CITRA PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL PEREMPUAN YANG MENANGIS KEPADA BULAN HITAM KARYA DIAN PURNONO (KAJIAN FEMINISME)

Novel Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam karya Dian Purnomo ini with a feminist perspective that aims to fight for changes in the hierarchical structure between men and women into equal rights, status, opportunities, and roles in society. For this reason, the researcher examines the image of the main character in this novel. Image is the impression that a person gets based on his knowledge and understanding of reality. This study aims to answer two problems, namely first, how is the image of the female main character, and how is the image of the female main character towards feminist views. The method used is descriptive qualitative. In this study, the data source used is a document or a collection of sentences containing feminism. While the data collection technique is literature study, namely by recording documents or archives that are closely related to the research objectives. The results of the analysis show that the image of women contained in the novel Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam includes the physical image of women, the psychological image of women, and the social image of women. The image of the woman reveals the image of the woman contained in the image novel Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam. While the social image of women includes the role of women in the family and the role of women in society, as well as in the perspective of feminism, women's issues, the main character tries hard to oppose this culture. A culture that is not at all favorable to women. &nbsp