IMAGINING JAPANESE AS A MUSLIM: THE NARRATIVE OF NON-OPPOSITIONAL RELATIONS BETWEEN JAPANESE CULTURE AND ISLAMIC VALUES WITHIN MULIYATUN N.’S “AKATSUKI”

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Himawan Pratama
Keyword(s):  
Military Occupation ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Japanese Military ◽  
Romantic Novel ◽  
Positive Images ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Islamic Values

Within the so many positive images of Japan produced and reproduced in Indonesia, there seems to be a convention to portray the relationship between Japanese culture and Islamic values as an oppositional one. This is evident in the depiction of the clash between the two in various stories of the Japanese Military Occupation Period in Indonesia, as well as in Indonesian Islamic literary works until the 2000s. However, through her Islamic-romantic novel “Akatsuki” (2009, 2012, 2017) Muliyatun N., by creating a story that entirely takes place in Japan and with all Japanese characters, depicts Japanese culture and Islamic values relations as non-oppositional and non-confrontational. This paper first describes the depiction of Japanese culture-Islamic values relations within “Akatsuki”. Furthermore, by considering contexts lingering the production of the novel, it analyzes how the “Akatsuki” marks the shift in Indonesian Muslim’s perception towards Japan in the decade of 2010s. My argument is that this shift is in line with the trends of creating a global and successful image of Muslims through literary works, and the recent development of the relationship between Japan and Islamic world.

The Religiosity of Javanese Society in Modern Indonesian Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Patricia Wulandari
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Community Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Islamic Values

A good literary work can provide information about various kinds of community life,including life related to religiosity. Literary works are closely related to religisiutas,because of that, various works appearing showing the religiosity of society, one ofwhich is the Javanese. Modern Indonesian literary works that illustrate this are thecollection of short stories from Umi Kalsum by Djamil Suherman, the lyrical prosePengakuan Pariyem by Linus Suryadi AG, and the novel Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk byAhmad Tohari. Each of these works represents the diversity of Javanese society. Thecollection of short stories from Umi Kalsum shows the religious side of the communitycalled the santri who are so obedient in carrying out their worship. The lyrical proseof Pariyem's confession provides information on how a babu is so resigned to seeinglife, but in her soul holds the wisdom of Kejawen. Meanwhile, Ronggeng Dukuh Parukdescribes the Javanese people who worship the spirits of their ancestors. Even thoughthey have different religions, they basically want harmony. Javanese people who livein santri enjoy harmony when they live with strong Islamic values. The Javanesepeople of the Gunung Kidul area live in harmony if they are always nrimo and see lifeas it is according to its Javanese nature. The Dukuh Paruk community attainsharmony that originates from the worship of the spirit of Ki Secamenggala.

scholarly journals KEMBALINYA SURGA FIRDAUS: MENILIK KEMERDEKAAN INDONESIA MELALUI PANDANGAN ‘ALI AḤMAD BĀKATHĪR DALAM DRAMA ’AUDAT AL-FIRDAUS

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 159
Author(s):  
Mohammad Rokib
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Islamic World ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Islamic Literature

Ali Ahmad Bākathīr was a prolific Arab playwright, novelist and poet of the 20th Century. He wrote almost fifty literary works and more than thirty plays in Arabic which developed Islamic character in Arabic literature. His works sought to establish Islamic values and traditions that occurred in Islamic societies. Although his works contributed immensely to the Arabic and Islamic literature, Bākathīr has received lack of attention from scholars both in Islamic world and in non-Islamic world. This paper explores the Muslim effort in acquiring national independence on the literary works of Bākathīr, particularly on the concept of nationalism. In the process of acquiring national independence, Indonesia’s figures usually utilized the paradigm of nationalism through words of dialog. The words of figure that referred to nationalism will be discussed. In this paper, we argue that Bākathīr literary work’s ’Audat al-Firdaus contains the spirit of nationalism for gaining independence.      

