The Reflection of Woman Emancipation in Fatima Mernissi's Dream of Trespass (1994): A Feminist Approach
Abstract
This study is aimed to show the conditions of women emancipation in Morocco,
especially in the harem life by using feminist approach. It is done by establishing
two objectives: the first is analyzing the novel based on its structural elements and
the second is analyzing the reflection of women emancipation by using feminist
approach. The result of the analysis will answer the problem statement. This
research is qualitative research. Type of data of the study is text taken from two
data sources: primary and secondary. The primary data source is the Dream of
Trespass novel written by Fatima Mernisssi in 1994. While the secondary data
sources are other materials taken from books, journals, and internet related to the
study. Both data are collected through library research and analyzed by
descriptive analysis. The result of the study shows the following conclusions.
Firstly, based on the structural analysis, it is indicated that each of narrative
elements of the novel is related one and each other. Secondly, the novel illustrates
that women emancipation in the harem is mostly ignored. The women live with
many rules and restrictions from the men in many aspects of life in the harem.