ANALYSIS OF THE FORM OF MALE GAZE IN THE SHORT STORY I LIED TO MOTHER BY A. FATIMAH HARDIANTI

This research aims to reveal the male gaze phenomenon in the short story Aku Lied to Mother by A. Fatimah Hardianti. In this research the author uses Laura Mulvey's feminist theory of "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" which introduces the concept of male gaze which describes how the camera in films often functions as a representation of men's views of the world and female characters. However, in this research, the form of the male gaze was found in a literary work, the short story "Aku Lied to Mother", which was the material object in this research. This research uses a qualitative descriptive method in which data is obtained by carrying out in-depth reading, listening and recording phenomena related to the problem of male gaze in the research object. The results of this research are the discovery of erotic quotes in the short story Aku Lied to Mother which reflects men's treatment and views towards women, which often demean, threaten and show their dominance and sexual desires. Thus, it is hoped that this research will trigger the emergence of studies new, more detailed cases related to melgia in literary works