| dc.description.abstract | The analysis of this thesis will be focused on the transformation of American
women in the era of 1880s as reflected through the novels of Indigo Blue and
Keegan’s Lady. Indigo Blue and Keegan’s Lady are two novels of American women
in the era of 1880s. The two protagonists have to endure all the hardship because of
the gender discrimination towards women in their patriarchal society. Later, they are
married to men from modern society and change their way of life.
There are three problems to discuss in this thesis. The first one is the
traditional perception of the patriarchal society in 1880s which is reflected in
Keegan’s Lady and Indigo Blue. The second one is the new perception of the modern
society in 1880s about American women represented through the main male
characters in Keegan’s Lady and Indigo Blue. Finally, the last one is the
transformation into new American women in the era of 1880s as reflected through the
main female characters in the novels.
The sociological approach is used in analyzing the thesis. It is used to analyze
the relation between the literary works and the reality of American women in the era
of 1880s. The theory of liberal feminism by Mary Wollstonecraft is also used to
analyze the problems. The research is a qualitative description and it uses the
inductive method.
The events that are shown through the literary works are used to show the
reflection of American women in 1880s. The old perception of patriarchal society,
that had made American women suffered a lot because of gender discrimination,
faced the new perception of modern society, which respected women more. The
change and the new perception which were brought by modern society had become
the cause of the transformation. Those people had given American women a new
vision so that they were able to let go of their old perception of the patriarchal society
which was full of gender discrimination. The desire to be equal and all of these
influence and effort which were done to change their way of thinking made American
women adopted the new perception and change into the new American women. The
transformation of American women had given women a chance to gain their freedom,
equality and rights. They were able to accept who they were and became better
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