Journal of Islamic Culture and Literature (JICel)

FEMALE CHARACTERS STRUGGLE TO FIGHT AGAINST THE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN THE NOVEL THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS BY ARUNDHATI ROY

2024-08-20T01:29:51+00:00

This study aims to determine the forms and impacts of patriarchal culture experienced by female characters in the novel The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy. This study uses a qualitative method with a feminist approach by using Simone De Beauvoir's Existential Feminism theory. The researcher collected data from the novel The God of Small Things using a note-taking instrument. The results of the analysis show that there are three forms of resistance to patriarchal culture in the novel The God of Small Things, namely women able to work, women are able to become intellectuals, and women can refuse service to their bodies. This study also found the impact of patriarchal culture on female characters in the novel, namely: subordination, discrimination, violence against women, sexual harassment, and trafficking of women. Therefore, the researcher found that Arundhati Roy's novel presented female characters who live under a patriarchal discourse that subjugates them to multiple oppressions of both race and gender-based discrimination.

MAIN CHARACTER STRUGGLING IN FACING THE BULLYING IN AMY SARIG KING’S EVERYBODY SEES THE ANTS

2024-09-27T09:44:31+00:00

This research is about the main character struggling facing the bullying in Amy Sarig King’s Everybody Sees the Ants. The objective of this research is finding out types of bullying and how the main character struggling facing the bullying. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. In analyzing the data, the researcher used theory psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud. The researcher used categorization which is categorize the types the struggles. In collecting the data, the researcher read the novel, note taking, and marked the sentence contain to the object. The result of this research shows that there are three types of bullying in the novel: physical bullying, verbal bullying and cyberbullying. Verbal bullying is the most happened in the novel. In addition, the main character mostly uses his superego rather than his id and ego in struggling facing the bullying.

Keywords: Bullying, Everybody Sees the Ants, Struggling, Types of Bullying, theory Psychoanalysis

THE ANALYSIS OF CULTURE SHOCK EXPERIENCED BY ERIN GRUWELL IN FREEDOM WRITERS (2007) MOVIE

2024-09-27T10:01:10+00:00

This research aimed at finding out the phases, effects, causes of culture shock experienced by Erin Gruwell as well as her strategies to overcome it. The research method used was descriptive qualitative method. The data were taken from Freedom Writers experienced by the main character, Erin Gruwell. Based on the results of the research, it shows that there are four phases of culture shock experienced by Erin Gruwell in Freedrom Writers namely the honeymoon Phase, the crisis phase, the recovery phase, the adjustment phase. The writer also found two causes of culture shock experienced by the character Erin Gruwell namely student factors and Injustice of School and Teaching Teams. Morover, the result shows that there are two affects that is appeared through the phases of culture shock, they are the positive effects includes better awareness and empathy, forcing herself to innovate in teaching, self confidence, and building realtionship with her students and negative effects including stress and emotional burden, personal sacrifice, and financial challenges. Furthermore, there are several stategies that Erin used, namely understanding and emphaty, innovation in teaching method, and collaborative approaches

ANALYSIS THE USE OF CODE SWITCHING AND CODE MIXING IN INSTAGRAM CAPTIONS OF INDONESIAN ARTISTS

2024-10-01T14:23:24+00:00

The purpose of the study is to analyze the codes switching and code mixing in the caption of Indonesian celebrity. The study USES the qualitative method and USES the code switching theory from hoffman (1991: 112) and USES the code mixing theory from muysken (2000). Studies are conducted on the social media object of instagram and are searching for captions of Indonesian artists. Studies have shown that switching and mixing codes on Indonesian celebrity instagram also reflect cultural and linguistic dynamics happening in society. They point to language adaptation and flexibility in the digital age, where a mixture of languages has become common in everyday communication. It also reflects social changes and globalization that affect the way people communicate and interact in social media.

Keywords: code switching, code mixing, caption, Instagram