Intertextual Study of Feminist Images in The Novel Thajud Love in New York City by Arumi Ekowati and Verses of Cinta 2 By Habiburrahman El-Shirazy

Abstract

This research is entitled “Intertextual Study of Feminist Imagery in Novel Tahajud Cinta in New York City by Arumi Ekawati and Ayat-Ayat Cinta 2 by Habiburrahman El-Shirazy. This research is motivated by the condition of women who are second-class human beings in life. Women are often seen as weak creatures, thus allowing them to be dominated by men. This does not only happen to women in the real world, but also to women in writing. The method in this research is descriptive qualitative. The techniques used in this study are documentation, analysis, and library research. The results of this research are the novel Tahajud Cinta in New York City by Arumi Ekowati has an intertextual relationship with the novel Ayat-ayat Cinta 2 by Habiburrahman El-Shirazy. This intertextual relationship can be seen from the similarity of the two forms of feminist imagery in the two novels above, namely never giving up and highly educated. Although there are differences in the views of the authors regarding the feminist image through the factors behind the emergence of the feminist image in the two novels.