The characteristics of women's image in a novel of entrok by okky madasari: A study of literary criticism in ideological feminism

Abstract

—This research aims at revealing the image characteristics of a transitional and feminist woman in a novel by Okky Madasari through ideological feminist literary criticism. This research uses qualitative descriptive method where ‘Entrok’ novel by Okky Madasari becomes as the data source. Technique of data collection applied is content analysis, while technique of validity is source triangulation. For technique of data analysis used in this research is an interactive analysis model with three components of data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The findings discover two main things, that is the image of a transitional and feminist woman. In the story, Sumarni is a female figure who plays as a transitional woman as well as the image of a feminist woman.