%0 Journal Article
%T Gypsies in 19th-Century French Literature: The Paradox in Centering the Periphery
%A Udasmoro W.
%J -
%D 2015
%R https://doi.org/10.9744/kata.17.1.26-32
%X Abstract The issues of liberty and views of the ¡°Other¡± were common in 19th-century French literary discourse. In many aspects, the ¡°Other¡± appeared to hold a position of strength. In literature, Prosper M¨¦rim¨¦e and Victor Hugo attempted to centralize gypsy women through their narratives, even though gypsies (as with Jews) had been marginalized (though present) throughout French history. M¨¦rim¨¦e¡¯s Carmen and Hugo¡¯s Notre Dame de Paris presented new central perspectives on the peripheral, which in this context should be understood to mean gypsies. This research paper attempts to answer the following questions: What ideology lies behind both stories¡¯ centralization of the peripheral gypsy women? How do the authors portray gypsy women? The goal of this article is to explore the operations of power in a gender-relations context, focusing on the construction of gypsy women in two 19th-century French novels
%K Gypsy
%K center
%K periphery
%K literature
%K France
%K 19th century.
%U http://kata.petra.ac.id/index.php/ing/article/view/18935