PERLAWANAN TOKOH PEREMPUAN BALI SEBAGAI KORBAN ADAT DALAM NOVEL KASTA KARYA WITRI PRASETYO AJI SEBUAH KAJIAN FEMINISME MULTIKULTURAL

Abstract

Sukma, Ivon Bella. 2018. "Resistance of Balinese Women Figures as Indigenous Victims in Kasta Novel by Witri Prasetyo Aji A Multicultural Feminism Study". Essay. Strata I Program in Indonesian Literature. Semarang. Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Diponegoro University. Advisor I Laura Andri R.M., S.S., M.A. Advisor II Fajrul Falah, S.Hum., M.Hum. Novel Kasta by Witri Prasetyo Aji tells the story of a girl named Ida Ayu Ade Maharani or called Rani, is a girl with brahmana castes or the highest caste in Bali. I Made Widya Sari is a girl bearing the Sudra caste or the lowest caste. Living in a place that upholds customs makes Rani and Sari get a different treatment in accordance with the caste carried besides that the two female figures get a form of oppression so that they form a form of rebellion. The method used is descriptive qualitative by using three stages, including: providing data with written sources as a reference related to this research, data analysis method using structural theory and multicultural feminism begins with sequence analysis as supporting data analysis, presentation of results namely describing the results of the analysis of existing data using structural theory and multicultural feminism. The results of the analysis of literary criticism of multicultural feminism show that a woman can become a victim of customary rules if she is in a very unsupportive state, one of which is to force the will of various parties that restrict women to choose their way of life to maintain tradition. The form of labeling women based on certain criteria is very detrimental to women, especially for lower-class women, they will get more forms of sexual violence and forms of emotional repression Keywords: custom, resistance, feminism, multicultural, female.