THE PORTRAIT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SOCIAL UNFAIR TREATMENT IN GLORIA NAYLOR'S THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE.

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TSf, FORTRAN

OT

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND

SOCIAL

UNTAJR

TREATMENT

IN CLORIA

NAYIOR'S

ME

WOMEN OF BREVSTER

PLACE

stbdnfuti,

Pdtial

hililtw,t

oJk ,ccLitttutt3

Fot th. DesE.

oJsdi@

sa''a

BY:

AGRY

PRIMITA

06185t89

f,NGLISE Df,PARTMENT

FACULTY

OT

Lf,TTf,R9ANDALAS IJNIVERSITY

PAI}ANG

ABSTRAK

Dal!fr

sklpsi

i.i

penulis frengMalisis

skaligrs nefr.Frkan

k keraen

dallm tumah tan8aa seia

diskinin6i

sosial terhadap m$ydakat kulit bitlm di

Brew$ft Plae Amerika. Paparan teebul iercanbd

jel$

ddlm k0rya Glori. Naylor

yans berjudur

fts

oheh

aI

The are\9ier Pt

.e, .ovel

ini

nenssambarkr

kehidup.n 7 o@g per€npue kulit bilam

'€ng

s@l denco kekerren rumdh hn8aa

Dalm

nengealkis novel ini penulis meneeunakm

tori

leninis minorito

black

le,tinils,

6e&ait^r

denea. kehidupan wmita

lalit

hibm yang endetung

menjadi pihak yane dirindas di kehidupm doneslik

sia

pergaulu sosial. Pcnulis

ncngaunako teori

y

g dipeloFri oleh

Bebm

Snitn

dd

nelihahya dari sudul

td&ng

ck$resil dinba.danya kelerkaibn ide,

pikiH

Ehupun

!.ngalmd

hidup

en8 penga@g dalam suatu karya.

Dui

Malie novel ini pendlh nenenukd

/Ddle

dppre$2,r yans

dialmi

oleh peEmpuan

kulit

hih.

Dalam

k€hidup

domeslilq _D€Mpuan

leebut

didgeap sbasai tunbal yang sangal palut untuk dielankan ksent peliknya naslan

pcrekonomia di Anerika sdr iru, senenran di kehidupan sosial peremPum kulit

hiM

smsatdidoninasi eitaditindsoleh neeka yae berkulil putih.Ierlcpas dari

pemslans

tdg

lersanber, novel ini nenjadi unik dm islimem

kffins

kdujuh

pe€mpud

lolit

hitan yang menjadi lokoh

snt6l

dalm novel ini &tap dampu

benand dibawsi

cknm

kehidupso donestik sena linCkrngan sosial. Kama

kesamen skan kednya kehidupu, kelujuh pe@mpum ini pun memgk

i

hidnp

besms dirunrn s$un di BEusrer Plt&.

Dhdt

keaiaibm nuncul, mcrcka

DelN

adMya ik

td

Frt!

addta

ie

nyams dengon mereka hidup b€Nana. jauh dan

r.1 The Brcksround orTheR€search

F$,inis'n

molcment

is

!

huge phenom€non. Evc.y

noq

bd

thcn

soncn s idca kcep _{sruwi g Mn}

$il

dcbaldblc. Ihc idas ol qoncn lilEralion

and fiel't alaiN( the painrchy

slncn

h.rc plat.d !ngnilicanr ntc 1n building

ard

Flninnlg $c novc.renl offenalc libanlion

lcallzr

il o, nor loda!

sc

are

still

lirirg

in a

wo

d

dli

kccp thc pahidchal sy$cn _ercws

wcll.

\Vonen

m

sill

in r|c scond nosition.

uid$

r

otprcssion. &d conlrollcd

b]

mcn. womcn jusr _{kno$ Rh.r thcl nn6r do, nor}

*hal$e)

havc ro decidc. As lhu alLctuiu Lo

nsbr the patriarchy systen woncn do somc actions. onc ol lhcm is thmush thc

lnerdy qorld.

\\'oncn

shrE,

*'ir.

a.,l

cnriciTe

hos th.

s.cir$ lr..ts

thcn

lerLctly

this is

nol!n

easy work. bnt soDcn kecF slru$ling rhrotrah this say.

Worncn de rrealed unldnlv

dd

cruclly. dcy nalc 1o lace scxhm lron

n.n

shom

vie*

wofr..

as xlhir8 sho shoukl nor lo be respeclcd

Sincc Ece

a(.

h:con.s lhc main is$rc in fotnrisl movenerl. this eforr bcconins ha.der roward thc black son)cn. Jley

h.!c

to l:rcc conplctcly mlair

rE1m.nl

liofr

hlack lren and even \Lhite

\oncn

also bccone dn obs@le lor

rhem ro bc indca.nd.mi lhcy lacc rhc

*xisn

ol

biack ncn a.d rb.

