Gender stereotypes reflected in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

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Rinayati, Isnaini Ainun (2017) Gender stereotypes reflected in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

Little Women tells about the struggle of the four March sisters named Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy in facing their life. The main character of Little Women is Josephine who turns into a woman in a society in America during Victorian age. The aim of this research is to analyze how the character of Josephine March and gender stereotypes portrayed in society in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. This study which the writer conducts is using descriptive method. In this method, there are two types of data source, namely primary and secondary data source. The primary data source is the novel and the secondary data is other materials related to the study. This study is using New Criticism and Stereotype theory. The result of the study shows the following conclusion. Firstly, based on the analysis it shows that the character of Josephine March is tomboy and reacts with impatience to the many limitations placed on women and girls. She hates romance in her real life, and wants nothing more than to hold her family together. She is short-tempered, independent and ambitious girl in achieving her goals. She is also opinionated and outspoken, she always express her opinion or feelings in every situation. Secondly, Little Women is a novel that was written in modern era, exactly in nineteenth century. The Nineteenth Century is often called the Victorian age. In the novel women are stereotyped as weak, passive, dependent, content, domestic, familial, illogical, emotional, stick persistently to the tradition and manner. In contrast, men are stereotyped as powerful, active, brave, worldly, logical, rational, independent, individual, able to resist temptation, tainted, ambitious, and sphere in public. Thirdly, Jo challenges the normative patriarchal society and she defies society at the time. In this novel described that Josephine change some stereotypes of woman at the time, such as being an independent, ambitious, powerful, active and brave.

Key words:
Stereotype, Patriarchal, independent

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Item Type: Thesis (Undergraduate)
Creators:
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Rinayati, Isnaini Ainunisnainiainunrinayati@gmail.comUNSPECIFIED
Subjects: Sastra
Keywords: Stereotip Gender
Divisions: Fakultas Adab dan Humaniora > Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Rinayati Isnaini Ainun
Date Deposited: 01 Aug 2017 07:11
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2017 07:11
URI: http://digilib.uinsa.ac.id/id/eprint/17977

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