A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WOlVIEN'S POSITION AND ROLEIN ARTHUR GOLDENS' "1lfEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" AND THEPOLITENESS OF ENGLISH WOMEN LECTURERS IN STAINSALA TI GA

Lestari, Nunung (2012) A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WOlVIEN'S POSITION AND ROLEIN ARTHUR GOLDENS' "1lfEMOIRS OF A GEISHA" AND THEPOLITENESS OF ENGLISH WOMEN LECTURERS IN STAINSALA TI GA. Other thesis, IAIN SALATIGA.

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Abstract

Every novel has message that conveys the reader. The message which issent by the writer covers about women's position and role. This research aims tofind out those in Memoirs of a Geisha novel. Besides that, the writer alsocompares about politeness language which are used by English women lecturersin STAIN Sal atiga and a geisha in the novel.To analyze those, the writer uses the study document and observation,which are the novel and some related books as the sources of the data. The writerhas read the novel many times to collect the data, and then analyzed the datathrough paragraph. Memoirs of a Geisha is a novel that appears as a criticalexpression of most Japanese novel on the theme of women, especially geisha.Representation of reality in the novel itself the raises some interesting problems tobe studied, namely concerning the description of women's position and role andlanguage politeness that are constructed through this novel.The results show women's position is manifested in various forms such aswomen position in the family, society, and their position in the geisha living.Besides that, women's role can be seen in various form such as women role as amother, children, and career woman. Patriarchy becomes ideology that dominatesthe background of women position in the society. In the event of women positionwith male perpetrators of gender construction are based on patriarchal culture ofattitudes of men who dominate because of its role as subjects and women attitudesdominate because of its role as an object. More, this novel also shows thelanguage which is used by geisha through her talk with other people. Then theEnglish women lecturers have higher level in language politeness than a geisha inthe novel context.

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