis buku ini, p€nulis n€nggm.le teon clnocnlics dei
Elaine Showalter kdena dens leori ini Fenulis dopat mensuslapkm idc-idc
]os insin penulis snpaitm melalui kary&la Selain ilu p€nuUs jusa
nenegMalan p€ndekal ekpresif ytus aninya leori ini rocus kepada sudut
pmdaa. ide, pe6m. de emosj si pcng&&g Daia yans ale disuatm
ditmpulks den8d menggxnalm kajim kelusr,l@ yans kenudi diualisis
dened nctodc kualibtia Hdil pen€liiie di@pdkm s4aF dBkriptit
nensoali$ buiu ini. penulis b€rhasil nhyispulkd banva buku
The Pnnces Sulkna\ Cncb, karya Jm P. Ssson merutakd bcDtuk larya
enE p€renpud yma Dengugkapkd bcntul empali nya lerhadap perjuese
Prhce$ Suliam uiuk nelawd pcnindasm rdg dilatu*u oleh laki-laki Amb
Saudi terhadap pcrcnpum. Sclain itu penuh jus! menyinpulke banwa
penenam linlar negdr t&g dijalin oleh lee P. Sdsd dm Princess SullaDa
ncrupald salan $u cda b&u lcnulis karya sstra peEmpua.
Setelah
CHAPTERI
TMRODUCIION
l,
Background of th. R€etrcn
leninist Criticish nudies hor litemtu€ analvz$ the
Ronen in all
f.ds 'ftis cnLicism
"oppression
of
refuscs towatd potidchai cuirure thar
hditio.allJ, thee cultw sho{ nen in donimt ioles &d wonen in submissivc
roles.
Fdinist cnticisn
is doninated by nen. ln
in litcFtud ,tFeds
$t
fion tlie fad
lir€Ery works prcsnt
lnal posino. of wonen
won6 d
ih€
m
theme' bur
nost oflhen aliays Pres.t men\ dominatioD. (Bdrv, 1995:l2l) lt neans thal
the
loi
oncoralihs
ol de lcninisl author ee wheD wone. lrv
noc doFinet, or cleady le$
novc into
subDissive oles, this slrussle lends ro b€cone a
]nedu.
local poinl ol fie
fte
10
Pnnc€ss
Sultdas Circlc. a book by.,eo F
SNt
Ys
published bv
Wind{cBm.kc Dooks in 2000 ln $is 6ook SN$n hd Fied 10 dcscibe
her ftiend\ slory, Pnnccs Snltana. Pincess Sdtna is a wona.
indep€ndot
be
iind
who wmis lo b.ins chmge ro
sonm\ livs
aboDt
*ith m
in Saudi AEbia lo
ft.e ftom pdrirchal cdhm. Paaidcbal cultuE shos ner in doni.et roles
dd
wonen in s'rbnissive roles. Falridciul idcolost rorks to k€ep nen ord
*omen lolloB hdirion.l g.ndar ioles. so malc's dominance can be nainiai.cd.
'lbc I'ri.€ss Sultanas Circle. al$
patirrch! lhis
descnbes
abc
book dlso de$ribcs thc probl.nx
how rvonen's liles under
l|al
hrpF.Dcd
in
palriarchrL
'Ine
qicr
ol saudi A'rbir. ln thrs bNk dcscibe
ofx
Princess
.o
ntuns undcr
r$ment life.
patrur.It,:
nr Saldi
book is beaue thh book
Anbia
nem
&sed on kJne rcsoN
sii.r
entitled her
Empathy
lo*"d
The
lhe sLor!
s
witer
'l{omen
chooses this
ed $is
book llso
ol len.lc wrinre
!
is inreicsled ealvze
b.ok of
Jd L S6son by usins leninisr apFoach
esedh "Thc Princ* Sultana\ cinlc: Jeo P.
lrincess Sulbna\ St uggle to Help Wonen lroo thc
the end
s
ger morc krouledg' md
lsl Ea$n *hv tle *nter
this b@k is kind
slorr_
dom;diotu lo\rard
by leninin thmrv
above. ihc
Circle by
oppre$io! in saudi Ambia in
2.
