FREEDOM OF THOUGHT IN THE FALL OF THE IMAM NOVEL BY NAWAL EL SAADAWI (1988): A GENETIC STRUCTURALISM APPROACH

The problem of the study is to reveal how Nawal El Saadawi’s worldview reflected in her novel The Fall of the Imam. The objective of the study is to analyze the novel based on its structural analysis and based on the sociological analysis. This study is qualitative study. The object of the study is The Fall of the Imam novel written by Nawal El Saadawi and translated by Sherif Hetata published in 1988 in Great Britain by Methuen London. The data sources are divided into two namely primary data source and secondary data source. The primary data source is the novel itself and the secondary data source is the other sources related to the analysis such as references, author’s biography, criticisms relation to the problems and material related to the study whether picking up from books or internet. The methods of data collection are documentation and library research. The technique of data analysis is descriptive analysis. Based on the analysis, the writer concludes that the novel is as an object in which the author presents her worldview. It happens when there is relationship between elements of the novel and social realities of the author