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The A Phenomenological Perspective on the Perceptual World of Motorically Differently Abled Indonesian Authors in Their Novels I Made Astika; Faruk Faruk; Pujiharto Pujiharto
Alinea: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra dan Pengajaran Vol. 6 No. 2 (2026): Alinea: Jurnal Bahasa, Sastra, dan Pengajaran
Publisher : Bale Literasi: Lembaga Riset, Pelatihan & Edukasi, Sosial, Publikasi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.58218/alinea.v6i2.3426

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The lives of differently abled individuals have long been overshadowed by stereotypes imposed by the non-disabled majority. As a result, their bodies are often perceived as incapable of engaging with the world meaningfully. However, narratives written by motorically differently abled authors demonstrate that they do not lose the capacity to make sense of reality. Rather, their perceptual experiences are constituted in different ways. Despite this, the nature of their perceptual world remains underexplored. This study aims to describe the perceptual world of motorically differently abled authors as represented in their novels. This study is limited to three novels by motorically differently abled authors and does not include other types of disabilities or non-literary texts. The data sources consist of Kau Begitu Sempurna by Ariny Nurul Haq, Om by Agil Rizkiani, and Menjeda Cinta by Indah Tinumbia. Drawing on three key concepts from Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenology of perception: chiasm, body schema, and intentionality, the data were analyzed using the Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) method. The findings reveal that the perceptual world of motorically differently abled authors is constituted through three interrelated moments. First, chiasm shows how the differently abled body is “disabled” through the social gaze while also serving as a site for the reversal of stigma. Second, the body schema is extensive and plastic, integrating assistive devices and habitual movements as meaningful extensions of the body. Third, intentionality remains existentially oriented toward achievement, love, and meaningful existence, becoming more contemplative in embodied experience. The findings challenge normate-centered interpretations of disability and reposition differently abled authors as epistemic subjects in Indonesian literary discourse, demonstrating that their perceptual world is structured through embodied meaning-making with implications for disability, literature, and social inclusion.
EMBODIED EXPERIENCE IN NOVELS WRITTEN BY INDONESIAN BLIND AUTHORS: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL STUDY OF PERCEPTION I Made Astika; Faruk; Pujiharto
SEBASA Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasa dan Sastra Vol 9 No 2 (2026): SeBaSa
Publisher : Universitas Hamzanwadi

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29408/sbs.v9i2.35203

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This study aims to describe how embodied experience is presented in novels written by blind Indonesian authors. The scope of the study is focused on the embodied experiences of blind characters in the novels Mata Kedua (2013) and Dunia Tanpa Cahaya (2015) by Ramaditya Adikara, as well as the novel Nafas Sang Pekat (2014) by Nabiel Ghali Azumi. The research employs a qualitative approach using a phenomenological textual analysis method. The analysis is grounded in Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s concepts of the lived body, perception, and being-in-the-world. The data consist of narratives, dialogues, and monologues that represent the bodily experiences of blind characters as they interact with the world, space, and themselves. The findings reveal that embodied experience in these novels is articulated through three main forms: the presence of the world in multisensory perception, spatial orientation through the body, and self-understanding within embodied experience. The findings demonstrate that their world remains present and meaningful through sounds, aromas, touch, and other sensory experiences. Furthermore, the body functions as a center of orientation that enables the subject to inhabit space and establish relations with the environment. Blindness is depicted as a different way of perceiving, living, and making sense of reality. These findings offer an alternative perspective to ableist views that tend to define human ability solely on the basis of visual capacity.