D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover: The Changing Perspectives on Obscenity and Censorship in England and the USA

First published in 1928, D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover was banned for thirty years because of its use of until-then taboo sexual terms. This study aims to analyze the novel’s obscenity and censorship in England and the United States of America. The obscenity trials both in England and the USA resulted in “Not Guilty” verdict, and the novel gained its freedom to publish. While censorship of Lady Chatterley’s Lover prohibited the novel from legal appearance in the U.S.A. and the U.K. for more than thirty years, it helps to promote its literary reputation, constructs the social meaning of the novel, and provides an example of the changing perspectives on obscenity in literary works. Key words: obscenity, censorshi

Abortion and Violence in Jane Martin’s Keely and Du: Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, or Merely Provocative?

Abortion and violence are global issues, yet different culture might respond to the issues somewhat differently. This study aims to reveal the abortion and violence issues in Jane Martin’s Keely and Du in terms of pro-choice and pro life movements and see how Indonesian students reading the play respond to the issues. In the United States of America, the discussion of abortion issue can be grouped into two major categories: the pro-life and pro-choice. In Indonesia, the majority of people would be against abortion when it is not for medical reasons. The students reading Keely and Du find the play challenging their beliefs as religious people still keeping hold of eastern values. Having discussed the nature of pro-life and pro-choice movements, it is difficult for them to decide whether they are proponent of either one. Keely and Du is successfully provocative in offering insight on how abortion and violence issues cannot be judged in a black and white manner. Key Words: abortion, violence, pro-life, pro-choic

Gender and Power Relations in David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly: The Challenge to the Binary Opposition Between the East and the West

David Henry Hwang’s M Butterfly tells about a French diplomat, Gallimard, who has a 20 year relationship with his Chinese lover, Song, who turns out to be a male spy. Gallimard, representing the West, has the western rape mentality toward the East represented by Song, who is positioned as the submissive other. M. Butterfly plays with the notion of gender by presenting the relationship between Gallimard and Song that destabilizes gender and the binary of not only masculinity and femininity but also power and susceptibility. It also challenges the binary opposition between the East and the West. Key words: gender, the other, western rape mentality, the East, the Wes

Performative Acts in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Cranford

Elizabeth Gaskell's Cranford presents the lives of Cranford ladies consisting of old maids and widows living in a provincial town, Cranford. This study is aimed at analyzing the performance and performative acts performed by the Cranford ladies. This study shows that the performance and performative acts institute not only their gender but also their class identity as middle-class women. Therefore, gender and class identity intertwine and are constituted by stylized repetition of acts. Key words: performance, performative acts, gende

The Shifting of Power in Jean Genet’s The Maids: Unsuccessful Rebellion of the “Other”?

Claire and Solange are the maids in Jean Genet’s The Maids. Having no life outside their servitude, the maids are “the other,” the submissive and subordinate. The maids invented a make-believe world in which they play roles as being a mistress and a servant. In the absence of the real Madame, Claire and Solange exercise a ritual of Madame humiliating her servant who in turn is supposed to murder her. The shifting of power is seen as the maids who are socially powerless threaten to murder Madame and take the power. However, the ritual never comes to its ends; Claire is never able to kill Madame played by Solange. Not being proud of themselves, the maids do not have a compelling basis for their rebellion. As the oppressed, the maids tend to be reactive, and their values are accordingly weaker, while Madame, representing the ruling class, actively controls their destiny with stronger values. Having been tried but unable to conduct the crime of killing Madame, both in the make-believe world and in reality, Solange finally seeks an escape in the illusory criminal world in which she is already the famous criminal. Having tried too long to come to term with being the “other,” Solange finally breaks down and becomes everyone else. Key words: the other, make-believe, the oppressed, the ruling class, shifting of power

Gender Performance in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth

Gender is a social construct which binds the assigned members of society to perform particular acts appropriate to their gender. This study aims to analyze gender performance in Elizabeth Gaskell’s Ruth, a Victorian English novel, to see Victorian English perspective on gender as a social construct. The characters in the narrative must perform particular traits and acts appropriate to their gender. The heroine, Ruth, is also judged by her gender performance and must bear punitive consequences when she is considered as violating the rules related to her being a female member of the society. Through her later conscious gender performance, Ruth eventually manages to gain her respectable place in society. From a fallen woman, she is later well thought-out as an angel of mercy. Ruth is judged by what she performs, and it is the performance of a respectable woman. Key words: gender, gender performance, social construc

Pembelajaran teradun dalam kalangan pelajar UTHM

Pelan Pembangunan Pendidikan Malaysia (Pengajian Tinggi) atau PPPM (PT) merupakan dokumen strategik yang sedang disediakan oleh Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, yang menggariskan hala tuju pendidikan tinggi negara untuk tempoh bermula dari 2013 sehingga 2025. Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi (KPT) telah menetapkan e-pembelajaran sebagai salah satu agenda utama dalam Pelan Strategik Pengajian Tinggi Negara (PSPTN). Penggunaan serta penglibatan staf akademik dan pelajar dalam e-pembelajaran adalah amat ditekankan dan ia menjadi sebahagian daripada Indeks Utama Pencapaian (KPI) dalam PSPTN. Dasar e-Pembelajaran Negara (DePAN) adalah kesinambungan daripada kajian semula PSPTN pada tahun 2007-2020 serta penyelarasan PPPM (Prasekolah hingga Pendidikan Lepas Menengah) pada tahun 2013-2025, yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan dan memartabatkan sistem pendidikan tinggi negara. Pelan ini mengandungi 10 lonjakan iaitu graduan holistik, berciri keusahawanan dan seimbang, kecemerlangan bakat, menghayati pembelajaran sepanjang hayat, graduan TVET berkualiti, kemampanan kewangan, pemantapan tadbir urus, ekosistem inovasi, keunggulan global, pembelajaran dalam talian tahap global dan transformasi penyampaian pendidikan tinggi. Lonjakan ini akan menyokong lima aspirasi sistem pendidikan yang memberi tumpuan kepada akses, ekuiti, kualiti, kecekapan dan perpaduan bagi memangkin transformasi dan ia boleh menentukan masa depan yang lebih cemerlang untuk negara Malaysia (Kementerian pengajian Tinggi Malaysia, 2011)

Exploring relationship between perceived motivation factors and job satisfaction

A number of studies that have focused on perceived motivation factors towards employees’ job satisfaction have been conducted. However, very few relate these concepts from knowledge workers’ perspective. This paper set out to have an empirical look at the relationship between motivation factors and employees’ job satisfaction. The survey had been conducted by distributing questionnaires to employees describes as “knowledge workers” by the manager. 50 respondents participated in this study to yield a response rate of 84.75%. The results showed that only two out three motivator factors (recognition and achievement) have significant relationship between with intrinsic satisfaction and only two out of three hygiene factor (security and working condition) have significant relationship with extrinsic job satisfaction. Thus, this signifies the importance of both motivator and hygiene factors in enhancing job satisfaction among employees especially among knowledge worker

PENGARUH PENDAPATAN ASLI DAERAH, DANA PERIMBANGAN DAN SELISIH LEBIH PEMBIAYAAN ANGGARAN SERTA LUAS WILAYAH TERHADAP BELANJA DAERAH

Alokasi belanja daerah didasarkan pada kebutuhan daerah akan sarana dan prasarana, baik untuk kelancaran pelaksanaan tugas pemerintah maupun fasilitas publik. Pemanfaatan belanja hendaknya dialokasikan untuk hal-hal yang produktif, misalnya untuk melakukan aktivitas pembangunan. Dalam upaya membangun dan mengembangkan daerah dalam rangka mensejahterakan masyarakat, pemerintah daerah dapat menggunakan Anggaran Pendapatan dan Belanja Daerah (APBD). Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh pendapatan asli daerah, dana perimbangan dan selisih lebih pembiyaan anggaran serta luas wilayah terhadap belanja daerah. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah Kabupaten/Kota yang berada di Provinsi Jawa Timur, teknik pengambilan sampel dalam penelitian ini menggunakan purposive sampling dan sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini sebanyak 38 Kabupaten/Kota di Provinsi Jawa Timur, periode pengamatan yang dilakukan pada tahun 2015-2017. Jenis data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data sekunder dengan menggunakan data laporan keuangan. Teknik analisis yang digunakan adalah analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil pengujian dari penelitian ini dengan menggunakan uji kelayakan model menunjukkan model layak digunakan dalam penelitian lebih lanjut, dan menggunakan pengujian hipotesis dengan menggunakan uji t menunjukkan pendapatan asli daerah, dana perimbangan dan selisih lebih pembiyaan anggaran serta luas wilayah berpengaruh signifikan terhadap belanja daera

PENGARUH PENGANGGARAN PARTISIPASIF TERHADAP KINERJA MANAJERIAL DAN KEPUASAN KERJA (Survey pada Rumah Sakit Kabupaten Surakarta)

Penelitian ini bertujuan 1) Untuk menguji secara empiris apakah penganggaran partisipatif mempunyai berpengaruh terhadap kinerja manajerial, 2) Untuk menguji secara empiris apakah penganggaran partisipatif mempunyai berpengaruh terhadap kepuasan kerja. Jenis penelitian ini merupakan penelitian survey. Populasi dalam penelitian ini yaitu manajer rumah sakit di wilayah Surakarta. Sampel dalam penelitian ini adalah manajer menengah yang terdiri daripada kepala bidang dan kepala instalasi sejumlah 37 yang berada di RS. Dr. Oen, RS. Islam Kustati, RS. Islam, RS. Ortopedi, RSU Kasih Ibu, RSU Daerah Dr. Moewardi, RSU PKU Muhammadiyah. Metode pengambilan sampel adalah non probability sampling dengan purposive sampling, di mana kriteria yang digunakan adalah manajer yang sudah pernah ikut secara langsung berpartisipasi dalam penyusunan anggaran. Metode analisis data yang digunakan yaitu analisis regresi, uji F, uji t, koefisien determinasi (R2 ) dan uji asumsi klasik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel penganggaran partisipatif mempunyai pengaruh terhadap kinerja manajerial dengan nilai koefisien regresi sebesar 0,566 serta nilai nilai Fhitung (7,749). Variabel penganggaran partisipatif mempunyai pengaruh terhadap kepuasan kerja dengan nilai koefisien regresi bernilai positif sebesar 0,349 serta nilai nilai Fhitung (5,347)