CANTIK ALA REMAJA DALAM NOVEL-NOVEL TEENLITE
Abstract
Young female writers shocked the literary field of
Indonesia by publishing their works in their way: light,
unburdened, and fresh. Their language choice is easily
understandable: the noverls were written in a colloquial
style. The books were sold well. It did refresh our literary
world. The teenagers, at least, have more alternatives to
read something composed by their peers. Through their
pens, our teens share their views on reality in their very
style.
One of the outstanding concepts evoked in their writing is
the formulation of “beauty”. This paper took four novels,
My Friends-My Dreams, Ramalan Fudus Ororpus, Kana di
Negeri Kiwi, dan Summer Triangel, to discover the teen’s
perspective concerning beauty. The concept is internalized
in their mind through the discourses developed in their
social background and through the media. They select
those discourses, and take one they believe in it.
The analysis shows that their concept of beauty is not so
different from the general one—or patriarchal beauty.
However, they insist that being beauty does not
necessarily mean to be happy, as it was obviously
declared in Kana di Negeri Kiwi. The beauty is : tall, white,
black and straight hair, and well-shaped body. This is just
a result of the dominance of patriarchy, standing in the
same position of capitalism to whom the main stream
media are belonged. The media holder is the only one
dictating whats to be “beauty.”
Key Words: teen, novel, beauty
Indonesia by publishing their works in their way: light,
unburdened, and fresh. Their language choice is easily
understandable: the noverls were written in a colloquial
style. The books were sold well. It did refresh our literary
world. The teenagers, at least, have more alternatives to
read something composed by their peers. Through their
pens, our teens share their views on reality in their very
style.
One of the outstanding concepts evoked in their writing is
the formulation of “beauty”. This paper took four novels,
My Friends-My Dreams, Ramalan Fudus Ororpus, Kana di
Negeri Kiwi, dan Summer Triangel, to discover the teen’s
perspective concerning beauty. The concept is internalized
in their mind through the discourses developed in their
social background and through the media. They select
those discourses, and take one they believe in it.
The analysis shows that their concept of beauty is not so
different from the general one—or patriarchal beauty.
However, they insist that being beauty does not
necessarily mean to be happy, as it was obviously
declared in Kana di Negeri Kiwi. The beauty is : tall, white,
black and straight hair, and well-shaped body. This is just
a result of the dominance of patriarchy, standing in the
same position of capitalism to whom the main stream
media are belonged. The media holder is the only one
dictating whats to be “beauty.”
Key Words: teen, novel, beauty