Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)

Subjectivity of Women in the Work of Seno Gumira Adjidarma Drupadi (A reconstruction)

Authors
Ratih Ika Wijayanti, Suma Riella Rusdiarti
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Ratih Ika Wijayanti
Available Online March 2019.
DOI
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.4How to use a DOI?
Keywords
drupadi; gender; feminist criticism; reconstruction; subjectivity
Abstract

This paper discusses the reconstruction of Drupadi's character as a strategy to present the subjectivity of women in the novel Drupadi by Seno Gumira Adjidarma. Drupadi is the retelling or the renewal of the epic Mahabharata which focuses on Drupadi as the female character in the story. As the representation of women, Drupadi in the novel Drupadi is presented with a new construction differ from the previous construction in Mahabharata both the Indian and the Javanese version (Serat Baratajuda). The method used in this study is the literary review with feminist perspective reading, and the application of feminist literary criticism reading as a woman. In its process, structural analysis is also applied to reveal gender issues within the narrative structure of the novel and the proof of Drupadi as the leading character of the story. The result of the study shows that the novel Drupadi is reconstructing Drupadi from Serat Baratajuda and retracing it back to the Indian version of Mahabharata. This reconstruction also shows a repudiation of women's weakness in the story of Mahabharata both Indian and Javanese versions by presenting the subjectivity of women through Drupadi's character, as well as denunciations over father/male lineage and myths of virginity.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Second Conference on Language, Literature, Education, and Culture (ICOLLITE 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
March 2019
ISBN
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icollite-18.2019.4How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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