THE DISCRIMINATION OF JANE AUSTEN IN MISS AUSTEN REGRETS FILM BY USING LIBERAL FEMINISM Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah NIM: 204026002781 ENGLISH LETTER DEPARTMENT ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2010 THE DISCRIMINATION OF JANE AUSTEN IN MISS AUSTEN REGRETS FILM BY USING LIBERAL FEMINISM A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Letters Scholar Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah NIM: 204026002781 ENGLISH LETTER DEPARTMENT ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2010 APPROVEMENT THE DISCRIMINATION OF JANE AUSTEN IN MISS AUSTEN REGRETS FILM BY USING LIBERAL FEMINISM A Thesis Submitted to Letters and Humanities Faculty In Partial fulfillment of the Requirements for The Degree of Letters Scholar Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah NIM. 204026002781 Approved by: Advisor Elve Oktafiyani M.Hum NIP 197810032001122002 ENGLISH LETTER DEPARTMENT ADAB AND HUMANITIES FACULTY STATE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY SYARIF HIDAYATULLAH JAKARTA 2010 ABSTRACT Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah, the Discrimination of Jane Austen in Miss. Austen Regrets Film by Using Liberal Feminism. Skripsi. Jakarta: Adab and Humanities Faculty, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah, July 2010. The research discusses Jane Austen as the main character and tells about her life since she was a single until someone proposed her and became the writer. The research studied the discrimination of Jane Austen by using liberal feminism theory as the unit analysis. Moreover, the theory is feminism and liberal feminism at the theoretical framework of the research. The method of the research is descriptive qualitative, which tries to explain about the correlation between the discrimination Jane Austen and its influence to the literary work produced. First, the research focuses on discrimination of Jane Austen’s, and then followed by liberal feminism theory approach in Miss Austen Regrets film, which are possibly influenced by feminism approach of Jane Austen life such as feminism, liberal feminism, etc. By referring to the researches, the writer concludes that the film represents part of Jane Austen’s life, based on the discrimination and liberal feminism observation. LEGALIZATION Nama : Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah NIM : 204026002781 Title : The Discrimination of Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets Film by Using Liberal Feminism. The thesis has been defended before the Letters and Humanities Faculty’s Examination Committee on July 21, 2010. It has been accepted as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Letters Scholar. Jakarta, July 21, 2010 Examination Committee Signature Date 1. Dr. H. M. Farkhan, M.pd (Chair Person) ………… ……… NIP. 196509192000031002 2. Drs. A. Saefuddin, M.pd (Secretary) ………… ……… NIP. 196407101993031006 3. Elve Oktafiyani M.Hum (Advisor) ………… ……… NIP. 197810032001122002 4. Dr. H. M. Farkhan, M.pd (Examiner I) ………… ……… NIP. 196509192000031002 5. Moh. Supardi, M.Hum (Examiner II) ………… ……… DECLARATION I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, it contains no material previously published or written by another person nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma of the university or other institute of higher learning, except where due acknowledgement has been made in the next. Jakarta, July 21, 2010 Lala Nurbaiti Fadlah ACKNOWLEDGEMENT In the name of Allah, The most Gracious, The most Merciful. First of all, the writer would like to grant the most gratitude and much thankfulness to Allah SWT, the Lord of the universe and the owner of my soul and life. She is sure that she cannot do anything without him. He provides us with all of His blessed in our life. Then, peace and blessing be upon our prophet Muhammad SAW and all of his friend and flowers. The writer would like to express her highest gratitude to her family: Her father (H. Baihaqi), her mother (Hj. Uzlah), for giving support, spirit, prayers, hope, and all the contributions of the writer needs, until finished her study in the university. So, thank to her brothers: Ahmad Muttaqin and Muhammad Adzkarin for all their attention to her. The writer would like to express her gratitude to her advisor Mrs Elve Oktafiyani, M. Hum for her great patients and contributions in finishing this paper. Without her advices and critics, this thesis will mean nothing. The writer wishes to say her gratitude to the following persons: 1. Dr. H. Abdul Wahid Hasyim, M. Ag, the Dean of Adab and Humanities Faculty, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. 2. Dr. H. Muhammad Farkhan, M. Pd, the head of English Letters Department. 3. Drs. A. Saefuddin, M. Pd, the secretary of English Letters Department. 4. All lecturers of English Letters Department who have taught and educated the writer during her study at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta. 5. All of the writer’s friends at English Letters Department, especially her classmates (Mba Ifa, Cut, Velma, Dedi, Yusuf, Ipul, Sule, Adit, Rahman, Krismantion, Aby, Budi, Dodo, Ridho, etc) 6. The writer’s best friends at English Letters Department, especially (Nina, Iyut, Opi) thanks for giving support, spirit when we always share everything our problems together. 7. The writer’s roommates in the rent house, Ifat, Ijah, Khoza, Kiki, Sri, Nida and Muthmainah for sharing idea and encouraging the writer in finishing this thesis. 8. Especially for her beloved, Muhammad Firdaus for giving support, spirits and motivation to finish her study in doing this thesis at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University. May Allah bless them all. Finally, the writer release that this paper is far from being perfect. Accordingly, the writer hopes any suggestion and criticism for this paper. Jakarta, July 21, 2010 The writer TABLE OF CONTENTS APPROVEMENT ........................................................................................... i ABSTACT ....................................................................................................... ii LEGALIZATION ........................................................................................... iii DECLARATION ............................................................................................ IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. v TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ vii CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ................................................................... 1 A. Background of the Study ....................................................................... 1 B. Focus of Study ...................................................................................... 4 C. Research Questions ............................................................................... 4 D. Objective of Study ................................................................................ 5 E. Significances of the Study ..................................................................... 5 F. Research Methodology ......................................................................... 5 1. Method of the Research .................................................................. 6 2. Technique of Data Analysis ............................................................ 6 3. Unit of Analysis .............................................................................. 6 4. Place and Time of the Research ...................................................... 7 CHAPTER II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK ........................................ 8 1. Feminism ........................................................................................ 8 2. Liberal Feminism ............................................................................ 10 3. Character ........................................................................................ 13 a. Major and Minor ........................................................................ 14 b. Protagonist and Antagonist ........................................................ 15 c. Flat and Round .......................................................................... 16 4. Characterization .............................................................................. 17 CHAPTER III: RESEAECH FINDINGS ...................................................... 19 A. Kind of discrimination happened to Jane Austen as the main character in Miss. Austen Regrets film ............................................... 19 B. Jane Austen fights toward the discrimination ...................................... 29 CHAPTER IV: CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ................................. 35 A. CONCLUSION ................................................................................. 35 B. SUGGESTION ................................................................................. 36 BIBILIOGRAPHY ......................................................................................... 37 APPENDICES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION A. Background of The Study Recently, there have been many discussions dealing with the women’s rumor who want to be existence’s feminist or women’s right movement1. In a board understanding, feminism can be challenging, which include women and men acting, speaking and writing women’s issues, rights and identifying social injustice in the status quo. Feminism tells about a woman idea toward her rights, equality, position and status between men and women