The New Female Image: Dewi Ayu’s Feminist Consciousness in Cantik Itu Luka

Mundi Rahayu, Nahdia Aurelia Aurita

2018

Abstract

Eka Kurniawan’s novel “Cantik Itu Luka” is his first major novel successfully constructs the main female character, Dewi Ayu, which is unique, controversial and heartbreaking. This study aims to analyze the main female character, Dewi Ayu, in “Cantik itu Luka.” This study argues that although the main character is not a native Javanese woman, she represents herself as a woman that is able to challenge traditional stereotypes. Based on the data analysis, Dewi Ayu’s characterization, acts and actions it can be concluded that she builds feminist consciousness. She can be called new woman because the new character is able to challenge traditional stereotypes of Dutch and Javanese woman, which is mostly characterized by obedience to man and social norms under patriarchal society. It can be found out from the analysis that Dewi Ayu feminist consciousness challenges the social norms through her rebellious spirit, self-reliance, bravity, determined, and leadership.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rahayu M. and Aurelia Aurita N. (2018). The New Female Image: Dewi Ayu’s Feminist Consciousness in Cantik Itu Luka.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI, ISBN 978-989-758-458-9, pages 634-640. DOI: 10.5220/0009913606340640

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icri18,
author={Mundi Rahayu and Nahdia Aurelia Aurita},
title={The New Female Image: Dewi Ayu’s Feminist Consciousness in Cantik Itu Luka},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,},
year={2018},
pages={634-640},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009913606340640},
isbn={978-989-758-458-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Recent Innovations - Volume 1: ICRI,
TI - The New Female Image: Dewi Ayu’s Feminist Consciousness in Cantik Itu Luka
SN - 978-989-758-458-9
AU - Rahayu M.
AU - Aurelia Aurita N.
PY - 2018
SP - 634
EP - 640
DO - 10.5220/0009913606340640