Title: POWER AND GENDER OPPRESSION IN LAUREN WEISBERGER’S THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA AND SETH GRAHAM SMITH’S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES
Abstract: : This study aims to analyze (1) what power is exercised in The Devil Wears Prad a and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies , (2) how power operates gender oppression, and (3) how power plays an important role in gender oppression in the novels. Marxist-Feminist approach is used to analyze the data by applying Engels ’s theory of power, Young’s theory of gender oppression, Marx’s, Engels ’s and Lenin’s theory of liberation. The result has found out that all the indicators of the exercise of power by the ruling class are present in both novels. In relation to gender oppression, the female character in The Devil Wears Prada suffers from exploitation, marginalization, powerlessness, and cultural imperialism in the workplace. Meanwhile, some female characters in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies suffer from all the forms of gender oppression as the impact of the exercise of power in their social life . However, almost all elements of women liberation mostly is reveal ed in the novels. Permalink/DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17977/um015v45i22017p121