KRITIK SOSIAL PADA PERSOALAN GENDER DALAM NOVEL PENGANTIN PESANAN KARYA MYA YE (KAJIAN SOSIOLOGI SASTRA)

Abstract

Andriyani, Rina. 2020. “Social criticism on gender issues in the novel order bride by Mya Ye: a review of the sociology of literature. Essay S1 Indonesia Literature. Faculty of Cultural Sciences Universitas Diponegoro. Semarang. One of the novels that contain social criticism is novel order bride by Mya Ye. This novel tells of the struggle of a woman who becomes a mail order bride by marrying a Taiwanese man, in order to improve her standard of living. Experienced by the character Sinta who sacrificed for her family for the future. After marriage, the life that Sinta lived was not what she wanted. She continued to work hard, took care of her husband, in-laws, and continued her business at the Ban Tiao Shop. This study aims to express social criticism on gender issues contained in the novel bride order by Mya Ye. the author uses two theories, namely the fictional structure theory and the sociological theory of literature, which are used to express the social criticism contained in this novel. The object of this research is Mya Ye ordered bridal novel published by PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama in 2018. The method used in this research is a qualitative description, data collection techniques, and data analysis techniques. The research results are in the form of social criticism on gender issues contained in the novel ordered bridal by Mya Ye, which include: themes and messages, characters and charaterizations, settings, plot and distribution, as well as the social criticism of proverty, criticism of human trafficking, criticism of gender issues, criticism of division in the family, criticism of social and religiois limitations. Keyword: order bride, social criticism, sociology of literature.