PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CARRIE’S RESPONSE TOWARDS GENDER STEREOTYPES IN CANDACE BUSHNELL’S THE CARRIE DIARIES: A LIBERAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE STUDY AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By VINCENTIA KRISNA WIJAYANTI Student Number: 144214069 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS UNIVERSITAS SANATA DHARMA YOGYAKARTA 2018 PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI CARRIE’S RESPONSE TOWARDS GENDER STEREOTYPES IN CANDACE BUSHNELL’S THE CARRIE DIARIES: A LIBERAL FEMINIST PERSPECTIVE STUDY AN UNDERGRADUATE THESIS Presented as Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Sarjana Sastra in English Letters By VINCENTIA KRISNA WIJAYANTI Student Number: 144214069 DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH LETTERS FACULTY OF LETTERS SANATA DHARMA UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA 2018 ii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI “What if I’m a princess on another planet? And no one on this planet knows me. That question still kind of blows me away. I mean, isn’t it the truth? Whoever we are here, we might be princesses somewhere else. Or writers. Or scientist. Or presidents. Or whatever the hell we want to be that everyone else says we can’t”. – Carrie Bradshaw vii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI I’m a woman of my words; dear Bapak and Ibu, this is for you. viii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS To the Almighty Jesus Christ, I thank Him for the everlasting love and blessing given to me. Everything would be impossible without Him. I would like to express my greatest gratitude to all my lecturers in English Letters Sanata Dharma University, especially Dra. A. B. Sri Mulyani, Ph.D., and Adventina Putranti, S.S., M. Hum for guidance, patience and support which help me in finishing this thesis. Also, I would like to thank all lecturers in English Literature who had shared the knowledge with me. My deepest gratitude goes to Bapak Albertus Subardi and Ibu Agnes Maria Tritsiana Yulianti for the endless support for me no matter what happens. Their love makes everything goes easy. I also want to thank Mas Yudhis and Mbak Restu who inspired me the most and earned their Bachelor of Arts degree before me. They are the reason why I chose this major in the first place. My heart is for all my Kenyiled friends—Ayu, Acit, Dinda, Didi, Festy, Aven, Cece, and all (I am sorry, I really cannot mention it one by one). Without them, I would go insane for the last 4 years. Last but not least, to the people whose their existences are so precious for someone like me, I hope they always keep this in mind: no matter how we look at it, the moon shines so bright. I cannot thank them enough for being my anchors. Vincentia Krisna Wijayanti ix PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE ..................................................................................................... ii APPROVAL PAGE .......................................................................................... iii ACCEPTANCE PAGE ..................................................................................... iv STATEMENT OF ORIGINALITY ........................................................................ v LEMBAR PERNYATAAN PERSETUJUAN PUBLIKASI KARYA ILMIAH .. vi MOTTO PAGE ................................................................................................ vii DEDICATION PAGE .................................................................................... viii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .............................................................................. ix TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................... x ABSTRACT ...................................................................................................... xii ABSTRAK ........................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ..................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ......................................................................... 1 B. Problem Formulation .................................................................................4 C. Objectives of the Study ............................................................................. 4 D. Definition of Terms ...................................................................................4 CHAPTER II: REVIEW OF LITERATURE ................................................... 6 A. Review of Related Studies ........................................................................ 6 B. Review of Related Theories .................................................................... 10 1. Theory of Character and Characterization ........................................10 2. Theory of Feminism and Liberal Feminism ..................................... 11 3. Theory of Gender Stereotypes .......................................................... 14 C. Theoretical Framework ........................................................................... 15 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY ................................................................. 17 A. Object of the Study ..................................................................................17 B. Approach of the Study .............................................................................17 C. Method of the Study ................................................................................ 18 CHAPTER IV: ANALYSIS .............................................................................. 20 A. Carrie’s Concept of Women and Gender Stereotypes .............................20 1. Carrie and Her Idea of Independent Women .................................... 21 2. Carrie and Her Choice of Career .......................................................26 B. Carrie’s Responses Towards Gender Inequality and Stereotypes as seen through Liberal Feminist View ..................................................................... 30 x PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI 1. Carrie’s Responses Towards Equal Opportunity in Education and Career .....................................................................................................31 2. Carrie’s Responses Towards Gender Stereotypes as seen through Liberal Feminist View ........................................................................... 34 CHAPTER V: CONCLUSION .........................................................................39 REFERENCES ...................................................................................................42 APPENDIX ......................................................................................................... 44 xi PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRACT WIJAYANTI, VINCENTIA KRISNA (2018). Carrie’s Response Towards Gender Stereotypes in Candace Bushnell’s The Carrie Diaries: A Liberal Feminist Perspective Study. Yogyakarta: Department of English Letters, Faculty of Letters, Sanata Dharma University. The Carrie Diaries (2010) is the first young adult novel by Candace Bushnell. It is a prequel of her famous novel Sex and the City (1997). The story tells about Carrie’s life during her senior year in high school. She has to face a lot of trials that involved her family, friends, relationship with her boyfriend, and her dream job. Carrie wants to be a writer, however to get what she wants, she has to struggle against gender stereotypes in her society. This study is about how Carrie responds toward the gender stereotypes as seen through liberal feminist perspective. There are two objectives in this study. The first objective is to know Carrie’s concept of women and to see the portrayal of Carrie as a woman in the story related to gender stereotypes that happen in the society, which is in a small town in Connecticut during 1980s. The second objective is to see Carrie’s responses as seen through liberal feminist perspective towards gender stereotypes she experiences. The method that is used in this study is a library research. Candace Bushnell’s The Carrie Diaries is the primary source of this research. The secondary sources are several books and data from internet sites related to this research. In order to find the answer for the two objectives, the researcher uses feminist approach, particularly the liberal feminist perspective. The result of the study presents two things. The first one shows that Carrie experiences gender stereotypes in her society. Carrie challenges the gender stereotypes by being courageous, smart and critical. She begins to develop her own idea of being an independent woman. The second finding is related to how Carrie responds towards gender stereotypes she experiences. Carrie challenges the gender stereotypes to be equal to men in every aspect. She gains the equal opportunity related to education and career. Carrie pursues a higher education in Brown University as what her father wants. At the same time, she also fights for her dream by getting into the Writing Seminar in New York. Carrie gains her equal liberty by choosing what she wants to be without any influence from society or even her father. By becoming a writer, Carrie is able to articulate women’s voice in a patriarchal society she lives. xii PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI ABSTRAK