Existential Feminism in the Novel Satin Merah and the Novel Wanasitu Anni Imra'ah

Abstract

This research is motivated by the increasing cases of sexual violence experienced by women in various parts of the world, which may be due to the fact that in the last few decades sexual violence has become a pressing global issue. The purpose of the study is to compare the in depth depiction of the autonomy of freedom through the existence of women in Indonesian writers, and Egyptian writers. The data are in the form of words, sentences, and paragraphs in both novel's. The data sources in the study are the novel Satin Merah by Brahmanto Anindito and Rie Yanti and the novel Wanasitu Anni Imra'ah "Aku Lupa bahwa Aku Perempuan" translated by Syahid Widi Nugroho. The data collection technique uses the Listen, Note, and Focused Group Discussion techniques. The novel was read carefully, parts containing the existence of women were identified, tabulated, and coded. The data validation used was the triangulation method. The analysis techniques in the study are heuristic and hermeneutic techniques. The results; The novel's Satin Merah and Wannasitu Anni Imra'ah found the classification of existentialist feminism, namely the body as a situation, the body as a power of perception, the body as an obstacle. Both novel's have similarities in describing the existence of women's existence as a result of social pressure that limits women's freedom. The difference lies in the different focus, the novel Satin Merah on the sexual side while the Wanasitu Anni Imra'ah novel is the role of culture on women's existence.