للكاتب البروناوي الحاج محمد حسين بن عبد الرحمن (Pancawarna)"سمات الأدب الإسلامي في رواية "الألوان الخمسة (Features of Islamic Literature in the Novel “Pancawarna” by Bruneian Writer Haji Md Hussain bin Abdul Rahman)

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 72-96
Author(s):  
رحمة بنت أحمد الحاج عثمان ◽  
كوجيمه بنت الحاج عبد ا بنت الحاج عبد القهار
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
The Core ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Artistic Values ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Islamic Literature

الرواية فن من الفنون الأدبية التي نشأت حديثًا في المجتمع البروناوي، وقد تطور من حيث الكمية والنوعية منذ مطلع هذا القرن، ومن أدلة هذا التطور ظهور الرواية الإسلامية عند الكُتّاب البروناويين، ويتناول هذا البحث سمات الأدب الإسلامي في رواية "الألوان الخمسة" (Pancawarna) للكاتب البروناوي الحاج محمد حسين بن عبد الرحمن اعتمادًا على السمات التي أشار إليها نجيب الكيلاني في كتابة "مدخل إلى الأدب الإسلامي"؛ ليصل البحث إلى نتيجة أن رواية "الألوان الخمسة" ملتزمة بالقيم الفنية الجمالية المحافظة على طبيعة الأدب من حيث الشكل، وبالقيم الإسلامية من حيث المضمون. الكلمات المفتاحيّة: الأدب الإسلامي، الالتزام، رواية "الألوان الخمسة"، سمات الأدب الإسلامي. Abstract The field of novel writing is one of the growing literary works in Brunei Darussalam in this century, both in the aspect of novels’ genres or quantities. The most significant developments in novel writings in Brunei Darussalam these days is the emergence of Islamic novels written by the Bruneian writers. This study highlights the features of Islamic literature in the novel ‘Pancawarna’ written by Haji Md Hussain bin Abdul Rahman according to the criteria set by Najib Kilani in his book "Madkhal Ila al-Adab al-Islami". This study finds that the novel meets the criteria of Islamic literature that exhibits beautiful writings and artistic values to preserve the nature of literary works as well as portraying Islamic values as the core essence of the novel. Keywords: Islamic Literature, Commitment, the Novel ‘Pancawarna’, Features of Islamic Literature.

From Book to Film

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Christine M. E. Guth
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Film History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Silent Film ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Art And Literature ◽  
Literary Art ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Mary McNeil Fenollosa’s 1906 novel The Dragon Painter and its 1919 filmic adaptation sit at the intersection of American literary, art, and film history. Simultaneously personal and political, each is a product of its time and place. Together, they tell a story about changing (and unchanging) attitudes that were constituents of the complex and often contradictory history of the reception of Japanese culture and people in the United States. The novel draws on stereotypes of Japan as a primitive country of innately artistic people that at the time of its publication had been made familiar through art and literature. The silent film, produced in Hollywood, by and co-starring Sessue Hayakawa and his wife Tsuru Aoki, expanded and complicated the modes of visualizing Japan by featuring a Japanese couple in starring roles. This article addresses the relationship between the novel, an allegory of Japanese cultural loss and renewal, and the film, a romance inflected with American concerns about race, drawing particular attention to gender and Japanism in their reception and interpretation.

scholarly journals SOME FEATURES OF THE NOVEL FORM OF KADZUO ISHIGURO (REMAINING OF THE DAY, DON'T LET ME GO)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.I. Silantyeva ◽  
O.A. Andreichykova
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Japanese Culture ◽  
Moral Foundations ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Kazuo Ishiguro ◽  
English Novel ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Japanese Descent

The article examines the signs of devaluation of humanism in modern society in the context of multicultural thinking (English - Japanese).  The objects of research are the novels of the Nobel (2017) and Booker (1989) Prize writer Kazuo Ishiguro - The Rest of the Day and Don't Let Me Go. In The Rest of the Day, an English writer of Japanese descent inherits and develops the tradition of the English novel, but at the same time synthesizes the peculiarities of the English mentality with the principles of honor and service in the Bushido samurai code.  The subtle irony associated with the parallel "code of honor of the English butler and the Japanese samurai," according to the authors of the article, largely explains the logic of the plot of the work.  The article also notes that Kazuo Ishiguro managed to reflect the deep commonality of postcolonial Englishness with the refined Japanese perception of being and duty.  Although the author himself in his interviews and comments often insists that he remembers almost nothing about Japan and that he is interested in writing on universal topics, this practically always has a shocking effect in his novels.  The novel Don't Let Me Go helps to understand that the peculiarity of this work is the proclamation of humanism as one of the main values of mankind at any time and under any conditions.  It is noted that this idea is manifested in a conflict with the modern interpretation of the concept.  Humanistic values in the novel are also revealed in the inner thoughts of the heroine, the relationship of the heroes, the actions of the heroes, and the author, even in a non-standard anti-utopian situation of ideals, ready to reflect on the moral foundations without which human life is unthinkable.  In addition, the motive of man's detachment from his roots, which is very characteristic of Japanese culture, is projected on the modern European vision of the problem.

