Developing Muslim Self-Identity Through Contemporary American Literature
Teaching literature for second language learners would be a challenging job due to language barrier and misinterpretation of ideas especially when the text is not in the same culture, belief and understanding shared between the author and reader. This paper is a study on a content analysis of a c...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/349/1/FH03-FBK-14-00431.pdf http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/349/ |
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| Summary: | Teaching literature for second language learners would be a challenging job due to
language barrier and misinterpretation of ideas especially when the text is not in the
same culture, belief and understanding shared between the author and reader. This
paper is a study on a content analysis of a contemporary American literature written by
an avid postmodernist who has received a well-known acknowledgement by American
poets and critics. The researcher chose Sarah Groham’s Bad Daughter to investigate the
link between contemporary American literature and Islamic views, to analyze the text
using the concept of postmodernism and most importantly to prove that all literary
texts can be analyzed in educational approach as long as the analysis will not jeopardize
the learner’s understanding towards his religion. This approach is parallel with the
concept of postmodernism in literatur |
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