Ratna Asmarani
Jurusan Sastra Inggris Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro

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Gender learning in Alice Munro’s short story entitled “Boys and Girls” Asmarani, Ratna
JEES (Journal of English Educators Society) Vol 8 No 1 (2023): April
Publisher : Universitas Muhammadiyah Sidoarjo

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21070/jees.v8i1.1688

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The issues around gender is inexhaustible since gender can be analyzed from many perspectives. The focus of this paper is to discuss the gender learning experienced by the young girl in a short story entitled “Boys and Girls” written by Alice Munro. The discussion includes the young girl’s gender defiance, gender learning, and gender acceptance. To support the discussion several issues around gender are reviewed. Besides a comprehensive definition of gender, issues concerning doing gender, gender identity, gender order, gender segregation, gender learning, gender presentation, gender display, and others are reviewed. The analysis is also combined with the conversation analysis by considering the influence of the language that leads to gender learning of the female character in the short story. The methods used are a combination of library research method with its close reading, qualitative method, and contextual method. The result shows that gender learning is inevitable especially in an isolated place. Although the young girl tries to defy the gender learning she finally has to accept it. This situation correlates with Simone de Beauvoir’s statement “ONE is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” (De Beauvoir, 1956: 273) in her phenomenal book The Second Sex. Thus, the short story implies that being a girl in a strict male context is not easy, she has to surrender to the gender roles that are constructed for her, and the chances to actualize herself is limited or even non-existent. HIGHLIGHTS: Gender construction is spread naturally through many ways, such as gender identity, gender order, gender display, or gender learning. The spread of gender construction can be done through daily examples or through language learning. Whatever gender defiance is carried out to escape from the gender construction, in the end, incessant gender learning results in gender acceptance.
Identity Crisis in Adolescents Experienced by the Main Female Character in Moxie Movie Dewi, Yunita Kumala; Asmarani, Ratna
Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies Vol 9, No 1 (2025): Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistics Study (June 2025)
Publisher : English Literature Study Program, Faculty of Humanities, Diponegoro University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/ca.v9i1.26895

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AbstractMoxie is a movie directed by Amy Poehler based on the novel of the same name, written by Jennifer Mathieu. This movie is about the main female character, a young girl called Vivian, who is in the process of finding her identity. This paper aims to analyze the identity crisis experienced by Vivian and shows the reader that an identity crisis is common in adolescence. This thesis uses Erik Erikson's concepts on identity crisis The focus is on the symptoms, causes, effects, and solution of identity crisis. The writer uses library research to collect relevant data and qualitative research to analyze the data. After conducting the analysis, the results show that Vivian faces various event at school and home. She experiences role confusion, discomfort, and emotional uncertainty, meaning that she experiences an identity crisis that usually occurs in adolescents as a transition process from childhood to adulthood. However, she finally can overcome her identity crisis.
The Struggles to Overcome Traumatic Deviant Sexual Abuses as Starkly Portrayed in “Funeral Rites” by Jack Dickson Ratna Asmarani; Inni Inayati Istiana; Tri Wahyuni
SAWERIGADING Vol 30, No 1 (2024): Sawerigading, Edisi Juni 2024
Publisher : Balai Bahasa Sulawesi Selatan

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26499/sawer.v30i1.1138

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The short story titled "Funeral Rites" is about deviant sexual activity in the form of forced incest in several underage victims. This study analyzed the deviant forms of sexual abuse, devastating trauma, and unique solutions for letting go of the trauma. This study uses Sigmund Frued’s theory of literary and psychosexual psychology. The research method used is qualitative, and the results are descriptive. The concepts used to support the analysis are the definitions of incest, pedophilia, bisexuality, homosexuality, and other related issues. The results show that there were sexual deviations, such as incest-pedophilia-heterosexual rapes and incest-pedophilia-homosexual rapes performed repeatedly by the same predator, the older person, who should protect and care for young victims. Leave devastating and haunting trauma to the under-age victim. The eldest victim finally finds a unique solution to reduce the traumatic effects that they have endured for years.  AbstrakCerpen berjudul "Funeral Rites" ini bercerita tentang aktivitas seksual menyimpang berupa inses paksa pada beberapa korban di bawah umur. Penelitian ini menganalisis bentuk-bentuk menyimpang dari pelecehan seksual, trauma yang menghancurkan, dan solusi unik untuk melepaskan trauma. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori sastra dan psikologi psikoseksual Sigmund Frued. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah deskriptif-kualitatif. Konsep yang digunakan untuk mendukung analisis adalah definisi inses, pedofilia, biseksualitas, homoseksualitas, dan isu-isu terkait lainnya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa ada penyimpangan seksual, seperti pemerkosaan inses-pedofilia-heteroseksual dan pemerkosaan inses-pedofilia-homoseksual yang dilakukan berulang kali oleh predator yang sama, orang tua yang seharusnya melindungi dan merawat korban muda. Korban tertua akhirnya menemukan solusi unik untuk mengurangi efek traumatis yang telah mereka alami selama bertahun-tahun.