Representation of Post-Apartheid Social Reality after the Collapse of Racism in Nadine Gordimer’s No Time Like the Present

Matatu ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-144
Author(s):  
Henry J. Hunjo
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Democratic Governance ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
The People ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Apartheid Regime ◽  
The Ideal

The essay demonstrates that a literary writer is not just an advocate for the ideal life but is also capable of reflecting how life could be lived by confronting potentially emergent social changes. Drawing on theoretical and methodological tools of Faircloughian critical discourse analysis and using Nadine Gordimer’s No Time Like the Present, a novel that represents post-apartheid social realities as its data source, the essay shows that, after the collapse of apartheid, many problems remain with which South Africa must contend. Gordimer shows that post-apartheid South Africa must gradually extract itself from the psychological fangs of apartheid and make the transition to democracy. She draws attention to the benefits of the repeal of the racist laws of the apartheid regime and the need for democratic governance to have direct impact on the people. The essay concludes that with another twenty years from now, a vision Gordimer tenaciously holds to in her narrative, post-apartheid South Africa should rank among other democratic nations.

scholarly journals PIDATO JOKO WIDODO SETELAH PUTUSAN MAHKAMAH KONSTITUSI: REPRESENTASI IDEOLOGI DAN KEKUASAAN (JOKO WIDODO’S SPEECH FOLLOWING THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF INDONESIA JUDGEMENT: THE REPRESENTATION OF IDEOLOGY AND POWER)

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 87
Author(s):  
Pujiningtyas Pujiningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Political Speech ◽  
The People ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Data Source ◽  
The Republic

Joko Widodo as the elected president delivered his political speech following the judgement of The Constitutional Court of Indonesia regarding the lawsuit of the election of the president and vice president of the Republic of Indonesia for the 2019-2024 period. In the judgement, the Constitutional Court of Indonesia affirmed to reject the lawsuit and decided Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin as the elected President and Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia. Thus, such political speech cannot be considered as independent. In his speech, Joko Widodo conveyed statement and ideology through language. Therefore, Joko Widodo’s speech was analyzed using the Huckin model for critical discourse analysis approach which was carried out using qualitative descriptive methods. The data source was Joko Widodo’s speech after the judgement of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia broadcasted nationwide. The analysis was carried out to look for genre, framing, foregrounding or backgrounding, presuppositions, and differences in topics, as well as analysis of sentences and words. The result shows that Joko Widodo used straightforward and explicit language and was presented in an argumentative and persuasive manner. The delivering of the speech used the language relations and power so that the ideology conveyed and was accepted by the people of Indonesia.AbstrakJoko Widodo sebagai presiden terpilih menyampaikan pidato politiknya usaiMahkamah Konstitusi memutuskan gugatan perkara hasil pemilihan presiden dan wakil presiden Republik Indonesia periode 2019--2024. Dalam putusan itu, Mahkamah Konstitusi menegaskan menolak gugatan yang diajukan oleh Tim Pemenangan Prabowo Subianto dan Sandiaga S. Uno dan memutuskan Joko Widodo dan Ma’ruf Amin sebagai Presiden dan Wakil Presiden Republik Indonesia terpilih. Berkenaan dengan itu, pidato politik itu tidak dapat dipandang berdiri sendiri. Joko Widodo dalam pidatonya menyampaikan pernyataan dan ideologi melalui bahasa. Oleh karena itu, pidato Joko Widodo dianalisis dengan pendekatan analisiswacana kritis model Huckin. Analisis dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif. Sumber data dalam penelitian adalah pidato Joko Widodo usai putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi yang disiarkan secara nasional oleh media massa. Analisis dilakukan untuk melihat genre, framing, foregrounding atau backgrounding, praanggapan, dan perbedaan topik, serta analisis kalimat dan kata. Temuan menunjukkan bahwa Joko Widodo menggunakan bahasa lugas dan eksplisit dan disampaikan secara argumentatif dan persuasif. Penyampaian itu menggunakan relasi bahasa dan kekuasaan sehingga ideologi yang disampaikan dapat diterima secara positif oleh rakyat Indonesia.

DEMOCRACY AT THE SERVICE OF FOREIGN POLICY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. FREDDIE
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Foreign Policy Change ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Apartheid Regime

The article examines the place and role of democracy and human rights in South Africas foreign policy. The author analyzes the process of South Africas foreign policy change after the fall of the apartheid regime and transition to democracy. He gives characteristics of the foreign policy under different presidents of South Africa from 1994 to 2018 and analyzes the political activities of South Africa in the area of peacekeeping and human rights on the African continent.

