Pengaruh Sistem Patriarki pada Wanita dalam The Color Purple Karya Alice Walker : Pendekatan Sosiologi Sastra = THE EFFECTS OF PATRIARCHAL SYSTEM ON WOMAN : A SOCIOLOGY OF LITERATURE APPROACH IN ALICE WALKER’S THE COLOR PURPLE

WANDI. 2024. The Effects of Patriarchal System on Woman : A Sociology of Literature Approach in Alice Walker's The Color Purple (supervised by Herawaty Abbas and Amir Pattu). Patriarchy is a social system that puts men in charge. The aim of this study is to find out the form and the effect of patriarchy in The Color Purple. This study used descriptive qualitative method. The data used by the researcher in this research were taken from Alice Walker's novel entitled The Color Purple which was published in 1982. Data were collected through intensive reading of the novel. The researcher analyzed the data by using theory of patriarchy by Silvia Walby. The result of this study showed that there are six forms of patriarchy in The Color Purple, namely patriarchy in paid employment, patriarchy in paid household, patriarchy in culture, patriarchy in sexuality, patriarchy in violence, and patriarchy in state. Furthermore, researcher also found three effects of patriarchy, namely marginalization, gender discrimination, and oppression.