Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2022): September vol:3 2022

SEXIST LANGUAGE IN VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NOVEL MRS DALLOWAY (CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS)

Poetryku Syahara Noh (Universitas Hasyim Asy’ari Tebuireng Jombang)
Elisa Nurul Laili (Universitas Hasyim Asy’ari Tebuireng Jombang)
Marginingsih Marginingsih (Universitas Duta Bangsa Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Sep 2022

Abstract

The use of language as a medium of daily communication is only as a tool to facilitate language understanding without realizing that there is an element of discrimination against a particular gender. Sexist language is often found in novels that demonstrated to real life where people associate and deal with stereotypes in society. This research proposes to explain and describe the sexist language types of the main characters found in Mrs. Dalloway novel based on Sara Mills’ theory. The research used a qualitative method by applying a critical discourse analysis. The words, phrases, and sentences from monologues and dialogues reflecting sexism in the novel become the data of the research. Data collection techniques used library techniques, namely documents. The data analysis technique used data reduction, data display, and verification techniques. The results of this research show that Sara Mills sexism theory categorizes sexist language into overt and covert sexism. In Mrs. Dalloway novel, there are four types that are consisted of overt sexism: naming, dictionaries, generic pronouns and nouns, and non-parallel terms. For the covert sexism, there are two types in the novel: presuppositions and metaphor.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

FRASA

Publisher

Subject

Arts Humanities Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences

Description

Frasa: English Education and Literature Journal is a journal of English education, literature, and linguistics. This journal must be written in English. Each issue contains essays on a wide range of authors and literary texts in English, aimed at readers within schools, universities, and colleges. ...