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Female supporting characters and patriarchy in Adichie’s imitation and the arrangers of marriage Niken Elysia Dwiyanti; Rini Susanti Wulandari
Proceedings of English Linguistics and Literature Vol. 5 (2026)
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Semarang

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This study analyzes two short stories written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Imitation and The Arrangers of Marriage, in which women sustain patriarchal expectations in marriage through their closest relationships. The study aims to examine how female supporting characters normalized patriarchal expectations in marriage and how this normalization affects the way the protagonists understand and negotiate their positions in marriage. Using Bartky’s concept of internalized patriarchy and Kandiyoti’s patriarchal bargain, this research applies a descriptive qualitative approach, utilizing close reading to examine the dialogues, narration, and actions performed by characters within both narratives. The research results show that it is not only men’s authority that creates patriarchal expectations, but also the daily interaction among women. The research also shows that the protagonists actively negotiate their positions within the patriarchal system, rather than completely rejecting it. This study concludes by showing that women can also play a role in reproducing patriarchal expectations with other women.
Representation of Intense Loneliness Through Speech Acts in White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Vita Rizqillah Noza; Rini Susanti Wulandari
Proceedings of English Linguistics and Literature Vol. 5 (2026)
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This study aims to explore illocutionary types in White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky and to examine how the illocutionary acts represent intense loneliness experienced by the narrator in the novel using Searle’s Speech Act Theory. This study applies a qualitative descriptive method by analyzing the narrator’s utterances that contain illocutionary acts, which were collected through a close-reading technique. After collecting the data, the researcher categorized the utterances into different types of illocutionary acts. The study found that in White Nights, there are 61 utterances identified as illocutionary acts. They consist of 22 expressive, 19 assertive, 11 directive and 9 commissive, while declarative speech acts were not found within the literary work. In the study, the author categorized each type of these illocutionary acts to identify and examine how they represent the narrator’s intense loneliness. In addition, the narrator’s incapacity to form a relationship, his needs for emotional understanding, fears of being rejected are reflected through each type of illocutionary acts. These findings indicate that speech acts are not only used to identify and interpret the intended meaning behind the character’s utterances but also provides a deeper explanation of how intense loneliness is represented through language use in the literary works.
Women’s Abandonment in Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s Short Stories “Sabrina & Corina" and “Ghost Sickness” Yulia Harnisa; Rini Susanti Wulandari
Proceedings of English Linguistics and Literature Vol. 5 (2026)
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This study investigates the representation of and responses to women's abandonment in Kali Fajardo-Anstine's short stories Sabrina & Corina and Ghost Sickness. Rather than defining abandonment solely as an act of physical separation, this research approaches it from two interconnected perspectives: as a socio-economic condition resulting from the breakdown of family structures and as a form of psychological trauma rooted in early childhood "father hunger." Using a qualitative descriptive method and Simone de Beauvoir's concept of "the Other" as its theoretical framework, the study analyzes how the female protagonists, Sabrina and Ana, negotiate their marginalized identities. The findings demonstrate that abandonment extends beyond the experience of loss, functioning instead as a process of existential erasure in which women are reduced to objectified and subordinate positions within a patriarchal social order.