JELTEC: Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature and Culture
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2023): JELTEC: Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature and Culture

Women’s Reistance Against Hegemony In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Ahmad Tohari’s Bekisar Merah: A Comparative Study

Pritania V. V. Mokalu (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Tini Mogea (Universitas Negeri Manado)
Elisabeth Z. Oroh (Universitas Negeri Manado)

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Publish Date
24 Mar 2023

Abstract

Hegemony is a dominance treatment from one to another. This article tried to compare women’s resistance against hegemony from novels. Lasiyah, the protagonist in Bekisar Merah, and Hester Prynne, the protagonist in The Scarlet Letter, both encountered oppressive hegemonic values from their patriarchal societies, namely Javanese and Puritans. Using Hegemony and Comparative Literature theories, this research reveals the two protagonists' resistance to hegemonic values, which caused them to become new people with new personalities and identities. They were also reborn. Both women were motivated by similar factors, such as pride and dignity, to engage resistance. Women, who are generally regarded as weak and powerless, are, in fact, strong and powerful.

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JELTEC: Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature and Culture
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Universitas Negeri Manado

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

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JELTEC: Journal of English Language Teaching, Literature and Culture is a peer-reviewed journal and published twice a year in the months of March and September; publishing research reports and conceptual analyses; within the fields of teaching English, English literature, culture, and linguistics. ...