October 17, 2025Open Access

Gender Injustice in the Main Character in Duaa Jamal's Novel Dalida: A Study of Simone de Beauvoir's Existentialist Feminism

KMKarinda MauludinaUniversitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim AAAbdul Muntaqim Al AnshoryUniversitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik Ibrahim

Key Points

The study shows that the main character faces various forms of gender injustice including psychological violence and stereotypes.
Through existential feminism, the analysis highlights how the character's resistance represents her fight for autonomy and self-existence.
This qualitative approach elucidates significant insights into gender dynamics portrayed in literature.
The research emphasizes the character's freedom of choice as a crucial aspect of her resistance against oppressive societal norms.

Abstract

Gender injustice in the main character and the form of resistance in the novel Dalida by Duaa Jamal are analyzed using Simone De Beauvoir's existentialist feminism theory, which focuses on women's freedom. This study employs a qualitative descriptive approach, initially gathering data on the manifestations of gender injustice and resistance in the main character. Subsequently, the theory of existential feminism guides the analysis of this data. This research shows that the forms of gender injustice experienced by the main character include workload, psychological violence, subordination, and stereotypes, as well as the main character's form of resistance as a form of self-existence, namely freedom of choice, resistance to objectivity, and intellectual women. Existential feminism theory is used to explain how the main character fights the injustice she experiences as a form of self-existence. Analyzing the injustice experienced by the main character, provides specific insights into how gender injustice is represented in literature and how the main character provides resistance.

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