€!i$

ol

whirc womcn As l,adcia Il ill Collins

$atd

nr ,Derrrng

A/,.*

/ eninnt _{Tho Eht}

-r\e

Ba.^

l.n.r,

Vo\cncir

La

lor.cd.oaddrc-r\esa).

e$sr.

i.cism.

hl,.l

nan of rl,r

lllftk

Libcrdri.n Movcfr.nt dnd

whit

$onrn

in thc W.mcn\

MovcoEna (10).1he pasec. strcughcns thc _roal

olbbck

Lminisl mov.mcrl,

fd

lron

sexisn md mcisD. Moreoler

fnc&

,^mcrice

roder

.lso d€.r.nd

thcn ncdis to bc fulfillcd. Those e.ds colld

b.

sclJrrtualizrlion.

{hcE

c!er-huhx. b.jn!feels liec lo do

mldtuc

in

rclc[in!

drc achicvcnrnrs in lifc.

Mtrwhilc in

Ud1ed SL{es. feninGm novencnl

h.s

been _erosi'rg

amund sin.e 1910. Jhe

lowei

posilion

ol

^liicm

Amcncm

$omcn in Amcric,

has b€cn bsam€ UE ndin nsLrc

ol

black

Lmirisl

{rnrLers and

.ctivhh

ir

d1e Ljnncd Sldcs. Since the pnrblcn

ol

bl..k

Nonen secnrs

lcrl

conLplic ed atrd

hddcr tha.

oln.s

phcDoDcnon

ol

rcminisl nxrvemenl b€LR.

dc

$nrr

hns

c6o*r

The Wonen.l

Brcestt l/d.e

by Clori! Naylor

6

the novel that h g.ing

ClorirNayl.ris

mAticm-Ancricd

lenalc mitei who bralely explores

rhe condition or her pcoplc tltroqh the lncm4 work. This novel is her fiNt Fork

wherc shc

d.s.

bes sone d.'ncslir vn,l.nco

ud

yri.l

untun

hrhcnl

bs&J

Aliican-Amcncan

qonrr. wi$

h.r incrcdibl. abiliry ni $itnre ord buiLdlnE lhe

dmatic

story, this

sork

gcls so

nmy

apprcciatio.s

fmD

nMy

panies.

Moreor.r, in this novcl thc Eadc^

ak.

nnJ

$frc

olhrrlJe*on.l

erl.ric

.es xs

AliicarAmcrictr

rond

aJi-cctcd drc slory.

Hci

p.Mrd

exp.rierces havc

stc.erlEncd rhe reader lo rhe sense oloppiessions llced

bt

black wonen md hns

nh.nl'].

ih.n

liri.sed

r,

b.

'lhc

_{novcl lalks abour a paintul lifc}

ed

_ultinalcly

ol

_hopc.

Th.

_book

dnl bd

badly croqded

ro.

Tleir envnoment nutbcr

coDplicate

cir liv.s.

l

his work is quitc complicalql,

ilm

ee s.

mny !&lnchs

descnbcd int iacistr.

Eligion, ed@tior\ dre lesahy

of

presmcy.

fuily

rclalioship, p@d!ood,

povcrtr, lesbian issucs. uttan violencc, sinerhood

sd

ofcouN

nalc doninatio..

1hc womcn

e

forced to

oiy

on

ach

oin$ whcn lhe

s.ild

s4ns

to shut them our. DespiF dret dijfcrcnces,

Ire

Wonen

ofBrevst

Place

isb.vAb!

ase*e

ol coonunilr

dd

sislcrh@d that cnabl6 thcn lo dcal with everyday press@s

$cy

fu

in rhe

'nale dominalion socicty in $hich rh.y livc.

Tlee

@

seveEl

reaors

why the

wiler

chooss

to

mlyze

Glonr

Naytor's The wonch af Bters,.r /'>/a.e lo LE analyzcd. liiEl, as ore

oflite€ry

c

on, Cloria Nayrois

Th!

tttoneh

af

q'eEiet

Placa

is

bclicvcd

s

one

of

herary works which conrained the issue

of

black feDinisl Rhich cloined as

fcminisn

n,inrily

wl,erc irs cxhlcne uscd to bc igndrcd cspcciallt in Anffica.

smndly.

the

*rite.

is inteBtcd in

ealtzine

lhe shggles ol Afican-,^oerice

Romen to

sNivd

in a vorld rhal never

b*.

ldnd

lo

lhcn jusl

b(auc

thcy

dc

blnck- Airican-Americe

roner

cxncrienccd racisfr

lidfr

whiLe pe.nle. They

al$

sdllcrcd

lnn

black mcn. flre oppression in domcstic

l

e happc0cd in my

relalion

b.!*en

n0lc

sd

{cMle

in

fmily. Il

could bc bctwcen husbmd

ed

wifc. fathtr aDd daushler lnd cv.n

nolhd

td

son runhennore.

tllck

qomen

c\pdi.nccd

exual

hffimcn!

abEive t

etncnl .nd

_eend4 dhcrimination.

