Ratna Asmarani
Jurusan Sastra Inggris Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro

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THE IMPACTS OF THE BEAUTY MYTH ON THE EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM OF PECOLA IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE Asmarani, Ratna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 10, No 2 (2016): April 2016
Publisher : Faculty of Languages ​​and Arts, State University of Semarang

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the destructive impacts of the beauty myth on the existential freedom of Pecola, the young, poor, black female character, in Toni Morrison‘s ―The Bluest Eye.‖ The analysis is done through feminist criticism supported by the concept of the beauty myth and beauty as well as Sartrean concept of existentialism. The result shows that the widely spread beauty myth blocks Pecola‘s existential freedom on the physical, consciousness, or social life level. All these lead to young Pecola‘s ruined existence.
The Housewife’s Resistance as Portrayed in Somerset Maugham’s Short Story Entitled `The Colonel’s Lady` Asmarani, Ratna
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 2 (2018): 2nd ELLiC Proceedings: Education 4.0: Trends and Future Perspectives in English Educa
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

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The focus of this paper is to analyze the domination and resistance in the domestic area as portrayed in Maugham‟s The Colonel’s Lady. The special aims are to analyze the factors that trigger the wife‟s resistance, the kind of resistance carried out by the wife, and the impacts of the wife‟s resistance on the husband. The analysis is supported by the concept of power by Foucault, the concepts of resistance and how to face domination by Vinthagen and Johanson, Husu, Butler et al., Cohen and Taylor, and Woolf. The qualitative method is used in the contextual analysis focusing on the character, conflict, and setting. The result shows that the wife subtly resists the constricting patriarchal atmosphere in the household by constructing a private area in which she actualizes herself in the world of poetry. Her great success enables her to enter a new and different zone where she is the star. This makes the husband feel uncomfortable and even insulted but he cannot do anything because his wife still shows her respect to him and she does nothing unlawful against him.
The Embodiment of the Black Feminist Spirit In Iola Leroy, the Female Mulatto Protagonist, in Frances Harpers `Iola Leroy` Asmarani, Ratna
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 1 (2017): 1st ELLiC Proceedings: `Innovation, Trends, and Challenges in English Language Learni
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

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The aim of this paper is to analyze how the female protagonist in Harpers novel entitled Iola Leroy, although a mulatto, embodies the spirit of black feminism. To carry out the analysis, feminist literary criticism is used as the frame of analysis linked with gynocriticism. Several concepts concerning black feminism including empowerment, solidarity and sisterhood are used to support the frame of analysis. The result shows that the female mulatto protagonist, who does not know that she has black blood, all of a sudden experiences real slavery. This harsh turning point on her previously comfortable life leads to her new insight about slavery, about her race, and about her personal existence as a woman. The last point results not only in the emergence of the spirit of black feminism but also in the application of this spirit to other blacks, especially the black women. The convergence of thought and action makes the female mulatto protagonist turns out from the victim of slavery into the agent of change for the black race.
The Portrayal of a Black Woman‟s Perseverance in Zora Neale Hurston‟s Short Story Entitled Sweat Asmarani, Ratna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 13, No 1 (2018): October 2018
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

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This paper aims to analyze the perseverance of the black female protagonist portrayed in the short story entitled Sweat written by Zora Neale Hurston. The perseverance is used by the black female protagonist to face the domestic violence done by her abusive husband. The concept of perseverance and domestic violence are used to analyze the life of the black female protagonist. The combination of library method with its close reading, qualitative analysis, and contextual literary method focusing on intrinsic and extrinsic elements are used. The result shows that the perseverance applied by the black female protagonist enables her to survive the domestic violence leading to her freedom from her abusive husband who dies because of his own evil plan actually directed to his wife.
STRUKTUR KETAKSADARAN KOLEKTIF TOKOH UTAMA DALAM NOVEL THE SWEET SINS KARYA RANGGA WIRIANTO PUTRA Rokhmansyah, Alfian; Asmarani, Ratna
Aksara Vol 30, No 2 (2018): Aksara, Edisi Desember 2018
Publisher : Balai Bahasa Bali

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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengungkap struktur ketaksadaran kolektif tokoh utama (Rei) dalam novel The Sweet Sins karya Rangga Wirianto Putra. Dalam analisis ini digunakan teori kepribadian Jung, yaitu konsep struktur ketaksadaran kolektif dalam jiwa manusia yang meliputi persona, anima-animus, shadow, dan self. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif. Dari analisis yang telah dilakukan, diperoleh hasil sebagai berikut. Pertama, tokoh Rei menggunakan persona sebagai cara untuk menyesuaikan diri di lingkungannya. Kedua, shadow dalam diri Rei merupakan pengalaman yang ditolak karena tidak sesuai dengan moral atau norma yang berlaku. Ketiga, tokoh Rei memproyeksikan anima dalam dirinya bukan kepada perempuan tetapi pada sesama laki-laki. Keempat, self dalam diri Rei ditunjukkan dalam bentuk perjuangan untuk mencapai keseimbangan taraf kesadaran dan ketaksadaran saat berpisah dengan pasangannya. Struktur ketaksadaran tokoh Rei memengaruhi kon ik yang terjadi dalam dirinya maupun dengan tokoh yang lain. 
THE IMPACTS OF THE BEAUTY MYTH ON THE EXISTENTIAL FREEDOM OF PECOLA IN TONI MORRISON’S THE BLUEST EYE Asmarani, Ratna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 10, No 2 (2016): April 2016
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v10i2.5728

