THE DYNAMICS OF AMERICAN GENDER CONSTRUCTION: A SOCIOLOGICAL AND FEMINISM APPROACH IN THE STUDY ON WASHINGTON IRVING�S THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW AND ITS FILM ADAPTATION SLEEPY HOLLOW

• Main Authors: , DEWI ULYA MAILASARI, , Prof. Dr. Siti Chamamah Soeratno
• Format: Theses and Dissertations NonPeerReviewed
• Published: [Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada 2011
• Subjects: ETD
• Online Access: https://repository.ugm.ac.id/88363/; http://etd.ugm.ac.id/index.php?mod=penelitian_detail&sub=PenelitianDetail&act=view&typ=html&buku_id=50419
• Institution: Universitas Gadjah Mada

This thesis examines one of the cultural aspects that is gender relation in term of gender dynamics in the United States with the primary data of a short story by Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1820) and its film adaptation Sleepy Hollow (1999). The dynamics of gender as reflected in the short story and its film adaptation is analyzed with the sociological approach by looking at the social context of place and time the works are made and with the approach of feminism with the view that gender issues cannot be separated from the women as the main issue in a work. The transformation of the short story into the film directed by Tim Burton creates some change in the form of addition, deletion and alteration of the elements of the story namely plot, character, setting and theme. The changes are in order to function because the short story and movie are two different media. Short stories use written language while films use images. In this study, the changes that occur in adapting the short story into the film contain two aspects, namely, the first that the changes are in order to function and in order to deliver the audience�s hope horizon and the second is from the text that there are changes in the text material. The changes indicate a shift in gender relation. From this research it can be concluded that in the transformation of the short story into the film contains a shift in gender relation. The dynamics in its gender relation does not necessarily bring a change towards improving the position of women in American society. A clear division of roles between men and women that men are in the public sector and women are in the domestic sector in the early 19th century made the relationship between gender is relatively balanced because it is clear and therefore both can respect each other. With the opening of employment opportunities for women and in other fields such as education, it seems to provide opportunities for women but on the other hand it requires women to try as hard as men instead they will get oppression from men because the lack of usefulness.