Description of the Noble Girls of Indonesian 1930s in Alisjahbana’s Selected Novels

This article describes the noble young women of Indonesian 1930s in two novels by Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana. Molek in the novel Dian Yang TakKunjung Padam (1932) reflects the noble girl who lives in the order of traditional society, while Tuti in the novel Tengge lamnya Kapal Van Der Wijck (1936) is an educated noble girl who lives in the order of modern society. This research is a literary research that is oriented on structural aspects, namely characterizations on the two novels so in processing the data is using the Structuralism Approach. Feminist theory is used in analyzing the conditions and thoughts of female characters in both literary works, namely Molek and Tuti. The result of this article was found that Molek's condition as a noble girl who lives in the order of traditional society was confined in a house that was closed to the social life of the surrounding community, his fate was determined by the wishes of her parents and family, no accesses to formal education, and others. On the other hand, Tuti as a noble girl in the order of modern life is actively participating in social activities such as organizations, has freedom in determining her life choices, gaining access to formal education, and others.