Journal of Arabic Literature (Jali)
Vol 4, No 2 (2023): Journal of Arabic Literature (Jali)

GENDER DECONSTRUCTION IN AL KHALLAT+

Muhammad Irfan Maulana (Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga)
Falih Hilmi Adi (University of Jordan)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 Sep 2023

Abstract

Alkhallat+ is one of the films from Saudi Arabia published on Netflix featuring four themes about deceit. The interesting part of this film is the existence of misogynistic values by the author that can bring out the opposite meaning of favoring women. This research will analyze the gender issue in the film using Jacques Derrida's Deconstruction theory, which brings the concept of binary opposition to gender. This theory is used to explore the idea of deconstruction reflecting misogynistic values in the movie. The result reveals that "the other" means women are not weak and susceptible creatures. Women can feel with their hearts if something terrible happens. Men also need women. This idea also rejects the stigma that all men can live alone without the help of women, whom men consider weak and less powerful.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jali

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

Journal of Arabic Literature (Jali) (ISSN Print: 2746-0118 and E-ISSN: 2722-5585) is a journal of Arabic Literature focused on literary studies, such as literary history, literary theories, literary criticism, and others. The article must be written in either Arabic or English. JaLi: Journal of ...