VOlUME 06 ISSUE 04 APRIL 2023
1Supiastutik,2Dyah Purwita Wardani,3Andrea Malikha Kayla Gading
1,2,3Universitas Jember, East Java, Indonesia
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v6-i4-11Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
The Passion is a novel written by a modern British feminist writer of the 20th century, Jeanette Winterson in 1987. She concerns with lesbian themes, gender, and sexuality in her works. This study aims to show the contribution of representation theory promoted by Stuart Hall in literary studies. The study utilized the concept of feminism proposed by Beauvoir as the foundation for data analysis to strengthen the argument. Data analysis shows that this novel expresses the spirit of feminism, namely 1) the resistance to the objectification of women, 2) the rejection of women's subordination, and 3) the support of cultural feminism. The analysis of the text narrative and the contextual background of the novel and the writer, the study showcased the ideological position of the writer
KEYWORDS:feminism, literary criticism, representation theory
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