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AlphabetAlphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies
Published by Universitas Brawijaya
ISSN : 2615630X     EISSN : 26156296     DOI : 10.21776/ub.alphabet
Alphabet is an open-access, biannual journal aimed at advancing and disseminating the state-of-the-art knowledge on language, literary and cultural studies. It instills the etymological spirit of the word alphabetos which means learning or lore acquired through reading. Reading, in this context, shall be understood as a process of critically examining or questioning the existing ideas and issues so as to offer alternative answers. In choosing articles for publication, Alphabet prefers manuscripts that present new ideas in the disciplines, originated from empirical, theoretical, and methodological research within both a single discipline and those that sub- or multi-disciplines. It encourages a high standard of scholarship, written in clear and straightforward organization without requiring that authors alter their analytical style and writing voice.
Articles 69 Documents
Hidden Political Agenda in Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? Fatimah Ghaniem
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 2, No 1 (2019)
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A case of zoophile, a sexual attraction toward animals, is considered rare to be talked within the scope of the queer theory. The wrong prejudices and discrimination received by zoophile also create a step backwards in getting acceptance from society compared to other sexual deviant orientation. As the issue keeps going, Edward Albee seizes his chance to shake the society’s mindset in reconsidering the deeds of zoophile through a drama entitled The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?. He creates a character named Martin, who lives as a zoophile differently from the preconceived notion of society raising a political interest to see a zoophile as a part of the society. This research attempts to investigate the political purposes behind the normalization of queerness in Martin’s character to reject intolerance and discrimination in society. The findings indicate that a political interest does exist from the presentation of Martin, which exhibits that a zoophile might have the same normal life as other people mostly do. This case of zoophile serves as an example of a minority case usually exposed to intolerance and discrimination. This research strongly argues that Albee tries to challenge the general perspective towards minority group in America, which sees them as aliens or a source of the plague. They can be anyone with a “normal” life; thus, they deserve equal treatment and not always to be considered as the others.
Strategies to Promote Student's Autonomous Reading Motivation Haninah Haninah; Alies Poetri Lintangsari
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 1 (2018)
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Reading English text is challenging for senior high school students, therefore the teacher has to provide effective strategies to motivate the students to read more. This study aims to identify the teacher’s strategies called Independent Study to promote student's autonomous reading motivation. It is a case study using triangulation data involving the English teacher and 27 students of the 12th Grade of SMKN 1 Batu majoring in Hospitality Management. The data were collected from interviews, observations, and questionnaires based on Self-Determination Theory (SDT) and were analyzed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results pointed out that the teacher applied all of the strategies of SDT teaching dimensions (autonomy support, structure, and involvement) which were effective to encourage students reading motivation. It is proven by the results of two questionnaires: (1) Teacher as Social Context Questionnaire (TASC) indicating that students' perceptions on teaching dimensions were good and (2) Self-Regulation Questionnaire (SRQ) indicating that the students had both extrinsic (external and identified regulation) and intrinsic reading motivation.
Multicultural Indonesia Reflected in Hendri Teja’s Tan Novel Sri Utami Budi; Henny Indarwaty
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 1 (2018)
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Reading a literary work might give us an idea of the situations of society in a particular time. In the sociology of literature, this phenomenon is referred as a mirror of an age. This means that a literary work does not simply describe the conditions of a society, but also values the tradition of a society. Taking Tan novel as its object, this study to see the description of Indonesia’s condition, at the time when the novel was composed by Hendri Teja. Alan Swingewood and Diana Laurenson’s idea which sees literary work is the reflection of the age are used as an approach to this study. The data which were taken from the novel were analized by relating them to the secondary data taken from articles discussing the situation of society depicted in the novel. The study concluded that the description in Tan novel does not only resemble Indonesian conditions but it also portrays values in the society, i.e. plurality in religion and social class and general agreement in decision making. The way the society value multiculturalism reflects the greatness of Indonesian people to accept the difference and their practicing of democratic system. In addition, this study also found out that this novel also criticize long running problem between the working class and the capital owner in Indonesian society.
The concept of Kami on Japanese Web 2011 Corpus Subhi Akbar; Ismatul Khasanah; Sri Endah Tabiati
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 2 (2018)
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The concept about Kami has been discussed for a quite long time. However, it is still very relevant to investigate since the people's intelligence, and the influence of other teaching keep evolving. Many kinds of research with various perspectives have been conducted to shed light on this matter. Nevertheless, the study of Kami from a linguistic point of view is still far from adequate. In this study, we analyzed the concept of Kami as described on Japanese Web 2011 corpus as the representation of the way the Japanese consider Kami. The findings of this study are: first, the attributes of Kami consist of two categories of collocation, adjective collocation and noun collocation — each type comprises ten most frequent words collocated with Kami. Those collocations denoted the Japanese concept of Kami are evolving and influenced by Christianity. Second, the conducts of Kami are derived from 10 verb collocations where Kami stand as the subject of the clause or sentence. From that collocation, we found that Japanese regard Kami as a superpower entity who can cause fortune and misfortune to human and whom human depends on. It is similar to the way another religious adherent regarding their own God. Third, the deeds toward Kami are obtained from 10 verb collocations where Kami play a role as the object in clause or sentence. That collocations show that Kami is regarded as essential things in life, which should be treated well and at the same time be feared of.
