This research is motivated by the problems of beauty and normality that develop in society. Women are often seen as objects that must be judged and contested for their beauty. Beautiful and normal is considered a solid and patent construction. However, the meaning of beautiful and normal is not stable. The purpose of this study is to deconstruct the structure that is considered to be established regarding beauty and normality. The method used to deconstruct this structure is the deconstruction method offered by Derrida. The data source of this research is the novel Maya by Ayu Utami, while the data in this study are words, phrases, sentences, and paragraphs that contain discourses of beauty and normalcy in the novel Maya. Furthermore, data analysis is carried out through the study of binary oppositions to then look for the hierarchical structure in the binary oppositions. After obtaining the binary opposition and hierarchical structure, then the deconstruction process is carried out. The results obtained in this study include the normative structure of beauty and normality in the novel Maya, binary opposition in the novel Maya, and the deconstruction of beauty and normal in the novel Maya.

This paper aimed to uncover the myths of beauty that are portrayed by female writers in her works. The novel that was used as the object of this research is Ayu Utami's Maya and Lalita. The method applied to analyze these novels is descriptive-qualitative method. The qualitative data used in this study came from the novel Lalita and Maya by Ayu Utami. Texts containing the issue of beauty myths are exposed using the view of beauty myths developed by Naomi Wolf. The results obtained from this study include: First, the beauty standards represented in the novel Lalita and Maya are the standards of beauty for women in Indonesia such as slim body, dark hair and soft, and olive skin color typical of Indonesian women. In addition, there is a contestation between the physical beauty and behavior of the female characters in each novel. Second, there are two factors that construct the myth of female beauty in Lalita and Maya novels namely, capitalist industry and patriarchal institutions. In the two novels analyzed, it shows the influence of capitalist industry and patriarchal institutions in shaping the myth of female beauty.

The appearance of poetry in the media Instagram (Instapoetry) in recent years has changed the world of poetry to become more attractive to readers. However, some experts still criticize this genre of poetry, especially its lack of craftsmanship and substance aspects. Based on the above problems, this study seeks to explore the points of Wabi-Sabi's philosophy offered by Instapoetry in a collection of poetry books entitled Love and Misadventure (2014). The content analysis method is combined with semiotic analysis to investigate the aesthetic values of Wabi-Sabi in a discussion of the various experiences of love. The results of the analysis show that mysterious, pessimistic, and disappointing experiences of love are used as the main tool by the poet to highlight the Wabi-Sabi philosophy. The findings also suggest that unpleasant experiences of love can be viewed as something that is no less beautiful if the reader interprets it based on Wabi-sabi's philosophy.

This study aims to describe the acquisition of conjunction elements in preschool children. This research is focused on the acquisition of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions in preschool-aged children. The subject of this research is a 5 year old girl. The data in this study are utterances from 5-year-old girls which contain elements of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions. This study uses a qualitative descriptive research design. There are three stages of data analysis in this study, namely reduction, presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that the conjunctions most frequently found in the speech of research subjects are coordinating conjunctions. The coordinating conjunctions found in the utterances of the research subjects are and, or, but, whereas, besides, moreover, only, except. The subordinating conjunctions found in the utterances of research subjects are if, if, for, so, before, after.

Privacy space is something that most people do not pay attention to, especially the privacy space in life choices. There is a boundary that women have as individuals that must be obeyed and not simply breached by others. These privacy spaces manifest in the fields of education, work and marriage. Women in patriarchal societies are often used as objects, not as subjects, so that they often lose their privacy space. The privacy space here refers to the private area that makes women free to be themselves, have power over themselves. For this reason, this paper aims to reveal the privacy spaces of women represented in the novel Cinta Suci Zahrana by Habiburrahman el-Shirazy. From the analysis results can be described first, the privacy spaces of women in the novel Cinta Suci Zahrana. What are the things that become the personal boundaries of the female character in the novel. Second, the form of oppression accepted by women and how women's resistance to fighting this oppression. Thus, it was found that women in the novel Cinta Suci Zahrana still received oppressions from patriarchal culture but tried to fight back by doing