Reclaiming Voices and Disputing Authority: A Feminist Dialogics Approach in Reading Kee Thuan Chye’s Plays

Bakar, Erda Wati; Yusof, Noraini Md; Vengadasamy, Ravichandran

doi:10.17576/3l-2016-2201-08

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“…Literary studies have dwelled mostly on the thematic aspects of Kee's plays, for instance, from existentialist, feminist and political perspectives (Bakar et al, 2016;Rajoo, 2001;Tneh, 2016). The infusion of wayang kulit has also been discussed closely with the subject matters of the plays which often manifest a clash between cultural identity and the dominant culture.…”

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Alienation Effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit Adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

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Ying²,

Said³

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Existing studies have acknowledged the respective influence of Brechtian epic theatre and the adaptation of wayang kulit in Kee Thuan Chye’s plays, though largely keeping them as two separate entities. This paper focuses on Kee’s adaptation of wayang kulit in his first two published plays, namely 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge to examine its functions in generating the Brechtian alienation effect in the selected plays. The rationales behind the increased scale of wayang kulit adaptation in The Big Purge compared to 1984 Here and Now is also explored in tandem with Kee’s alleged increase in theatrical subtlety. In the findings, the adaptation of wayang kulit in the selected plays correlates to the Brechtian alienation effect through the means of the incongruity of the wayang kulit, the role of the dalang or puppeteer and the fragmented plot structure of the wayang kulit metadrama. In The Big Purge, Kee’s increased scale of wayang kulit adaptation reflects his swerve to a more subtle style of writing as a reaction to the public perception of 1984 Here and Now and his first wayang adaptation in the play.

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Alienation Effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit Adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

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Ying²,

Said³

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“…Her statement implies a feminist aspect that defends women's rights in order to be equal to men. Hence, based on the previous researches and theories conducted by Jespersen (1922), Lakoff (2009), Nienaber and Moraka (2016), Bakar, Yusof, and Vengadasamy (2016), which have examined feminism and feminist language. It is proved that the researches' impacts have been continuing until today.…”

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“…Meanwhile, Nienaber and Moraka (2016) have stated that feminism concerns the identity of women, both philosophically and socially, and with equal rights politically, legally, and economically. In addition, another research by Bakar, Yusof, and Vengadasamy (2016), has revealed that feminism is an effort that aims to reclaim the voice and history of previously muted women by allowing them to express their voices and acknowledging them for their opinions since the separation between men and women is challenging in the general discourses (Udasmoro, 2017). It is in line with Shamsuddin and Hamid (2017), who have stated that there should be a long study of gender roles that conform to social and cultural expectations.…”

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Feminism Values in the Posters of Yogyakarta’s Students Demonstration: The #Gejayanmemanggil

Gustema

Sahayu

2020

Lingua Cultura

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The research aimed to examine feminism values on the posters of Yogyakarta’s students’ demonstration the #Gejayanmemanggil. Data collection technique was conducted by reading and note-taking techniques. From social media (Instagram), read the posters for several times, made a reduction for the data, and analyzed the feminism values which were reflected in the data based on the discourse or textual aspects. In the findings, the use of feminist languages, which contained the feminism values was revealed, in order to correlate it with the previous studies and theories. It was affected by the positive and negative meanings of the words and their impact on the audience. Discourse analysis was the proper way to examine the hidden ideologies of discourse. It revealed the discursive structures and manipulative language of the speakers or writers. The results reveal that the posters on the demonstration #Gejayanmemanggil contain feminism values as reflected in the feminist languages which support the ideology. Therefore, based on the findings of the research which conducts a discourse analysis in examining mass communication, language has enormous powers in appealing to emotions, manipulating someone’s thoughts and behavior, as well as misrepresenting the realities.

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Reclaiming Voices and Disputing Authority: A Feminist Dialogics Approach in Reading Kee Thuan Chye’s Plays

Abstract: Kee Thuan Chye in all four of his selected plays has appropriated and reimagined history by giving it a flair of contemporaneity in order to

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Alienation Effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit Adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

Alienation Effect in Kee Thuan Chye’s Wayang Kulit Adaptations in 1984 Here and Now and The Big Purge

Feminism Values in the Posters of Yogyakarta’s Students Demonstration: The #Gejayanmemanggil

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