The first works were published in 1950s - he began his writing as an interpreter and a writer of short stories. He did not contest in the 2004 general election which saw PAS losing that seat to Barisan Nasional. In the 1999 general election, he contested in the Parliamentary constituency of Sik (P.13) in which he won. Shahnon was also a member of opposition political party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia. From that time to his death, he was connected with the University of Science, Malaysia in Penang which included being a professor of literature starting in 1982. In 1968 to 1971, he studied at the Australian National University, Canberra.Īfter his graduation there, he taught at the Sultan Idris Education University in Tanjung Malim, Perak until 1975. After the stint, he worked as a teacher in various schools until 1967. After graduating from the school in 1954, he worked as a teacher in an English school in Kuala Terengganu. This was symbolic of the modernization that was changing the values of tradition.He and one sibling of his were able to attend their studies at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Setar through financial aid provided by the intelligence services as a reward to their father for his services - amidst common fears by most villagers that their children might embrace Christianity if they were educated in such schools at that time. Othman Kelantan showed that there was a rift in family relationships when family matters were managed by the ‘Ciku” robot. However, in the novel Ruang Perjalanan, S.
The wife would help the husband in continuing their family survival. From the aspect of family, the Malay community in the village respected each other between family members.
The spirit of neighborhood among the Malay community in the village was still strong. The culture that surrounded the society in Malaysia was related to the spirit of the neighborhood, family, and traditional medicine. Additionally, the novel Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan (Thorny Path) by Shahnon Ahmad.
Othman Kelantan in his novel entitled Wajah Seorang Wanita (The Face of a Woman) and Ruang Perjalanan (Travel Space). In this study, the researcher examined the culture of society then and now, which was described in the novels of national writers in Malaysia such as S.
The objectives of the study was to identify and analyze the image of society in the novels of national writers. Literary works are sociocultural documents that display the image of a society concerning its environment.
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