Manesanulu, Sanca Odigitria (2026) Simone De Beauvoir's Feminist Existentialism in Taylor Jenkins Reid's Maybe in Another Life. (Eksistensialisme Feminis Simone De Beauvoir dalam Maybe in Another Life karya Taylor Jenkins Reid). Masters thesis, Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 Surabaya.
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Patriarchal structures have long confined women to subordinate roles, and literature offers a space to examine such structures and women's responses to them. This study uses feminist literary criticism, guided by Simone de Beauvoir's feminist existentialism framework to examine Hannah Martin's position as a woman and how her choices across two parallel life paths reflect her movement within that position, in Taylor Jenkins Reid's Maybe in Another Life (2015), a narrative built around a single choice that divides Hannah's life into two trajectories. The research addresses two questions, the conditions shaping Hannah's position as a woman, and how her choices reflect her movement within that position. The study applies four concepts from Beauvoir's framework, woman as the Other, freedom and choice, transcendence and immanence, and the social construction of feminine identity. The method is descriptive qualitative, with the novel as the primary data source and the researcher as the main instrument for collecting and interpreting narrations, dialogues, and character actions. The results show that before the novel's split, Hannah exists within conditions that position her as the Other, including relational dependence, economic instability, and surrendering decisions to fate. Across both paths, Hannah moves toward self-direction and the claiming of her own subjecthood, though neither path concludes with complete freedom. The study reveals that confinement deepens when relational dependence is reinforced by economic instability and belief in fate, while transcendence remains an ongoing process, contributing to understanding how fiction represents women's positions as situated and continuously negotiated. Keywords: Female Agency, Feminist Existentialism, Immanance, Transcendence
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | P Language and Literature > PR English literature |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Program Studi Sastra Inggris |
| Depositing User: | 1612200028 Sanca Odigitria Manesanulu |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2026 03:48 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Oct 2026 03:48 |
| URI: | http://repository.untag-sby.ac.id/id/eprint/47901 |
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