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Female Friendship As a Way to Survive Under Chinese Patriarchal Culture in Lisa See’S Snow Flower and the Secret Fan PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY TO SURVIVE UNDER CHINESE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN LISA SEE’S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By NURFADILA ANITA SARI Student Number: 124214135 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY TO SURVIVE UNDER CHINESE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN LISA SEE’S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By NURFADILA ANITA SARI Student Number: 124214135 ENGLISH LETTERS STUDY PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2016 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis FEMALE FRIENDSIDP AS A WAY TO SURVIVE UNDER CmNESE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN LISA SEE'S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRETFAN By NURFADILA ANITA SARI Student Number: 124214135 Approved by Elisa Da.8.S., M. Hum. August 15,2016 Advisor Ni L:2:rtani' S.S., M. Hum. August 15,2016 Co-Advisor III PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI A Sarjana Sastra Undergraduate Thesis FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AS A WAY TO SURVIVE UNDER CHINESE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN LISA SEE'S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN By NURFADILA ANITA SARI Student Number: 124214135 Defended before the Board ofExaminers on August 29,2016 and Declared Acceptable BOARD OF EXAMINERS Name Chairperson : Dr. F'x. Siswadi, M.A. Secretary : A.B. Sri Mulyani, M.A., PhD. Member 1 : E. Arti Wulandari, PhD. Member 2 : Elisa Dwi Wardani, S.S., M.Hum. Member 3 : Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani, S.S., M.Hum. Yogyakarta, August 31, 2016 Faculty ofLetters ~'<\!~,ij;!ta Dharma University \ Dean i ~~~':RIJ'P. Ari Subagyo, M. Hum. IV PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLlKASI KARYA ILMIAH UNTUK KEPENTINGAN AKADEMIS Yang belianda tangan di bawah ini, saya mahasiswa Universitas Sanata Dharma Nama : Nurfadila Anita Sari Nomor Mahasiswa : 124214135 Demi pengembangan ilmu pengetahuan, saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dhanna karya ilmiah saya yang berjudul FEMALE FRIENDSHIP AS AWAY TO SURVIVE UNDER CHINESE PATRIARCHAL CULTURE IN LISA SEE'S SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN beserta perangkat yang diperlukan (bila ada). Dengan demikian saya memberikan kepada Perpustakaan Universitas Sanata Dharma hak untuk menyimpan, mengalihkan dalam bentuk media lain, mengelolanya dalam bentuk pangkalan data,) mendistribusikan secara terbatas, dan mempublikasikannya di internet atau media lain untuk kepentingan akademis tanpa perlu meminta ijin kepada saya maupun memberikan royalti kepada saya selama tetap mencantumkan nama saya sebagai penulis. Demikian pemyataan,jni saya buat dengan sebenamya. Dibuat di Yogyakarta Pada tanggal: 13 Agustus 2016 v PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY I cel1ify that this undergraduate thesis contains no material which has been previously submitted for the award of any other degree at any university, and that, to the best of my knowledge, this undergraduate thesis contains no material previously written by any other person except where due reference is made in the text of the undergraduate thesis. Yogyak311a, August 13,2016 ~ VI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.” – Quran Surah Al-Baqara: 153 “Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.” – Frank Ocean vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI This undergraduate thesis is dedicated to my beloved parents, to my beautiful sister, to my wonderful friends. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost, I would like to thank Allah SWT for giving me health and strength in the whole process of writing this thesis until I can finish this thesis. Secondly, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Elisa Dwi Wardani, S.S., M. Hum. as my thesis advisor for being so patient to guide me and help me improve myself throughout the learning process of this thesis writing. I am also grateful to have Ni Luh Putu Rosiandani, S.S., M. Hum. as my thesis co-advisor for reading my thesis and giving me correction for the betterment of my thesis. I would like to give special thanks to my wonderful parents for their unconditional love and support they provided me throughout my entire life, especially during my college years. I must acknowledge that I could not have done my undergraduate thesis without their prayers for me and faith in me. I also want to thank my sister for always cheering me up. I am also grateful to my friends Kezia, Tyas, Yanzher, Dewi, Ade, and Indri for their friendship which is full of support, care, help, silliness, and happiness. Moreover, I would like to thank Tutu Club Sanata Dharma which becomes a wonderful place for me to develop myself and create friendships which is full of memories that will never be forgotten. I also thank all of my classmates of 2012 to the unforgettable moments we have spent together. Nurfadila Anita Sari ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ....................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE ............................................................................................. iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ........................................................................................ iv LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH .. v STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ................................................................... vi MOTTO PAGE .................................................................................................... vii DEDICATION PAGE .......................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... x ABSTRACT .......................................................................................................... xi ABSTRAK .............................................................................................................. xii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ....................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation ............................................................................. 3 C. Objectives of the Study ......................................................................... 3 D. Definition of Terms ............................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................... 5 A. Review of Related Studies .................................................................... 5 B. Review of Related Theories .................................................................. 6 C. Theoretical Framework ......................................................................... 17 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 18 A. Object of the Study ................................................................................ 18 B. Approach of the Study ........................................................................... 19 C. Method of the Study .............................................................................. 20 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS (RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS) ..................... 22 A. The Difficult Conditions of Living under Chinese Patriarchal Culture Depicted through the life of the Main Characters .............................................................................................. 22 B. How the Friendship between the Main Characters Contributes to their survival in the Difficult Conditions of Living Under Chinese Patriarchal Culture ................................................................................. 37 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION ........................................................................... 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................................................ 55 APPENDIX ........................................................................................................... 57 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT ANITA SARI, NURFADILA. Female Friendship as a way to survive Under Chinese Patriarchal Culture in Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University, 2016. Lisa See’s Snow Flower and the Secret Fan is a novel that discusses about the difficulty of women’s life under the patriarchal system in China in the nineteenth century. Therefore, having a bond in the form of female friendship (Laotong relationship) becomes very important to them. This study focuses to analyze how the bond in the form of female friendship of these women can help them survive in Chinese patriarchal culture. Based on the chosen topic, two problems are formulated. The first problem formulation is to find the difficult conditions of living under Chinese patriarchal culture
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