The oppression experienced by the citizens in Okky Madasari’s “The Years of the Voiceless”

ENGLISH:

As human and social creature, people live in society and interact with each other in daily basis. However, in their social life, there are some issues which appear along the interaction. One of the issue is oppression. Oppression occurs when individuals are systematically subjected to political, economic, cultural, or social degradation because they belong to a social group, results from structures of domination and subordination, correspondingly, ideologies of superiority and inferiority (Charlton, 1998). The study of oppression has been widely known and usually linked with gender or women oppression although the study does not only cover about that topic. According to Iris Marion Young (2014), there are five feces of oppression. This study, would find the example of oppression found in the novel, The Years of the Voiceless. This novel written by Okky Madasari and is renowned as a perfect portrayal of the society in New Order Regime era. This period is important and has lot of historical value. The period is also well known because it was a dark age for politic in Indonesia. Thus, a lot of injustice and tragedy happened during this period. Moreover, this study try to find the oppression which happened in The Years of the Voiceless and suffered by the citizens that has been done by the official government military staff.

This study focuses on analyzing the types of oppression experienced by the citizens done by government military in Okky Madasari’s The Years of the Voiceless. In order to find the answer, this study uses the literary criticism using a sociological approach and oppression theory by Irish Marion Young (2014). This study also aims to know the real condition in New Order Regime era by studying the portrayal of the society at that time through The Years of the Voiceless.

In result, this study found all of the five faces or types of oppression that has been mention by Iris Marion Young (2014). The citizens in the novel suffered exploitation, powerlessness, marginalization, cultural imperialism and violence, both physical violence and psychological violence.

INDONESIA:

Sebagai makhluk sosial, manusia hidup dalam lingkup sosial dan berinteraksi dengan sesama dalam kehidupan sehari hari. Namun, tentunya akan ditemui isu isu sosial dalam interaksi tersebut. Salah satu isu sosial terebut adalah mengenai tentang penindasan. Penindasan terjadi ketika individu secara sistematis mengalami degradasi politik, ekonomi, budaya, atau sosial karena mereka milik kelompok sosial, hasil dari struktur dominasi dan subordinasi, yang sesuai, ideologi superioritas dan inferioritas (Charlton, 1998). Studi tentan penindasan telah banyak dikenal dan biasanya dihubungkan dengan topik kesetaraan gender dan penindasan terhadap perempuan. Menurut Iris Marion Young (2014), ada 5 wajah penindasan dan studi ini akan berusaha menemukan contoh dari penindasan yang terjadi dalam novel The Years of the Voiceless. Novel ini ditulis oleh Okky Madasari dan terkenal sebagai cerminan kehidupan sosial pada periode orde baru. Periode ini penting karena memiliki banyak nilai historis. Periode ini juga terkenal karena merupakan masa kegelapan politik di Indonesia.Banyak ketidakadilan terjadi pada saat periode ini berlangsung. Maka dari itu, penelitian ini berusaha untuk menemukan ketidakadilan yang dicerminakan dalam novel The Years of the Voiceless yang dirasakan oleh warga dan banyakdilakukan oleh militer Indonesia.

Penelitian ini fokus menganalisis macam macam penindasan yang dialami oleh masyarakat, dan dalam usaha mencari jawaban atas pertanyaan tersebut, penelitian ini menggunakan studi tentang penindasan yang dibuat oleh Iris Marion Young (2014). Studi ini juga dimaksudkan untuk mengetahui cerminan kondisi asli dari masa Orde Baru dengan menganalisis kejadian di dalam novel The Years of the Voiceless.

Pada kesimpulan, penelitian ini menemukan banyak contoh contoh penindasan yang terjadi dan kelima macam penindasan yang telah disebutkan oleh Iris Marion Young (2014). Masyarakat di dalam novel The Years of the Voiceless mengalami penindasan yang berupa eksploitasi, ketidakberdayaan, marginalisasi, imperialisme budaya, dan juga kekerasan.