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A Critique of Patriarchal Oppression of Women in The Yellow Wallpaper: A Feminism Literary Criticism

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: . The research on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” (1892) is motivated by the social reality of patriarchal oppression in marriage. This research uses a descriptive qualitative method. The study examines the critique of patriarchal oppression—the state in which societies grant men more power and privilege than women. The figure of John portrays patriarchal oppression as a husband who oppresses the narrator as a wife. The study reveals the effects of patriarchal oppression on the narrator’s life. There is also the narrator’s resistance to patriarchal oppression. This research explains further about patriarchal oppression resistance since previous studies focus on women’s difficulties in a patriarchal systemKeywords: patriarchal oppression, feminism, women, the yellow wallpaper

Source: Eralingua Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa Asing dan Sastra

DOI: 10.26858/eralingua.v9i1.68861

Authors: Ahmad Rifat Fikri, Ashadi Ashadi, Sulis Triyono

Institution: Yogyakarta State University

Language: English

Topic: American and British Literature Analysis

Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Gender equality

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $49