PERLAWANAN PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL TEMPURUNG KARYA OKA RUSMINI

The research title "The resistance of Women in the Tempurung Novel by Oka Rusmini" is based on the social inequivalence of women within family and society. This resulted in the oppression of women experience the social environment. Eventhough, the women can express their ideas and struggle against the whole oppression or denial that they are experienced. The problems are what cause women to resistance and how the types of resistances of women to survive in local values. This study uses the theory proposed by Cixous about the women's resistances. It involves the woman's body and other things such as local values and parents rules that are considered no relevant today and get damage toward women because ofmen's authority. This case influences the status and women's role and causes the gap between men and women. However, it does not mean that the women keep silence within their positions but rather they must struggle to express their ideas and and possess the rights to be heard by men totally. The result of this study suggests us that the women may obtain their authorities toward their bodies, sexualities and distinctive experiences in striking against opposition and opression. The women may regain their rights of their bodies and realizes their bodies as a whole, thus acquire good treatment and equal opportunities as well as men. On opression, the women may encourage and stimulate their awareness toward the importance of their bodies in fighting and breaking of the conventional rules of society