Institusion
Universitas Darma Persada
Author
Divya, Widyastuti
Subject
809 Critical Appraisal of More Than Two Literatures/Sejarah, Deskripsi dan Penilaian Kritis Karya Sastra
Datestamp
2022-06-17 02:12:40
Abstract :
In a literary work, two characters can be narrated as the attention center that
contains the cultural identity from certain generation. Meanwhile, a symbol actually
can cause an interaction within characters. This research discusses about cultural
identity and symbolic interactionism reflected in a novel. There is a novel entitled
?Recipe for a Perfect Wife? by Karma Brown that tells about two female characters
that are represented as a housewife from different generation. This research uses
descriptive qualitative as the research methodology and content analysis as the
method in analyzing the object of the research, a novel entitled ?Recipe for a Perfect
Wife?. This research also uses the intrinsic approach to analyze the characterization,
plot, and setting. This research reveals two kinds of a housewife. They are a
housewife and working woman, and a full-housewife. This research finds five
cultural identities in the past and present time that is related with a housewife
reflected by two female characters in the novel by using cultural identity theory by
Stuart Hall. This research also reveals the symbol and memory even three concepts
of symbolic interactionism that is mind, self, and society based on symbolic
interactionism theory by George Herbert Mead.