CITRA PEREMPUAN DALAM CLOCHETTE DAN MADAME BAPTISTE KARYAGUYDE MAUPASSANT

Abstract

Ihis is a study of two short sfories, "Clochette" and "Madame Baptise", u)ritten
by Guy de Maupassant. This study focuses on tuo female characters who haue
experienced physical and psychological uiolence until they di.ed. The uiolence is
caused not only by male society but also by female society. The study ansu)ers
a researeh problem, that is hous male culture constructs female stereotypes.
By using feminism perspectiue, this research shous that the fiuo short stories
support patriarchal ideology in which the dichotomic image construction for
female and male is blurred