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Challenging Patriarchal Culture of Taliban Regime: A Woman Struggles in Qaderi’s Dancing in The Mosque 挑战塔利班政权的父权文化：卡德里的《清真寺中的舞蹈》中的女性抗争

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-02 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.8223

E. P. Astuti

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The Function of Taboo Expressions in Nicki Minaj’s Song Lyrics 尼基-米娜歌词中禁忌表达的作用

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.5955

A. Puri, Theodora Pramasitha Yudanti, Owena Zaneta Yogaswari

{"title":"The Function of Taboo Expressions in Nicki Minaj’s Song Lyrics","authors":"A. Puri, Theodora Pramasitha Yudanti, Owena Zaneta Yogaswari","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.5955","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.5955","url":null,"abstract":"The societal phenomenon of taboo terms is commonly expressed in song lyrics. This research focuses on the function of taboo expressions in the song lyrics of Nicki Minaj, a singer who is known to use such expressions. The first objective of this analysis is to determine the types of taboo expressions found in Minaj’s songs. Secondly, the researchers examine the function of these expressions in the song lyrics. Four of Minaj's songs are presented in the data: \"Superbass,\" \"Megatron,\" \"Barbie Tingz,\" and \"Anaconda.\" This research employs descriptive and qualitative analysis, as well as the theoretical frameworks provided by Battistella (2005) and Wardhaugh (2021). The findings demonstrate that vulgarity is the most frequent form of taboo expression in Minaj's song lyrics, while the main function of these phrases is to attract attention. These songs indicate more than simply linguistic qualities; they also offer a thorough understanding of the social setting. This study fills a gap in the literature on taboo expressions in song lyrics by revealing the function and types of taboo expressions employed by a well-known singer. This research has the capacity to enlighten future research on the usage of taboo expressions in music, and the broader cultural consequences of such language implication.","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"111 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140755954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Connor Kenway’s Search for Freedom as An American Indian in the Video Game Assassin’s Creed III 康纳-肯维在电子游戏《刺客信条 3》中作为美国印第安人寻求自由的故事

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.8392

Adelbertus Hugo, Hirmawan Wijanarka

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Marriage, Motherhood, and Self-Blame: Analyzing the Tragic Heroine’s Spiritual Suicide in Jude the Obscure 婚姻、母性与自责：分析《裘德传》中悲剧女主人公的精神自杀

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.6656

Wenona Bea Javier

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Journeying Filipinas: Classification of Travel Writings by Filipino Women Travelers 菲律宾游记：菲律宾女旅行家的游记分类

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.7839

Chloe Intruso Cadiz

{"title":"Journeying Filipinas: Classification of Travel Writings by Filipino Women Travelers","authors":"Chloe Intruso Cadiz","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.7839","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.7839","url":null,"abstract":"Travel writings’ long literary tradition in the West had often been viewed as a colonial discourse and had prepared a colony of readership, particularly the narratives during the 19th century (Spurr,1993). However, travel writing is relatively new in the Philippines, and a lot of Filipino women are experimenting with writing in the genre. As such, this study examined the types of contemporary travel writings written by Filipino women using Fussell’s categorization (1982) for travel writings according to the writer's intent of travel: explorer, tourist, and travel. Some of the selected texts fit the said categories, while others combined the mentioned classifications. In this study, the explorer category was also expanded to cover traveler's subjective experiences to accommodate some texts that exemplify this type of narrative. Moreover, the study utilized grounded theorizing (Glaser Strauss, 1967; Strauss Corbin, 1990) to classify other travel texts that did not fall into Fussell’s typologies, which resulted in four new categories, namely 1) backpacker; 2) escape/convalescent; 3) pilgrim; and 4) labor worker. The intent of travel adheres to global categorizations but, at the same time, reflects the fast-changing contemporary narratives accommodated into the travel writing genre which attest to how they write down their impressions and introspections on their travel experiences.","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"317 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140781087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Virtual Linguistic Landscape During Post-Covid 19 in Haneda Airport Public Space 羽田机场公共空间 "后科维德 19 "期间的虚拟语言景观

