Incarnation of Japanese Colonization in Indonesian and Korean Literature: Comparative Studies of Amal Hamzah and Hyun Jin-Geon's Work
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The similarity experience of colonial history shapes the Indonesian and Korean writers of the Japanese colonial period have a strong sense of resistance, anti-colonization of Japan, and the spirit towards nationalism and independence, as it appears in the author's work of Amal Hamzah (Indonesia) and Hyun Jin-Geon (Korea). Therefore, this study aims to answer the question of how the historical context of Amal Hamzah and Hyun Jin-Geon influences both works, how the portrait of Japanese colonization and its resistance is portrayed in the work of these two authors, and how the similarities and differences of the works from the two authors presented. The method used in this study is descriptive, qualitative with comparative literary theory. Swingewood's literary sociological approach is used to see how the historical context of Japanese occupation influenced the short stories of Amal Hamzah and Hyun Jin-Geon. The results show that the similarity of themes in the work of these two authors supported by the similar historical context of Japanese colonization. In addition, various themes that criticize and insinuate the injustices caused by the Japanese government to also become a strategy of resistance to colonization which is implicitly used by these two authors to raise people's awareness to gain the independence
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RATIHIKA WIJAYANTI
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