$e inpeK olmaD
cd m,!E
Miften bt vonont aulhor, il
sulma\
shoN
abd
iio $h book se dr
Besidc lha1,
hfomolion,boul life
The Princes
tle
chooses lhis bool bsausc dns book is bNed on lhd
The
S4son s
Patrielul
ol2on cenory. '
(dcntificrtion ofth. problen
alier ftading rhis bool. rhe *rile! lihds.ut lbal this book is a kind ol
fenale-rririns. Jean P. S4son crcatcs this bo.k bsause her enpathy lowdd
hncess Sulha who wdls to heb the wnen in Saudi Anbia lion thc
P
naEhal Clminadrn dal nates them sels thc oppEsion. w.nen
thc obiar oi
'nor
i.
this
an!!F.
rheir lives de under rhe conrol
analyzo
They hrve no rishri
oidc frci
in
i.
rhen
:E al*ats
livei Ail
aspecls
in
fie lanily l hcrcbr rh. wrn r Nill
ink nolclby NinE female citics llial rroposed b! ll.ine Slio$rher
CIIAPTERV
The Pn.ess Sulram s Cnck is
rsj6
udcr
CrlGitics
patriarcncl
.ttjcis
'
work whi.h is tulI of sad slones abour
o!}ssion. By atpiyilg cxpKive
to this vort.
tht
approach
dd
Esemh sho* $at tb. ',ork
is
EpEstarion of fdale vntine.
The
e*
d€€ds toward
Evals lh3t nost
wond
{Saudi
have
io deJ
Sandi
Anbia. Ihe inpaots olthis oppEssion are:
ro alroged nmiag€ fored 1o theE,2)
mdy rcnen
Emen ed wom.n lom othd coutryi becoms viclin of numd
taficking md slav€ry,
3)
lMy
vonen h€cohe viciim ofphysical .buse.
ln The Princds Snlbna\ Circle.
Arabid's
Fifldt
Jean P.
S$en desnbes rbod
her
living
and
slory, Prine$ Sultna, wno prodoles sislerhNd.
Erc!,ing up in Saudj
h6
iNriry lhen panidhli olp€sion
by uing IslDic teacddg. This oppGsio! gives the bad
iipa.ts rowtrd won€n\ life i,
l) sons
Saudi nen
Anbi!
rhar srill
nai.rain pairimhal cdhE nale Srltlra
sFons pesonalil,v. Sul.@ is beins
ce
and fightlxl lowdd women's
condition. She tries to help the wmen wno set rh€ oppresian by ncn by givins
love
ed cm. Il
is fomred in a ciEle suppon Danely Sultam s
Ctcle lhat helpins
the iomen Nho gd the violence by men.
Prince$ Sultana helDs rhe {onen $no ser thc oppre$ion
suppori 1o them. Princess Sulrana lnows lhal she
doninarion in her cobrry bul she
m
cd
b)
sivins
nol .npose the nan's
heh rhe woner by civing then suppon,
love md care. Pnncess Slllana rlso hopes tbat
ill
woncn pilljoin her cncle and
BIBLIOGRAPIII
lie!j!r!.
(hltp://\rw.smdtldeN con/rhcPrinesssdresci{lc/rcliewhh)
1he
Pi'sN
Suit@'s Cnc!.
Ciied
HoIYQld4f@o4
AIi. YNuf. I1F
btp/,&w-hadtznye@nvQnm bsnslatiotQm hmlatiol ind€r'php
C'1ed on
tdury
Alorffii,Onu.Arabic
4. 2010.
dd Islmic Cdrues
hftpT/wohiondriry'or3/cgi-
bidsbown!e.exe?CISOROOT=/p26740lccP2&CISOPTR=l
SlSailqme=l
834.pdf- Cited onAug$112 2010.
Algihole IE
Prin@s Srntamh Ciole ReYid-
Ottpr/MN.goodEad6.@!fi lEPnm6ssulla4circle/Eview hlrn) Cited
ob
Februdf 12.2010.
Barry. Pener Beqibins Tnmfl. m Inhoduction to
New York Mschdler UniveEnt
Seriens.
tles.
Liler
Brcsler, cheles E
lIes
LilerN dd
qftMl
Theofl.
1995.
nreod: lhc B6ics. NeR York. Rourledgc 200l
Uqfl e!4rjlr
lal!]d$ji!!
Io Thsry md
riadhe. New
Jesey. Prentice Hall. 1999.
Cdie.
The Priness Sultma\ Circl€ Review.
(bitp://w.s@drcade^.con/rhcPrincesssulmascncle/revies,htnt. Ciled
on Febru.ry 11.2010.