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.6736

Indika Putri, Lisda Nurjaleka, Muthi Afifah

{"title":"Virtual Linguistic Landscape During Post-Covid 19 in Haneda Airport Public Space","authors":"Indika Putri, Lisda Nurjaleka, Muthi Afifah","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.6736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.6736","url":null,"abstract":"The virtual linguistic landscape was a study that investigated texts that existed in the public space and were done virtually. Haneda Airport had a policy of creating linguistic landscape signs for visitors during the post-COVID-19 situation. This study aimed to examine the use of language, actors, and categories of linguistic landscape signs. There were 888 landscape linguistic signs as the objects in this study. The data was taken with screenshots of sign images from a Haneda Airport-related video uploaded on YouTube. The collection methods were done by using the techniques of observation and documentation. This study used a qualitative descriptive method by applying the linguistic landscape theory of Landry and Bourhis. The result showed that multilingualism with the composition of Japanese-English-Chinese Korean was widely used in the linguistic landscape of Haneda Airport’s public space. Meanwhile, the category of public signs dominates the linguistic landscape signs, keeping with Haneda Airport’s status as a public space. Airport public authorities (top-down) often made public signs and place names using multilingual and bilingual. In contrast, private actors (bottom-up) mostly make commercial shop signs and advertising billboards using monolinguals. ","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"53 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140765587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Comparison of Translation Strategies in the Old and New Translations of The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in History by Michael Hart 迈克尔-哈特《百人榜：历史上最具影响力人物的排名》新旧译本中翻译策略的比较

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.6338

Ananda Nayla, Haru Deliana Dewi

{"title":"The Comparison of Translation Strategies in the Old and New Translations of The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in History by Michael Hart","authors":"Ananda Nayla, Haru Deliana Dewi","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.6338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.6338","url":null,"abstract":"Translations of the same text might be different from one version to another based on the translation strategies that are used by the translator. By examining the translation strategies in the old and the new translations of a book titled The 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential People in the World by Michael Hart, this research aims to analyze the different translation procedures, methods, and ideology used in the two versions. To conduct this research, the researcher uses the descriptive qualitative method with a purposive sampling technique. This research focuses on analyzing the first chapter about the biography of Prophet Muhammad and the fifth chapter about the biography of Confucius. The findings show that there are nine translation procedures used in both the old and the new translations. However, there is a difference in the dominant translation procedure and the frequency of the overall translation procedures. The dominant procedure in the old translation is expansion, while in the new translation is naturalization. The total frequency of the procedures in the new translation is also not as many as the old translation. Based on the procedures found, the old translation uses the communicative translation method and free translation method, while the new translation uses the faithful translation method and semantic translation method. This result shows that there is a shift of ideology between the old and the new translations, from domestication to foreignization.","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"88 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140770090","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An Ecocriticism of One Selected IsiXhosa Folktale as Part of Oral Literature 作为口头文学一部分的伊西科萨民间故事选的生态批评

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.7374

Mlamli Diko

{"title":"An Ecocriticism of One Selected IsiXhosa Folktale as Part of Oral Literature","authors":"Mlamli Diko","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.7374","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.7374","url":null,"abstract":"Whereas amaXhosa literature continues to receive scholarly consideration, there is a deficit regarding scrutinizing amaXhosa folktales, particularly through the ecocriticism theory. As a result of this, there is an asymmetrical understanding of how ecosystems can be integrated into amaXhosa literature to advance the meaning of folktales in addition to the reality that folktales contain didactic and pedagogical components. It stands to reason, therefore, to channel heightened deliberation on amaXhosa folktales as part of oral literature. Given this fact, this article aims to examine how one selected amaXhosa folktale fuses ecological features into its pursuits to promote educational understanding among children and adults. Over and above this, the aim is to demonstrate how important it is to heed the instructional values of those with wisdom as it is pertinent in this particular folktale. The objective is to underline that amaXhosa folktales, as part of oral literature, continue to be applicable and as a result, they ought to be uncovered in the arena of scholarly discourse. The selected folktale, UNtando noNontando (Ntando and Nontando) is appreciated herein as a primary source of data, while ecocriticism is applied as a theory of interpretation and analysis. The findings and discussions indicate that this particular folktale advances the idea that humans, nature and animals are symbiotic and interactive in the environmental setting. Nevertheless, humans ought to respect the territories of animals and nature in a bid to create a proportioned society. The concluding remarks of this article present possible avenues for future scholarly discourses.","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"551 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140782112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Creating a Home Elsewhere: Diasporic Imagination in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari 在别处创建家园：李艾萨克-钟（Lee Isaac Chung）《米纳里》中的散居想象

