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CHALLENGE THE STEREOTYPES: ISLAM VOICES AS A FORM OF DECOLONIAL FEMINISM IN UZMA JALALUDDIN’S NOVEL AYESHA AT LAST Akbar, Rifqi
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 8, No 1: June 2024
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v8i1.9065

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Halal Fiction is a sub-genre that seeks to represent Muslims in a way that reduces Islamophobia. Islamophobia often perpetuates grand narratives that marginalize women's identities, particularly in regions where the population is predominantly Muslim, such as the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. A descriptive-qualitative approach is one methodological strategy within decolonialism, aimed at redefining heteropatriarchal Islamic principles. This approach can be informed by feminist decolonial theory, as proposed by Françoise Verges. The novel Ayesha at Last addresses inequality in marriage and Islamic paradigms through its characters Ayesha and Farzana. This portrayal challenges the perception of Islam as immoral, particularly among Muslim women. Farzana believes that Ayesha has become a moderate Muslim woman, eroding traditional Muslim values, which she deems unsuitable for her son Khalid to marry into. The research aims to challenge stereotypes of Muslim values, advocating for equality between men and women regardless of geopolitical and educational status. The findings reveal that through the character of Ayesha, who transitions from traditional to moderate Islam, the novel demonstrates that Islam is a religion that upholds equal values between men and women, without any inherent differences or harm to one another.
THE DISCOURSE OF WHITE SUPREMACY TOWARDS CONFORMATION OF BLACK IDEAL MASCULINITY OF ALFA NDIAYE’S ATTRIBUTES IN DAVID DIOP’S NOVEL AT NIGHT ALL BLOOD IS BLACK Akbar, Rifqi; Agustin, Nerry
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 1: June 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i1.6925

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Colonialism is one of the events of colonization of Europeans or Western nations to a nation or continent with inferior value to its customs, intellectuality, and marginalization. It results in the distingency of social structures that experience racial inequality and discrimination, including black people. White supremacy perpetuates an ideology that can take away the human rights of blacks, especially the ideal identity of masculinity, the black men. Black men are represented as beasts, combat-ready pioneers, obedient slaves, and so on. This representation becomes a construction of an ideological discourse that marginalizes black people. This discourse affects psychological and social dualism and intersectionalism that rests on resistance to white supremacy. This study aims to reveal the discourse of the identity of idealistic masculinity in black men. The method used is descriptive-qualitative. This method is employed in relating the problems that occur to Alfa Ndiaye who experiences the traumatic experience of the death of his best friend in his life journey while tracing racial equality between the countries of Francophone, France-Africa (Senegal). This study uses intersectional, masculinity, and racial studies. The material object is the novel At Night All Blood is Black by David Diop. In contrast, the formal object is ideology's effect in identifying masculinity's attributes in black people, especially in the main character, Alfa Ndiaye. Thus, white hegemony always uses various ways to make the ‘wounded masculinity’ of Ndiaye feel pressured and it is considered that their savagery is beneficial for Captain Armand in raising French independence.
POPULARIZATION OF SCIENCE FICTION: FORMULA ANALYSIS ON ELLE McNICOLL’S NOVEL SHOW US WHO YOU ARE Akbar, Rifqi
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching Vol 7, No 2: December 2023
Publisher : Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara (UISU)

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.30743/ll.v7i2.8441

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This research is the formula analysis of popularization of science fiction in representing the neurodivergent character, Cora, in Show Us Who You Are. The novel, exposes the female autistic who would be the next hologram creation of Pomegranate’s experimentation. The method used in this study is an inductive-qualitative approach with comprehensive data collection and analysis that generate arguments and critical thinking. The material object used is the novel Show Us Who You Are written by Elle McNicoll, while the formal object is the formula put forward by Raymond Williams about conventions and inventions in the science fiction genre. The combination of science fiction and middle grade makes Elle McNicoll's work unique in reconstructing the romanticization of neurodivergent character from the neurodivergent perspective. Thus, these innovations are presented in various formulas which deconstruct the binary narrative through feminist critique in soft SF formed by the author in the delivery of an inclusive neurodiversity movement.
DECONSTRUCTING THE AMERICAN DREAM IN THE CHINESE-AMERICAN NARRATIVE OF REBECCA F. KUANG'S NOVELS Akbar, Rifqi; Adi, Ida Rochani
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 13, No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v13i1.106302

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The American Dream as the axis of diaspora pathways has an impact on the construction of American diaspora novels, especially the perspective of Chinese-American female writers, one of whom is RF Kuang. This study focuses on RF Kuang's reflection in representing the American Dream. For the American diaspora, this dream still marginalizes the existence of minorities and is exclusive to white people. Diaspora writers always conflict with ambivalent values that must intersect with the American Dream so that this racism can be dissolved in American society and achieve equality. Through Derrida, American diaspora writers are given a third space to implement the American dream and ideological contestation that provides a nuance of transnational solidarity. This dream is conveyed through Kuang’s novels Poppy War Trilogy: An Arcane of History: Babel; and Yellowface. This research indicates that each of Kuang’s works is constructed within the myth as the foreground, and it is negotiated through her achievements, exclusivity, and inclusivity in literary production, the equality in the characterization, and the Chinese Dream, which forms the contestation. These elements represent the Chinese-American narrative, as well as the existence of the Asian-American diaspora within the American publishing system, which significantly pulls in a global popularity among international audiences.
Co-Authors Agustin, Nerry Ida Rochani Adi