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International Review of Humanities Studies

International Review of Humanities Studies

Abstract

This paper aims to shed light on an emerging type of digital literature on X that acts as a medium for women to express their struggle and feelings in a patriarchal society. This new form of digital literature is novel for it has been popularized on X in the past few years, therefore there is much to explore regarding this field. In particular, this paper will look into how this new form of literature is being used by women to express their resistance against patriarchy on the digital sphere. The qualitative method with a feminist approach was used in this study to analyze contents that are in the form of words–prose and comments. In order to define patriarchy, this study will use Sylvia Walby’s definition and Helene Cisoux’s écriture féminine as a feminist literature analyzing tool. The data of this study consists of four short prose by Gamja (@gamjanuim) and Aru (@bukanwibudesu) that are posted on their personal accounts as well as looking at readers' comments and reactions towards those works to support this study. Based on the result of the study, it was found that (1) the choice of platform is intentional to deliver the message of resistance and resilience in a patriarchal society, and (2) the writers come up with a distinct writing style in order to show their resistance against patriarchy by eluding values and stereotype heavily associated with women.

Bahasa Abstract

Artikel ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis jenis sastra digital baru di platform X yang berfungsi sebagai media bagi perempuan untuk mengekspresikan perjuangan dan perasaannya dalam masyarakat patriarki. Bentuk sastra digital ini tergolong baru karena dipopulerkan di platform X dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, sehingga masih banyak hal yang perlu dieksplorasi dalam bidang ini. Artikel ini akan meneliti bagaimana bentuk sastra baru ini digunakan oleh perempuan untuk mengekspresikan perlawanan mereka terhadap patriarki di ruang digital. Metode kualitatif dengan pendekatan feminis digunakan dalam studi ini untuk menganalisis konten yang berupa teks prosa dan komentar. Dalam mendefinisikan patriarki, studi ini akan menggunakan definisi Sylvia Walby dan écriture féminine Helene Cisoux sebagai alat analisis sastra feminis. Data studi ini terdiri dari empat prosa pendek karya Gamja (@gamjanuim) dan Aru (@bukanwibudesu) yang diunggah di akun pribadi mereka, serta menggunakan komentar dan reaksi pembaca terhadap karya-karya tersebut untuk mendukung studi ini. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, ditemukan bahwa (1) pilihan platform dilakukan secara sengaja untuk menyampaikan pesan perlawanan dan ketahanan dalam masyarakat patriarki, dan (2) para penulis mengembangkan gaya penulisan yang unik untuk menunjukkan perlawanan mereka terhadap patriarki dengan menghindari nilai-nilai dan stereotip yang erat terkait dengan perempuan. 

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