THE PORTRAYAL OF MASCULINE QUALITY ON FEMALE CHARACTERS IN KEVIN KWAN'S CRAZY RICH ASIANS

Abstract

ABSTRACT This study is entitled The Portrayal of Masculine Quality on Female Characters in Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians. Crazy Rich Asians is a story tells about Rachel Chui who got invited by her boyfriend to attend his best friend’s wedding and meet his family in Singapore. Upon her arrival, Rachel Chu will face prejudice from his family, friends, and upper class in Singapore. Rachel has to fight alone in the foreign land and make quick judgement to overcome the problem. The writer curious and interested on how Kevin Kwan portrays masculine quality on female characters in his novel. This thesis uses masculinity theory by Peter Lehman (2001: 7-24) as the criterion of masculine elements that exist in the female characters. In completing the analysis, the study uses qualitative descriptive method by Lambert and Lambert (2013: 256), which focuses on discovering the nature of the specific events under study. The result shows that masculine quality, power, leadership, courage, and heroism, can be found on the female chracters of Kevin Kwan’s novel. Keyword: masculine, female masculinity.