%A NIM.: 16150012 Sholehatuz Zahro
%O Pembimbibng: Dr. Witriani, M.Hum
%T THE PORTRAYAL OF POLYGAMY IN KHALEED HOSSEINI’S
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
%X A Thousand Splendid Suns is a novel about women’s oppression in polygamy.
This novel tells about how the polygamy in the novel is practiced by Rasheed with
his wives, Mariam and Laila. Mariam is the woman who was hurt by Laila's
appearance in her and Rasheed’s marriage. Mariam is always compared and
oppressed by Rasheed. Meanwhile, Laila is a young and educated woman that
benefits him. The researcher is interested to analyze the way polygamy is
portrayed in the novel. The researcher also connects it to Islamic value because
Rasheed and his two wives are Muslims and they live with Islamic law. It is
essential to understand how polygamy is practiced in the novel. The researcher
uses the theory of Polygamy by Mustafa Khan and supported by theory of gender
equality by Ziba Mir Hosseini to analyze the data in the novel. The researcher
uses qualitative method to examine the data. By this research, the researcher finds
that Mariam’s polygamy that happened in the novel does not run well. Rasheed
cannot be fair to his wives.
%K Poligami, Kesetaraan Gender, Diskriminasi, Kekerasan, Dominasi.
%D 2020
%I UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
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