Sexual Taboos In Short Story: The Perception Of Malay Students In Unimas Towards Its Exposure in the Selected Short Stories
This study sought to examine the perception of Malay students in UNIMAS towards the exposure of sexual taboos in selected short stories; The Neighbours by Karim Raslan and Under the Blanket by Hanna Alkaf. This study also aims to find out what are their perceptions toward the authors who expos...
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my.unimas.ir-467572024-11-29T08:58:45Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46757/ Sexual Taboos In Short Story: The Perception Of Malay Students In Unimas Towards Its Exposure in the Selected Short Stories Hairi Waznati Azra, Abd Razak H Social Sciences (General) This study sought to examine the perception of Malay students in UNIMAS towards the exposure of sexual taboos in selected short stories; The Neighbours by Karim Raslan and Under the Blanket by Hanna Alkaf. This study also aims to find out what are their perceptions toward the authors who exposed sex and sexual related issues in the works and the motivating factors which influenced their perceptions. A 12-items questionnaire was administered to 60 respondents consisting of Malay students in UNIMAS from various faculties and courses who made up the samples of the study. Frequency counts and percentages were the descriptive statistics used for the data analysis. The results showed that most of the respondents perceived the exposure of sexual taboos in short stories as reminder of the reality happening in the Malay society and it helps instill awareness among readers so that they will be fully aware of it. They also perceived it as matching the criteria of Malay and Islamic literary norms which purposes are to educate and provide guidances to the readers The results also showed that majority of the respondents thought of the authors' effort in exposing the issues as brave and as mediators between the Malay society and the reality. The most motivating factor which influenced respondents' perceptions towards the sexual taboo and its exposure is their religious belief. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2007 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/46757/1/Hairi%20Waznati%20ft.pdf Hairi Waznati Azra, Abd Razak (2007) Sexual Taboos In Short Story: The Perception Of Malay Students In Unimas Towards Its Exposure in the Selected Short Stories. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished) |
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This study sought to examine the perception of Malay students in UNIMAS
towards the exposure of sexual taboos in selected short stories; The Neighbours by Karim
Raslan and Under the Blanket by Hanna Alkaf. This study also aims to find out what are
their perceptions toward the authors who exposed sex and sexual related issues in the
works and the motivating factors which influenced their perceptions. A 12-items
questionnaire was administered to 60 respondents consisting of Malay students in
UNIMAS from various faculties and courses who made up the samples of the study.
Frequency counts and percentages were the descriptive statistics used for the data
analysis. The results showed that most of the respondents perceived the exposure of
sexual taboos in short stories as reminder of the reality happening in the Malay society
and it helps instill awareness among readers so that they will be fully aware of it. They
also perceived it as matching the criteria of Malay and Islamic literary norms which
purposes are to educate and provide guidances to the readers The results also showed that
majority of the respondents thought of the authors' effort in exposing the issues as brave
and as mediators between the Malay society and the reality. The most motivating factor
which influenced respondents' perceptions towards the sexual taboo and its exposure is
their religious belief. |
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