Mormonism as the Form of Exceptionalism in American Frontier Nopita Trihastutie
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 1 (2018)
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Frontier is a movement beyond the patronage of cultural life expression occurred in the Western America during the colonial period to the early twentieth century. The frontier periods evolved romance and vio-lence that resulted in an exceptionalism, a special term in the life of religious denomination in America. It was particularly when visions of paradise overwhelmed the 19th century America in the time of the emer-gence of Mormonism. This study focuses on how Mormonism represents the exceptionalism in the fron-tier experience. This study corresponds to one of Wilhelm Dilthey’s hermeneutics that emphasizes on the interpretation as the primary method to validate one’s sense of historical moments and cultural contexts. The findings reveal two major things: first, Mormon peoples and their religious practices in the Old West can be considered as a distinctive religious revival to the historical model of the frontier. Second, Mor-monism cannot be generalized as Christianity or as one of the Christian denominations. Instead, Mormon religious philosophy and practices mark the existence of exceptionalism in the frontier experience.
Slametan and Tradition in Pengakuan Pariyem: An Expression of Equality in Javanese Culture Scarletina Vidyayani Eka; Rosana Hariyanti; Arcci Tusita
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 1 (2018)
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Pengakuan Pariyem is a controversial novel portraying a confession of Pariyem, a woman living in Javanese culture. Through this novel, we are able to see Javanese culture from the eyes of a Javanese woman. This paper presents an analysis on Javanese tradition, more specifically the practice of slametan in Javanese culture as it is depicted in the novel. There are ideals of life shown in Javanese culture and tradition. Slametan and the use of food in it suggest equal relations among people in Javanese culture. The equality is built to maintain the conformity to achieve harmony among these people.  Even though the equality has contradictory sides, Pariyem is able to actively engage as a subject in her society and live harmoniously in it.
Social Media and Its Impact on the Use of English Borrowings in Indonesian Dini Adriani; Sri Endah Tabiati; Esti Junining
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 2 (2018)
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As social media increasingly became a lifestyle of the Indonesians in responding to popular phenomena, social media has become daily needs. On the other side, the use of English borrowings in Indonesian increases in terms of quantity and frequency. This research aims at investigating the correlation between social media access intensity and the use of English borrowings in Indonesian. This study is designed to investigate whether there is a correlation between social media access intensity and the use of English borrowings by Indonesian people aged 18 to 34. The design of this research is a correlation. The population of the study was Indonesian social media users aged 18 to 34 (N=196). Snowball sampling was employed to decide samples of study. In order to get the data, this study used the questionnaire as an instrument. There is a significant correlation between social media access intensity and the use of English borrowings in Indonesian r = .286, p<0.05.
Perception of Plagiarism among Students of Higher Education in Indonesia Fatimah Fatimah; Istiqomah Wulandari
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 1 (2018)
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Many definitions of plagiarism fall under the core concept of any activity in using, imitating or owning partially or completely of ideas, thoughts, works, and organizations from others without appropriate cita-tion and acknowledgement. Since this academic dishonesty has negative impacts, it needs to be overcome. The present researchers believe that student in Study Program of English, Brawijaya University are at risk of committing plagiarism. Therefore, this present research attempts to investigate the students’ perception of plagiarism in Study Program of English. The students’ perception investigated in this research deals with the students’ understanding on what actions that they categorize as plagiarism. This research employs descriptive quantitative approach since the data are obtained from the questionnaire, which is adapted from a questionnaire proposed by Marshall and Gary (2005).The participants of this study are 154 sixth semester students in Research Proposal Writing course. The results prove that they have basic concept of plagiarism and know how to put them accordingly to the academic regulation of how to cite other works in order not to commit plagiarism. However, the idea of self-plagiarism is not fully understood by the students.
Apology Strategies Used by Chad Griffin Addressed to The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Danar Bawana Rama; Sri Endah Tabiati; Indah Winarni
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 1, No 2 (2018)
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Apology Strategies is a study of speech act investigating how people use language as a mean to repair certain condition between speaker and hearer. There are many ways for people to deliver an apology. We often experience and hear a speaker apologizes without saying the word “sorry” or “apologize”. This article discusses Chad Griffin’s apology as the HRC (Human Right Campaign) leader to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Community. The result of this research shows that there are twenty-one apology utterances delivered by Chad Griffin. From those utterances there are ten utterances are identified as belong to the category of Indirect Apology strategy, thirteen utterances belong to the category of Remedial Support, three utterances belong to Direct Apology Strategy and only one utterance is as Evasive Strategy.
American Dervish and Green Card: “Unexpected Passengers” in the Diaspora Literature? Wawan Eko Yulianto
Alphabet: A Biannual Academic Journal on Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies Vol 2, No 1 (2019)
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The term diaspora has evolved in its use from referring only to the Jewish diaspora to referring to communities around the world that have spread beyond their cultural and historical homelands. The contemporary definition of the term includes what used to be the peripheral elements in the diaspora, i.e. the unexpected passengers in the diaspora vessel. In this article, I propose to ask about 1) how literary works by recent diaspora groups (non-Jewish diaspora groups) can be categorized as diasporic literature, and 2) what themes related to the diaspora experience they bring to the table. The study explores two works, i.e. American Dream by Ayad Akhtar, an American writer of Pakistani descent, and Green Card by Indonesian writer Dani Sirait. In the first work, American Dervish, one can find themes from post-9/11 Pakistani diaspora life in the United States with the special focus on the critical view of the diaspora community. Meanwhile, Green Card presents the story of an Indonesian man trying his luck as a migrant worker while maintaining his strong belief that his struggle in the foreign land matters more than his actual succeed in the pursuit. While having different causes for the spread of the communities to which the characters of the two works belong, both works appear to see the United States as the land of opportunity, the destination of the diaspora. These two works represent two cases of probably the most recent cases of unexpected passengers in the diaspora literature.