WOMEN CHARACTER IN ACEH 21ST CENTURY NOVELS
Abstract
This study is related to the women characters in novels of 21st century. The research questions are (1) how to the Acehnese litterateur express the Acehnese women"s charracters in their opuses; (2) how is the Acehnese women characters in 21st century novels?. The source of the research is a novels that were written by Acehnese people which narrate about Acehnese women personage and published in 21st century (published between 2001-2016). This study was conducted to describe the character aspects of women that indicate the women-self-elements that is based on the acehnese women" attitude in the novels. This study used qualitative method along with sociological literature approach. The result of this study shown that the Acehnese litterateur explain their life experiences in the story so the women character is considerably strong and hearth-touching which is affected by political momentum and tsuname disaster that have carved them to be ambitious, strong, stable and brave. All of the women in the story have became more gentle, honest, and obedient. They kept their well mannered as a women that is reflected from strict islamic culture. Eventhough there are some of the women character who have impolite attitude, it did not destroy the good image of the Acehnese women who were holding to the teaching of their religion and tradition.
Keywords
Character, Aceh Women, Aceh Novel