부산대학교 도서관

This study pertains to the depiction of the Japanese occupation era in A. Samad Said's novels, namely Keledang (2007) and Di Hadapan Pulau (1989). The research problem is centered around identifying the worldview portrayed in the novels during the Japanese occupation. The study has two objectives: firstly, to analyze the coherent structure between the novels and the structure of the Japanese occupation era, and secondly, to assess the worldview as a collective response from the selected novels' subjects. Employing literature review and textual analysis, this study utilizes a literary sociology approach known as genetic structuralism. Genetic structuralism encompasses three principles: humanity, collective subjects, and worldview. Humanity forms a meaningful structure for understanding the novel's composition. All activities and behaviours serve as material for this first principle. Collective subjects illustrate the cohesion formed by the worldview, where individuals with a shared understanding of the era's changes are united through a common worldview. The worldview represents a shared emotional structure among a specific group. The analysis conducted has achieved the study's objectives. The findings reveal that the collective subjects, who passively endured the injustices of the Japanese occupation, gave rise to a manipulated worldview. Through this study, the true portrayal of the Japanese era is exposed from the perspective of the common people. Ordinary people, who became victims of war, contributed to the manipulated worldview. This tragic worldview also shapes the novels' structure in an anti-dialectical manner. All hopes in the selected novels are overshadowed by the unfortunate fate of the war, ultimately leading the characters to realize they are merely instruments or objects. In conclusion, the arrival of the Japanese in Malay and Singaporean lands had a negative impact on the common people. This context of suffering and social turmoil generates an anti-dialectical structure in the two selected works, showing the reciprocal genetic influence between the novels and the social conditions.