THE RESILIENCE OF FEMALE WARRIORS IN THE MATARAM KINGDOM: A FEMINIST LITERARY ANALYSIS
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Historical narratives of Indonesia have predominantly highlighted male heroism, often sidelining the roles of female warriors, particularly during the Mataram Kingdom era. This omission creates a gap in understanding how women’s agency and resilience are represented in historical contexts. While historical fiction has emerged as a medium that revives and reimagines such narratives, critical scholarly attention to the feminist dimensions of these works remains limited. This study addresses this gap by examining the representation of female warriors’ resilience in prose fiction set in the Mataram Kingdom through the lens of feminist literary criticism. Adopting a qualitative descriptive method, the research involves close reading of selected texts, systematic coding based on feminist analytical categories (agency, resistance, equality), and the integration of intrinsic and extrinsic literary analysis with feminist theory. The findings reveal that female warrior characters are constructed as active agents with physical strength, psychological endurance, and strategic decision-making capacity, challenging the patriarchal constraints embedded in both historical and literary traditions. This study contributes to feminist literary scholarship by offering a nuanced reading of gendered resilience in Indonesian historical fiction and highlights its contemporary relevance in promoting gender equality and recognizing women’s leadership in defense and governance.
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