As a literature in the form of novel, Gadis Pantai actually has a hidden meaning whichPramoedya wants to present as the author. The mistress practice is not only presented as a kindof discriminative behavior toward Javanese women, but also has a correlation with Pramoedyasocial background and ideology. This research methodology employed in this research is SaraMills\u27 Critical Discourse Analysis model which focuses on feminism discourse. The nature ofstudy using this model tends on political text writing related to author\u27s ideology and the extensivemeaning that Gadis Pantai novel comprehensively expects to bring about. The results ofthis study show that Pramoedya Ananta Toer tends to explore injustice experienced by Javanesewomen represented by Gadis Pantai to criticize feudalism practices in Java. By presenting theinjustice experienced by Gadis Pantai, Pramoedya Ananta Toer actually wants to awaken readers\u27awareness and empathy towards what happened to Gadis Pantai. He also invites readers tofight injustice practices in all aspects, especially those which relate to Javanese culture whichstill employs social classes in its society, and places a woman as a secondary being after a manand as a suppressed one. Pramoedya employs a novel as media in transferring his thoughts andideology to change social construction in Javanese society which has been inherited from generationto generation.
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