AN ANALYSIS OF FEMINISM AS REFLECTED IN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT S LITTLE WOMEN A THESIS BY LIANA YUNIKE MANURUNG Reg. No. 070705018 UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA FACULTY OF LETTERS ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEDAN 2010 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
First, I would like to praise and give Heavenly Father the Almighty God in the name of Jesus Christ the greatest honour who always gives me His blessings, guidance and spirit to finish this thesis. are: I would like to say thank to some lecturers who helped and guided to write this thesis, they 1. Dr. Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A as the Dean of Faculty of Letters in University of Sumatera Utara. 2. Dr. Drs. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S as the Head of English Literature Department in University of Sumatera Utara. 3. Dr. Dra. Nurlela, M.Hum as the Secretary of English Literature Department in University of Sumatera Utara. 4. Dra. Martha Pardede, M.S as my Supervisor and Dra. Syahyar Hanum, DPFE as my Co- Supervisor for the precious advices, supporting assistance and understanding that motivated me to finish this thesis. 5. Prof. Dra., Tengku Silvana Sinar, M.A., Ph.D as my Academic Supervisor for the encouragement during my study at English Literature Department in University of Sumatera Utara. I also thank all of my sisters in my lovely small group Famz in Christ : K Shera, Evy, Eva, Ana, Ayaqi, Herlina, Yulietha who always support me with their love, care, pray and attention. Thank you for everything that we have shared through all these years. May God Bless you all! I will never forget to thank my incredible loving, supportive, and great family, my Father D. Manurung and my lovely Mother B. Silalahi, I dedicate this thesis to them. Special thank them that had struggled, tried to full fill all of my needs and prayed for me all the time. Moreover, I thank my
brothers and sister Heri, Dicky, Meylani for their loving, caring, and kindness that encourage me to finish this thesis. I will always love you all forever more. Finally yet importantly, I would like to say thank to my best friend who always supports me and to my entire friends for their participation to help me to do and finish this thesis; Debora, Dewi Maya, Vita, Maya, Rinandes, Elisabeth, Citra and whose names cannot be put in this thesis. They will be in my heart. Thank a lot for everything that they have done for me. Finally, I hope this thesis will always be beneficial for the readers. Medan, Liana Yunike Manurung Reg. No 070705018
ABSTRACT Judul skripsi ini adalah An Analysis of the Aspect of Feminism in Louisa May Alcott s Little Women. Skripsi ini menganalisis tentang kehidupan wanita pada abad ke-19 yang menjadi tonggak dimulainya feminism yang tercermin melalui novel Little Women karya Louisa May Alcott. Metode yang digunakan dalam penulisan skripsi ini adalah metode analisis deskriptif. Kesimpulan dari skripsi ini adalah perempuan memiliki sifat feminisme yang ditunjukkan dari kepercayaan diri yang kuat dan dapat menghadapi masalah yang dahulunya perempuan dianggap tidak layak untuk itu. Perempuan juga bisa memberikan keputusan yang tepat untuk dirinya sendiri tanpa ada pengaruh dari orang lain.
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. i ABSTRACT.. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS. iv CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION.... 1 1.1 The Background of Analysis 1 1.2 The Problem of Analysis.. 3 1.3 The Objectives of Analysis.. 4 1.4 The Scope of Analysis. 4 1.5 The Significance of Analysis 4 1.6 The Theoretical Approach 4 1.7 The Theoretical Review 5 1.8 Reviews to related Literature 8 CHAPTER II : METHOD OF THE ANALYSIS. 9 2.1 Data Collecting Procedure 9 2.2 Data Selecting Procedure. 10 2.3 The Analyzing Procedure 10 CHAPTER III: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF FEMINISM 11 CHAPTER IV: AN ANALYSIS OF FEMINISM AS REFLECTED IN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT S LITTLE WOMEN 20 4.1 Women struggled against patriarchal culture 23 4.2 Women can work... 29
4.3 Women can make decision in self determination 36 CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS.. 51 4.1 Conclusion 51 4.2 Suggestions.. 51 BIBLIOGRAPHY APPENDIXES Appendix 1: Summary of Little Women novel Appendix 2: Biography of Louisa May Alcott