CRITIQUING THE DISCOURSE ON WOMEN IN THE EDO ERA: INTERTEXTUAL STUDIES OF ARIYOSHI’S HANAOKA SEISHŪ NO TSUMA

Authors

Nina Alia Ariefa, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas Al-azhar IndonesiaFollow
Melani Budianta, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas IndonesiaFollow
Dhita Hapsarani, Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya, Universitas IndonesiaFollow

Abstract

Under the Tokugawa clan, Japanese women’s position was declined throughout the Edo era (1603–1868). Almost one century afterwards, a female writer called Ariyoshi Sawako (1931–1984) raised the issue of female position in the Edo era through the novel Hanaoka Seishū no Tsuma (HSNT). This article will focus on two things. First is the exploration of the discourse of women in the Edo Era through three texts written during the era. The second part of the article will discuss the intertextuality of novel, with the discourse on women in the Edo era. New historicism method and Foucault’s concepts of discourse and power will be used to expose the patterns that make up the discourse on women. The article concludes that HSNT opens up various social and cultural issues in the Edo era related to women’s experience as a critique of the controlling discourse on women in the Edo period.

Bahasa Abstract

Di bawah klan Tokugawa, posisi wanita Jepang mengalami penurunan selama era Edo (1603-1868). Hampir satu abad setelahnya, seorang penulis wanita bernama Ariyoshi Sawako (1931-1984) mengangkat isu posisi wanita di zaman Edo melalui novel Hanaoka Seishū no Tsuma (HSNT). Artikel ini akan berfokus pada dua hal. Pertama, eksplorasi wacana perempuan pada zaman Edo melalui tiga teks yang ditulis pada zaman tersebut. Bagian kedua dari artikel ini akan membahas intertekstualitas novel dengan wacana perempuan di era Edo. Metode new historicism dan konsep Foucault tentang wacana dan kekuasaan akan digunakan untuk membongkar pola-pola yang membentuk wacana tentang perempuan. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahwa HSNT membuka berbagai isu sosial dan budaya pada zaman Edo yang berkaitan dengan pengalaman perempuan sebagai kritik terhadap wacana yang mengontrol perempuan pada zaman Edo.

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Recommended Citation

Ariefa, Nina Alia, Melani Budianta, and Dhita Hapsarani. 2023. CRITIQUING THE DISCOURSE ON WOMEN IN THE EDO ERA: INTERTEXTUAL STUDIES OF ARIYOSHI’S HANAOKA SEISHŪ NO TSUMA. Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya 13, no. 3 (December). 10.17510/paradigma.v13i3.1355.