Fenomena Arab Spring dalam Wacana Qatar Debate

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Mohammad Dzulkifli
Keyword(s):  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Arab Spring ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Sentence Patterns ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
Semantic Element ◽  
Social Views ◽  
The Arab Spring

<p><strong>This article aims to describe the Arab Spring phenomenon through critical discourse analysis of the Qatar Debate. This research is a qualitative descriptive study with the note-taking method. The results of the study show that the structure of the discourse contained in the Qatar debate consists of several structures. First, the macrostructure that contains thematic elements or general themes, namely about ‘Arab Spring has failed’. Second, is the superstructure which contains schematic elements referring to the system and the rules of the game in the turn of speech. Third, the microstructure contains elements of semantics, syntax, stylistics, rhetoric, and metaphors. The semantic element of the Qatar debate shows the uses of language that aims to rever to connotative meanings. Syntactically, the Qatari debaters are dominant using active sentence patterns and noun sentences (jumlah ismiyah). From the stylistic aspect, both teams have their own style of language, as the pro team uses a lot of declarative styles while the counter team tends to use an interrogative style. The rhetorical and metaphorical elements are used a few times but not in large portions. This study also shows the different views of the two teams from two countries that represent the social views of the people in their respective countries towards the Arab Spring phenomenon.</strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong> – <em>Arab Spring, Critical Discourse Analyst, Qatar Debate</em></p>

scholarly journals REPRESENTASI PEREMPUAN JAWA DALAM SERAT WULANG PUTRI: ANALISIS WACANA KRITIS

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 213
Author(s):  
Atin Fitriana
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Woman Writer ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior ◽  
The Ideal

<p>The Javanese culture has a specific perspective on the ideal figure of women. This perspective is generally manifested in the classical texts, for example, in Serat Wulang Putri Adisara. Written by Nyi Adisara. Serat Wulang Putri contains the teachings for royal daughters in living their life as Javanese women based on Javanese teachings. In this manuscript, the readers can see the women figure portrayed from the perspective of a woman writer. This paper discusses the ideal women’s discourse in Serat Wulang Putri using the approach of critical discourse analysis from van Dijk. The analysis is conducted by considering the text’s microstructure, macrostructure, and cultural context. Through the analysis, we can see the ideal discourse of Javanese women based on Serat Wulang Putri. Furthermore, the text discusses women as figures who must pay attention to their attitudes and behavior, and can control their hearts, minds, and feelings. In this case, the author uses the male point of view to describe the characteristics of ideal Javanese women. Javanese women are also described as a weak figure and must obey what men command or expect from them.</p>

scholarly journals Written Text on Pakistani Vehicles: A Critical Discourse Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-57
Author(s):  
Sidra Mahmood
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Motor Vehicles ◽  
Three Dimensional Model ◽  
Written Text ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

Linguistically, the word ‘language’ has shifted into ‘discourse’ which is a social phenomenon not only to express the thoughts but also to reflect the mindset and contexts of a specific community. The purpose of this study is to examine the slogans written on Pakistani automobiles and to understand the logic behind the social and cultural affiliations of these slogans. Pakistani culture of the art of making pictures and written phrases, poetic verses and imperative sentences on vehicles is famous all over the world. The study has analysed the writings found on vehicles, and although these writings might look trivial on the automobiles, they address various social issues. The Three-Dimensional Model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) by Fairclough (2001) is used as a theoretical framework that explains the study at three levels: lexical, syntactic patterns, interpretations, and social practices. The discourses written on the vehicles are characterised into different categories, which are life’s mission statements, loud messages, mind baffling messages, everyday life annoyances, provoking statements, and religious looms. Twenty images and pictures have been captured from vehicles as a random sample of this study. The results reveal the mindset behind these discourses. They are used to highlight social issues which Pakistan faces, being a developing country. In short, the study discloses the strong link between the vehicles and the people using them to convey messages to the society which can bring harmony among the public. The current study is limited to only Pakistani motor vehicles.

scholarly journals Legitimation of Poverty in School Economics Textbooks in South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jugathambal Ramdhani ◽  
Suriamurthee Maistry
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
South African ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Further Education ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Value Systems ◽  
Critical Knowledge ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Selection Of

In South Africa, the school textbook remains a powerful source of content knowledge to both teachers and learners. Such knowledge is often engaged uncritically by textbook users. As such, the worldviews and value systems in the knowledge selected for consumption remain embedded and are likely to do powerful ideological work. In this article, we present an account of the ideological orientations of knowledge in a corpus of school economics textbooks. We engage the tenets of critical discourse analysis to examine the representations of the construct “poverty” as a taught topic in the Further Education and Training Economics curriculum. Using Thompson’s legitimation as a strategy and form-function analysis as specific analytical tools, we unearth the subtext of curriculum content in a selection of Grade 12 Economics textbooks. The study reveals how power and domination are normalised through a strategy of economic legitimation, thereby offering a “legitimate” rationale for the existence of poverty in the world. The article concludes with implications for curriculum and a humanising pedagogy, and a call for embracing critical knowledge on poverty in the South African curriculum.

“They cowardly attack US, so we nobly eliminate them…”

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 292-315
Author(s):  
Cristina Mayor-Goicoechea ◽  
Jesús Romero-Trillo
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Corpus Linguistics ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
The People ◽  
Linguistic Strategies

Abstract The threat of the Islamic State is realised both in its attacks and its discourse. To illustrate the role of linguistic threats, the present study investigates the ISIS online propaganda magazine Dabiq by combining Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics (Romero-Trillo 2008; Baker et al. 2008). Following the two groups described by van Dijk (2003), which are represented by the in-group (ISIS) and the out-group (against ISIS), we propose a third element: the translocal group (i.e., the people in between). The results show the substantial presence of linguistic strategies enhanced by Dangerous Speech (Benesch 2013) to create a high segregation between the groups. Also, the analysis shows the inextricable relationship between conflict and dangerous language and the need to investigate this link further, with special reference to the polarisation of the groups and to the subsequent escalation of violence in discourse.

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