Eksistensi Perempuan dalam Novel Dia Gayatri Karya Bre Redana (Kajian Feminisme Eksistensialis Simone de Beauvoir)

Fenomena bagaimana cara perempuan menunjukkan eksistensinya dan ketidakadilan yang dialami perempuan dalam novel Dia Gayatri karya Bre Redana menjadi latar belakang dilakukannya penelitian ini. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan representasi eksistensi perempuan di ranah domestik dan ranah publik serta terdapat strategi perlawanan yang dilakukan perempuan demi menunjukkan eksistensinya dalam novel Dia Gayatri karya Bre Redana berdasarkan penerapan teori feminisme eksistensialis Simone de Beauvoir. Jenis penelitian ini berupa penelitian kualitatif. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan penggunaan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Pendekatan penelitian yang digunakan berupa pendekatan objektif untuk memusatkan fokus perhatian pada teks. Sumber data penelitian berupa novel Dia Gayatri karya Bre Redana dan data penelitian meliputi kalimat maupun penggalan paragraf dalam novel Dia Gayatri yang telah dikumpulkan berdasarkan rumusan masalah penelitian. Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan studi kepustakaan. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan berupa teknik hermeneutik dengan menerapkan kritik sastra feminis yang dikemukakan oleh Soenarjati Djajanegara. Hasil penelitian ini meliputi (1) representasi eksistensi perempuan di ranah domestik berdasarkan aspek takdir, sejarah, dan mitos; (2) representasi eksistensi perempuan di ranah publik berdasarkan aspek takdir, sejarah, dan mitos; dan (3) strategi perlawanan yang dilakukan perempuan untuk menunjukkan eksistensinya berupa perempuan dapat bekerja, perempuan dapat menjadi seorang intelektual, perempuan dapat menjadi pelaku untuk transformasi sosial, dan perempuan menolak menjadi objek.

The phenomenon of how women show their existence and the injustice experienced by women in the novel Dia Gayatri by Bre Redana is the background of this research. The purpose of this study is to describe representation of women’s excistence in the domestic sphere and public sphere as well as the resistance strategies carried out by women to show their existence in the novel Dia Gayatri by Bre Redana based on the application of Simone de Beauvoir's existentialist feminism theory. This type of researchis in the form of qualitative research. This research was conducted using descriptive qualitative research method. The research approach used is an objective approach to focus attention on the text. The research data source is the novel Dia Gayatri by Bre Redana and the research data includes sentences and paragraph fragments in the novel Dia Gayatri that have been collected based on the formulation of research problems. The data collection technique is done by literature study. The data analysis technique used is hermeneutic technique by applying feminist literary criticism proposed by Soenarjati Djajanegara. The results of this study include (1) representation of women’s existence in the domestic sphere based on aspects of destiny, history, and myth; (2) representation of women’s existence in the public sphere based on aspects of destiny, history, and myth; and (3) resistance strategies carried out by women to fight for their existence in the form of women being able to work, women becoming an intellectual, women becoming actors for social transformation, and women refusing to become objects.