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.6373

Alifya Aini Fauziyah, Lestari Manggong, Sandya Maulana

{"title":"Creating a Home Elsewhere: Diasporic Imagination in Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari","authors":"Alifya Aini Fauziyah, Lestari Manggong, Sandya Maulana","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.6373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.6373","url":null,"abstract":"Minari, a film screened in 2020 directed by Lee Isaac Chung, presents a Korean immigrant family having moved to Arkansas in fulfilling their American dream at the cost of being displaced and out of place. By focusing on the attempt made by Jacob, the father, to recreate the imagined home which refers to South Korea, this study aims to show how the displacement and unhomeliness in the construction of diasporic imagination are displayed in the film. David, the son, not only feels out of place but is also obligated to feel a kind of belonging to both cultures. Jacob’s mother-in-law, Soon-Ja, having newly arrived in the US brings recent memories of home into the family that represent the Korean immigrant perspective of living in the US for the first time. This approach will show how the American film attempts to incorporate the new forms of portraying the ‘elsewhere’ which is an important characteristic of American dream narratives. The analysis is conducted by referring to Bhabha’s unhomeliness and Walder’s displacement in comprehending the contrast between the stereotypical characteristics of Korean immigrants and the American dream through the dialogues and scenes. We would like to argue that Minari follows the convention of the American dream narratives. However, due to displacement and unhomeliness, the film shows how Korean immigrants experience being awkwardly immersed within the mainstream American cultural discourse. ","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"97 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140767542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Repositioning Blackness and Intersectional Identities in Adichie’s Americanah 在阿迪契的《美国人》中重新定位黑人身份和交叉身份

Journal of Language and Literature Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.24071/joll.v24i1.8302

Sri Mulyani, Pangestin Aprilia, Sehnur Putri

{"title":"Repositioning Blackness and Intersectional Identities in Adichie’s Americanah","authors":"Sri Mulyani, Pangestin Aprilia, Sehnur Putri","doi":"10.24071/joll.v24i1.8302","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24071/joll.v24i1.8302","url":null,"abstract":"This article scrutinizes Adichie’s Americanah to problematize the homogeneous concept of blackness and its related intersectional identities such as race, ethnicity, tribe, nationality, class, gender, language, and its relevant aspects. By employing the perspectives of women of color feminisms, particularly, on the world stage that pays a close attention to the global, postcolonial, and transnational feminisms, this article is able to locate at least two key points in Americanah to challenge the domination of the homogeneity and stereotype of blackness. Among the identified key points are the reflexivitive narrative style and the presence of the blog posts in the novel. The reflexivity enables the fluidity of inward and outward perceptions and assessments to examine and reexamine intersectional issues and experiences. Meanwhile, the blog posts in the form of writing about writing also provide fluid and open spaces for the polyvocality of diverse opinions and arguments regarding the intersectional realities. Accordingly, in such manner, the novel attempts to articulate the heterogeneity, specificity, and multiplicity of the so-called blackness and intersectional identities to challenge the myopic view of blackness and the complexity of entangled identities.","PeriodicalId":34541,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Language and Literature","volume":"35 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140772174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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