The dehumanization of women in the w.s rendra’s blues untuk bonnie anthology

Authors

  • I Ketut Sudewa Indonesian Literary Studies Program, Faculty of Literature and Culture, Udayana University-Indonesia

Keywords:

Women, Appreciate, Powerlessness, Social services, Dehumanization

Abstract

Many social problems expressed by Rendra in the poetry anthology Blues Untuk Bonnie, such as matters of love and lives of women. Rendra exposing this problem because he loved women, especially his mother. Women’s life issues of his concern were the dehumanization of women. The dehumanization of women in this anthology discussed with the sociological theory of literature and semiotics. The method used is qualitative research method in the form of a literature study. The results showed that Rendra discloses various forms of dehumanization experienced by the women, especially in the sexual and other social services. Dehumanization of women committed by officials or people who have a lot of money. Rendra explained that concern with proper diction so that the message conveyed easily understood by the reader. In semiotics, the meaning behind the dehumanization of women in society should be able to appreciate women as human beings. Sociologically, the dehumanization of women caused by the powerlessness of women, both economically and physically.

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Published

2016-07-01

How to Cite

Sudewa, I. K. (2016). The dehumanization of women in the w.s rendra’s blues untuk bonnie anthology. International Journal of Linguistics, Literature and Culture, 2(2), 101–111. Retrieved from https://sloap.org/journals/index.php/ijllc/article/view/99

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2: July 2016

Section

Research Articles
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