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God’s Gift: Narratives Of Disability In Malay Popular Fiction

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dc.contributor.authorRuzy Suliza Hashimen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohd Muzhafar Idrusen_US
dc.contributor.authorMary Ellen Gidahen_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-27T14:37:37Z
dc.date.available2024-05-27T14:37:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.date.submitted2022-12-2
dc.description.abstractThe synthesis of literature and popular culture helps literary scholars form inferences about the challenges preoccupying society's collective psyche. It is therefore no stretch to assert that popular fiction, particularly popular fiction that has garnered sufficient traction to be adapted into a popular telenovela with a sizable following, is reflective of the general public's perceptions on any given issue. Having garnered sufficient attention, it is then capable of influencing, to some extent, those same public perceptions. The malleability of public opinion in reaction to what is broadcast or written is a valuable instrument for comprehending cultural paradigms. It is important, then, to analyse telenovelas and the novels upon which they are based in order to put a metaphorical finger on Malaysian attitudes toward disability. This article will focus on two Malay books that have been converted into telenovelas with the same names due to their popularity. These novel-based perceptions will then be compared to real-world experiences of caregivers and family members of children with autism in order to demonstrate that, while autism may appear to be a life sentence, children with autism are also perceived as God’s gift. Additionally, while it is necessary to acknowledge how disability shapes our perceptions of what it means to be mocked for our insignificance and disability, the concepts of forgiveness and repentance appear the Malay worldview, with the implication that forgiving others' faults exemplifies a human virtue.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.17576/gema-2022-2204-17
dc.identifier.epage307
dc.identifier.issn1675-8021
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.other1763-49
dc.identifier.spage295
dc.identifier.urihttps://ejournal.ukm.my/gema/article/view/55823
dc.identifier.urihttps://oarep.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/3474
dc.identifier.volume22
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofGema Online Journal of Language Studiesen_US
dc.subjectautism; disabilities; forgiveness; Malay popular fiction; repentanceen_US
dc.titleGod’s Gift: Narratives Of Disability In Malay Popular Fictionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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