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the destructive impacts of the beauty myth on the existential freedom of Pecola, the young, poor, black female character, in Toni Morrison‘s ―The Bluest Eye.‖ The analysis is done through feminist criticism supported by the concept of the beauty myth and beauty as well as Sartrean concept of existentialism. The result shows that the widely spread beauty myth blocks Pecola‘s existential freedom on the physical, consciousness, or social life level. All these lead to young Pecola‘s ruined existence.
The Realization of the Bad Impact of Early Capitalism in Oscar Wilde’s “The Happy Prince” Holis, Nor; Asmarani, Ratna
Language Circle: Journal of Language and Literature Vol 14, No 1 (2019): October 2019
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15294/lc.v14i1.21402

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Living under feudalism and capitalism seems very good for those who were born from rich people. It is because they do not have to struggle of their life and would get everything as desire. Meanwhile, it is very hard for poor people because their live is worse and if they do not struggle of the life they might die. “The Happy Prince” is the story that shows how the feudalism and early capitalism work in the society. People live contradictory under those systems. Fortunately, since the capitalism applies, the poor people find new hope. Their laborpower is paid so that they are to feed themselves and the family. Besides, they work for the capitalists’ happiness. This new term of live is not a big different from feudal system. The payment for the poor who work is a very little difference that makes the poor happy. This research aims to describe how the feudalism and the early capitalism work in the short story. Using the sociological approach as to the evidences of the feudalism and the early capitalism system in the story is chosen to describe the impacts of those systems toward society. The result of this research shows that poor people accept the system of capitalism than the feudalism. It is because their labor-power is paid. This condition is different from previous system (feudalism) that makes poor people are getting worse because they must work freely.
The Embodiment of the Black Feminist Spirit In Iola Leroy, the Female Mulatto Protagonist, in Frances Harpers `Iola Leroy` Asmarani, Ratna
English Language and Literature International Conference (ELLiC) Proceedings Vol 1 (2017): 1st ELLiC Proceedings: `Innovation, Trends, and Challenges in English Language Learnin
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Semarang

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The aim of this paper is to analyze how the female protagonist in Harpers novel entitled Iola Leroy, although a mulatto, embodies the spirit of black feminism. To carry out the analysis, feminist literary criticism is used as the frame of analysis linked with gynocriticism. Several concepts concerning black feminism including empowerment, solidarity and sisterhood are used to support the frame of analysis. The result shows that the female mulatto protagonist, who does not know that she has black blood, all of a sudden experiences real slavery. This harsh turning point on her previously comfortable life leads to her new insight about slavery, about her race, and about her personal existence as a woman. The last point results not only in the emergence of the spirit of black feminism but also in the application of this spirit to other blacks, especially the black women. The convergence of thought and action makes the female mulatto protagonist turns out from the victim of slavery into the agent of change for the black race.
DEKONSTRUKSI BUDAYA KEKUASAAN DALAM CA BAU KAN KARYA REMY SYLADO Asmarani, Ratna
Sabda: Jurnal Kajian Kebudayaan Vol 10, No 2: 2015
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro

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The focus of analysis in this paper is about how the power of the powerful is deconstructed by people in the peripheral sphere. The male protagonist, Tan Peng Liang, is a peripheral Chinese man who does not only deconstruct the central power controlled by powerful ruler of different race, but he also deconstructs the power of the Chinese committee officially established by the colonizer. On the other side, Tinung, ca bau kan Jodo River, is a poor, illiterate Javanese woman who deconstructs Tan Peng Liang’s power. Using Derridean deconstructive approach towards the text, it can also be known that the deconstructive attempts applied by Tan Peng Liang tend to be deliberate, full of calculated power, using all means, with the purpose of gaining profit and power. On the other side, Tinung’s deconstructive attempts tend to be accidental, soft and natural, based on the power of the powerless, but have no purpose of gaining profit or power for herself.
PEREMPUAN DALAM PERSPEKTIF KEBUDAYAAN Asmarani, Ratna
Sabda: Jurnal Kajian Kebudayaan Vol 12, No 1: 2017
Publisher : Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro

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This paper aims to analyze women from a cultural perspective based on R.A. Kartini’s thoughts and struggles. The focus of the study is on R.A. Kartini’s thoughts and struggles concerning the custom of “pingitan” (seclusion), non-schooling culture, and polygamy culture closely related to the life of Javanese noble women. This paper also analyzes the perspective underlying the thinking and struggle of R.A. Kartini. The last discussion critically analyzes R.A. Kartini’s thoughts and struggles to devise a study of feminism that touches the root of Indonesian culture which would be very appropriate to study women's problems in local culture. The result of the study shows that the thinking and struggle of R.A. Kartini are sharpened and hegemonized by Western thinking about emancipation and equality when criticizing the existence of Javanese noble women in the custom of seclusion, non-schooling culture, and polygamy culture.