“What is the moral of this story?”: morality, ethical reading and Islamic reading of Karim Raslan’s “neighbours”

• Main Authors: Mohd Ramli, Aimillia, Moris, Megawati
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Malaysian Muslim Intellectuals 2011
• Subjects: PN0441 Literary History
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/37056/1/aimillia.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/37056/

Good literature, according to Plato, is one that promotes good morals for its readers. With the advent of theory, however, this notion has suffered a drawback since it was assumed that moral standards involved values deemed universal when they are, it seems, culturally dependent. This presents a di...