SUBJEKTIVITAS DAN IDENTITAS PEREMPUAN DALAM NOVEL-NOVEL PILIHAN KARYA MARGARET ATWOOD = WOMAN SUBJECTIVITY AND IDENTITY IN MARGARET ATWOOD’S SELECTED NOVELS

ABSTRACT Irmayani. Woman Subjectivity and Identity in Margaret Atwood’s Selected Novels (Supervised by Fathu Rahman, Amir Pattu, Herawaty Abbas). This research aimed to reveal how woman’s subjectivity and identity were represented in Margaret Atwood’s selected novels. This research employed a qualitative descriptive method. The data were collected from four novels by Margaret Atwood, namely The Edible Woman (1969), The Handmaid’s Tale (1985), The Blind Assassin (2000), and The Testaments (2019). The data were analyzed qualitatively using the approaches of genetic structuralism and feminism, particularly gynocritics. The research result indicated that by considering several factors such as Atwood’s background as a Canadian writer who emphasizes themes of victimization and survival in Canadian literature, as well as her position as a realist writer, Margaret Atwood constructs woman’s subjectivity and identity in her novels based on woman personalities in her concrete social realities. From the perspective of feminist thought on woman’s subjectivity and identity, it can be concluded that Atwood’s novels portray the woman’s characters through various feminist paradigms, particularly those associated with second wave and third wave feminism. In the context of second wave feminism, Atwood emphasized woman’s effort to discover the “true” identity and subjectivity. Meanwhile, from the third wave feminist perspective, she depicted the woman’s subjectivity and identity in terms of social discourse formation. Keywords: Margaret Atwood, subjectivity and identity, genetic structuralism, feminism, and gynocritics ABSTRAK Irmayani. Subjektivitas dan Identitas Perempuan dalam Novel-Novel Pilihan Karya Margaret Atwood (Dibimbing oleh Fathu Rahman, Amir Pattu,Herawaty Abbas). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji bagaimana subjektivitas dan identitas perempuan direpresentasikan dalam novel-novel terpilih karya Margaret Atwood. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Data penelitian dikumpulkan dari empat novel karya Margaret Atwood, yaitu The Edible Woman (1969), The Handmaid Tales (1985), The Blind Assassin (2000), and The Testaments (2019). Data dianalisis secara kualitatif dengan menggunakan pendekatan strukturalisme genetik dan pendekatan feminisme, khusunya ginokritisisme. belakang Atwood sebagai penulis Kanada yang menekankan tema viktimisasi dan daya bertahan perempuan dalam tradisi sastra Kanada, serta posisinya sebagi penulis realis, Margaret Atwood membangun subjektivitas dan identitas perempuan dalam novel-novelnya berdasarkan kepribadian perempuan dalam realitas sosial yang konkret. Dari perspektif pemikiran feminis mengenai subjektivitas dan identitas perempuan, dapat disimpulkan bahwa novel-novel Atwood merepresentasikan tokoh-tokoh perempuan melalui berbagai paradigma feminisme, khususnya feminisme gelombang kedua dan gelombang ketiga. Dalam konteks feminism gelombang kedua, Atwood menekankan upaya perempuan dalam menemukan subjektivitas dan identitas “sejati” mereka. Sementara itu, dari perspektif feminisme gelombang ketiga, Atwood menggambarkan subjektivitas dan identitas perempuan sebagai konstruksi yang dibentuk melalui wacana sosial. Kata kunci: Margaret Atwood, subjektivitas dan identitas, strukturalisme genetik, feminisme, ginokritik