'Itose olprssions sbich sere expenflced by

Aft@-Am-icm

women did not

just sL.ning rhcn up in a paintul lile,

hd

in the other side

it

has rahcd black

Thh novel is

lull

of drmaljc

lrascdi*

xni.h

sho{ domcstic

lioleNc

lo$dd

6c

blac( romenr phrsicrlly, Dsrchlosically

&n !$ball).

Physi€l

liedofr

colloctively and

$!r

opptssion creals

lnd

sLrensdels

6e

lcnule

bondi.q

ed

sistcrhood

eone lhcn.

r'he

$Njvd

of Afican-lncrican vomen

cm be seen in inen strussle ag6insL ndle donirlLion in rem of nMiuse tuld

sdnl

ljfc

6

*cli

s

lhc poler1y B€sidcs, rhis

re*t.h

ainx to didnrguish somc

opprdsioB dut erpcnened by scrcn

llro-Arnerid

$onen

s

Etlectcd nr

fte

Won n

ol

Bldnet

Plae

6<t dlso

lo

descnbc &e

sheelc ol

Afto-Anoncd

woncn in _sdining thcir

sllacrulization.

lhcrclorc this $curuh uDLirles Th. I,o.lnit of Donrcstic

$olcn€

atrd Social Unlair'I reaLncnl in Clona

Na'lor\

?h.

llane n of Bte,sler P loca .

1.2 Thc ldentitcatio! oaTte Problen

cloria r'arloas

7r.

tvohh of

Rleatd

Pla.z pnnnys black womcn'

life.

hov

ihc sevcn Nomcn

in $e

nov.l: Matlie

lticbel,

Ilra

MN

Johnen.

KjsNo! DroMq

Lu.icllia LouGc'lnmcr. Coru t,ee and Tbe lwo (l-or.ine md

1he€sa)

hatd i.

socicty, snrce

il

hd

ban crucial issuc ot bldck lunlinisr lhar

tley de discininltod in lifci social liIc, worting lifc, doneslic liie, nce, cl6s .nd _sendcr. nre)

ty

to iieht asains he shite to have lhe sme riBli did lessn

r&isn

1he rescanh focuscs on 6e bldok nohcn posilion: in donrcsric lifc, hoq

they oppressed

bt

hlmk ncn, unfan

ftol,ncnl ih

scxual lifc

dd

how is thcy

CI'APTER V

coNcLtisIoN

Rl.cl lcninhn

is a thcory qhich is prcposd by Bebea Smilh. ln his

tlreorr, she describes the way black wonen voicc

rhci

cxp.ncncc as black

{onen

who livc

ude!

double oppEssio4

*xisn dd

rdcisn. Snith s deor}

Blacl Fcninkn in

id

cssay

loward

a

Black

Fminist Criticism

lays a

loundation lor rhe explosion olboth

Blet

lemirisl critiMl

rlErr

dd

$.

credive

witings

of

Blact woner

in

the 1970s

md

1980s IIer

dsment

exposcs thc

llaws ofconsidcnng litcraturc lhnugh cnher the cxcluivc

las

of rmc. ss lrbck

lnenry crni.ism

t

nds to do, or the cxclusive lens of gcndcr,

d

prcdoninantl!

wlit€

leninisl cnticism tends to do. She sulges$ tha! ir h Black ronen who de in 1hc bcsl posilion to crcalc an

.f.clive

criricisn

rh.l

pmvinrs nn

inr's'u(d

consid eml ion oi thc roles played by rac. _aendcr.

cldi

andscru,liry in liL$!1rtr. The applicalion of Black femirism

ce

aho be

foud

in literary warks

Gloria Nayrors

lrr

t'.,.,

07

ar.,'./

P/,.e is onc of lilcnry works which conkin

ihe issue

ol

tsLa.k Feminisd In lhc novcl.

an.r

analyrng the noyel

of

OJoria

Nnylor,

ihe

triler

cones

to a

conclBio.

that wonen

N

still

Dder

the

doDinllion

olncn

esp.cially in thc

bl!.k

onndit

in Soulhm Ancrica. Tnc

doneslic violcncc such as physical, v.rbal and psycholosical abuse

in 6ltut

fmily

omtred

in the snuadon of poleny md depEssio. of black wonen. Tne

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