Sexuality Reflected In Ayu Utami’s Saman(1998): A Feminist Approach

The major problem of this study is to reveal sexuality which is reflected in Ayu Utami’s Saman . The objective if this study is to analyze the novel based on the feminist analysis. In analyzing Saman, the writer uses qualitative method and feminist approach. The data source consists of primary data and secondary data sources. The primary data source is the novel Saman itself and the secondary data source are the other sources related to the analysis such as books of literary, articles, reference about Saman novel and feminism. The method of the data collection is library research. The technique of data analysis descriptive analysis. The results of the study show the following conclusions. First, the structural element of the novel described the character and characterization, setting of time and place, plot, point of view, and theme. All of them are correlated to each other forming unity. Second, based on feminist perspective, sexuality was revealed with other descriptions of women`s participation, women`s right, women`s role and women`s position reflected in Ayu Utami`s SAMAN (1998) nove