scholarly journals Representation of Environmental Damage in The Novel Pukat and Eliana By Tere Liye

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meilani Meilani ◽  
Haris Supratno ◽  
Setiawan Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Ecological Problem ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
Study Techniques ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Based on the problems in the novel Pukat and Eliana by Tere Liye, it is necessary to do an analysis that discusses the representation of environmental damage in literary works using ecocritical studies. The selection of studies on the representation of environmental damage in literary works as a focus of research has the following reasons: (1) the reflective representation in the novel Pukat and Eliana by Tere Liye is a real-life description of the problems of the characters in the novel with nature and the surrounding environment. The setting used in the story is the forest in Sumatra; (2) the next ecological problem is intentional representation which is a description of the factors that cause damage to the environment in Sumatra; (3) the constructional representation contained in Tere Liye's Pukat and Eliana novel is an impact that occurs as a result of human activity itself. In research with the object of these two novels using qualitative research. This qualitative research as a research step that produces descriptive data in the form of written words of the object being analyzed. The approach in this analysis is an eco-critic approach because this analysis can be used for research on the representation of environmental damage in literary works. Data collection techniques are basically gathering facts related to research problems. Based on research data sources in the form of texts namely novels titled Trawl and novels titled Eliana by Tere Liye the collection of data of this study uses the techniques of listening and documentation study techniques. Ecocriticism studies the ways in which we describe the relationship between humans and their environment. Ecocriticism is also influenced by modern environmental movements. Greg Garrard explored the development of the modern environmental movement and studied several concepts related to eco-criticism, including: (a) pollution, (b) wilderness, (c) apocalypse, (d) housing/dwelling, (e) animals, and (f) earth. Literature itself grows from the environment of society and the natural environment (ecology), which has a function as a medium of representation, views/reflections on the reality of literature which has an important role in changing social values, shared life values and values of local wisdom.

scholarly journals Realitas Kehidupan Islami dalam Novel Surat Kecil untuk Tuhan Karya Agnes Davonar (Kajian Mimetik)

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Zulfatun Anisah
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Moral Education ◽  
Social Values ◽  
Islamic Education ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
The Social ◽  
Islamic Values

The value of Islamic education is occupied in everyday life, depicted also in literary works. One of them is the novel "Little Letter to God". The Islamic values contained in the novel reflect the values of life. On the social values depicted kinship attitudes interwoven between humans, mutual help-help, and mutual cooperation with each other. The value of education is also depicted according to the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad is seriously in search of knowledge until death to pick human. Moral education can also be used as a reference. Wise in dealing with any event or fate. Do not blame others when he / she gets the accident. Able to deal with various problems with a spacious heart. In addition, the value of religiosity in the novel SKUT reflects that in initiating any activity should be based on prayer, and sincere in receiving trials and destiny

scholarly journals NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN ISLAM

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 172-196
Author(s):  
Nurul Indana ◽  
Noor Fatikah ◽  
Nady Nady
Keyword(s):  
Islamic Education ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Religious Knowledge ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Education Value ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Value Of Education ◽  
Morals Education

Along with development of globalization, literary works also makes an important contribution to education. One of the novels that included Islamic values ??especially in moral messages is the novel "Kasidah-Kasidah Cinta" written Muhammad Muhyidin which is full of knowledge, especially about religious knowledge, so that it feels more alive and real. The Islamic education value is the value of Islam that supports education implementation and even becomes a series or system such values as the value of faith, knowledge, worship morals, and the value of struggle. Meanwhile the value of education in the Kasidah-Kasidah Cinta novel is about faith, worship and morals education.Along with development of globalization, literary works also makes an important contribution to education. One of the novels that included Islamic values ??especially in moral messages is the novel "Kasidah-Kasidah Cinta" written Muhammad Muhyidin which is full of knowledge, especially about religious knowledge, so that it feels more alive and real. The Islamic education value is the value of Islam that supports education implementation and even becomes a series or system such values as the value of faith, knowledge, worship morals, and the value of struggle. Meanwhile the value of education in the Kasidah-Kasidah Cinta novel is about faith, worship and morals education.

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