Female masculinity of adria ripoli in guy gavriel kay's a brightness long ago

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Alhamda, Shabilla Khusnia (2025) Female masculinity of adria ripoli in guy gavriel kay's a brightness long ago. Undergraduate thesis, UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya.

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Abstract

The study aims to examine Adria Ripoli's female masculinity in the novel A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay (2019). Adria is the youngest child of a Duke who lives in a patriarchal society. Adria is an adult unmarried woman who is ambitious and independent. She is also an assassin employed by her uncle. She functions her privileged life to live the life she wants. The researcher formulated two problems to be solved in this study: (1) how Adria Ripoli portrays masculinity in the novel and (2) how Adria Ripoli's masculinity affects her life. This research is a descriptive qualitative study of narratives and dialogues containing Adria's female masculinity in Guy Gavriel Kay's novel A Brightness Long Ago (2019). After finding the data relating to both research problems, the researcher analyzed Adria's female masculinity by interpreting it based on Judith Halberstam's female masculinity theory. Finally, the researcher concluded the findings. The researcher found that the female masculinity Adria performs, namely butch realness, femme pretender, and male mimicry. Adria often performs her female masculinity in everyday life. Female masculinity in her is overwhelming to the point that it affects other aspects of her life, namely her sexuality, hobby, occupation, and life decisions. Therefore, female masculinity has contributed to shaping who Adria is today.