LILICS
Vol 1 No 1 (2022): Journal of Literature, Linguistics, and Cultural Studies (LILICS)

Agnes and Nicole's Sexual Discrimination in Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments

Mufarida, Lilis (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Oct 2022

Abstract

The phenomenon of sexism still existed in society. Sexism came from the negative stereotypes that assumes one gender is more valuable than the other. In this research, sexism was manifested in the literary work. One of them Margaret Atwood's The Testaments. This research aimed to describe the form of sexism experienced and it was effected by the main characters in Margaret Atwood's The Testaments. It will be focused on Agnes and Nicole. Then, it used feminist literary criticism method with feminism approach. This research sought to solve the research problems based on applying library research techniques by reading repeatedly and then taking a note. Then, the data were analyzed using the ambivalent sexism theory proposed by Glick and Fiske. The data analysis technique used content analysis. Content analysis was an in-depth analysis of the messages contained in a text. Furthermore, the finding data revealed that sexism experienced by the main characters, including: not being allowed to read and write, obligation to cover their body, arranged marriage, women constructed in domestic roles, and living in limited freedom. Then, the effect of sexism was revealed, including sexual harassment, objectification, internalized sexism, and alienation. Furthermore, the main characters' resistance is liberation and taking a mission.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

LILICS

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Subject

Arts Humanities Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

Description

The journal covers research or conceptual framework on literature, which includes literary history, literary theory, literary criticism, and many others. It also consists of linguistic issues in myriad branches, such as sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, ...