Happiness in death of a salesman (1949) by Arthur Miller and tonight, the turtles cry (1994) by Noordin Hassan : a comparative analysis /
Critics have responded to phenomenological studies in affect theory on the nature of happiness, as being too subjective because the theory is concentrated on explaining an individual’s inner feelings. Conversely, very few studies have focused on more objective aspects in life that elicit happiness....
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Kuala Lumpur :
Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia,
2021
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| Online Access: | http://studentrepo.iium.edu.my/handle/123456789/11029 |
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| Summary: | Critics have responded to phenomenological studies in affect theory on the nature of happiness, as being too subjective because the theory is concentrated on explaining an individual’s inner feelings. Conversely, very few studies have focused on more objective aspects in life that elicit happiness. This thesis seeks to analyze two plays, Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (1949) and Noordin Hassan’s Tonight, The Turtles Cry (1994), by approaching them using the Western and Islamic frameworks on happiness respectively. The background for the Western framework of happiness originates from the general theoretical foundation provided by affect theory, in particular, the elements that elicit the condition of happiness, as well as a combination of similar aspects of various indexes on happiness which are: money/income; social status; job satisfaction; self-acceptance; positive relationships with members of one’s family and community. The Islamic conceptual framework of happiness derives from al-Ghazali’s works, in particular, The Alchemy of Happiness and Ihya-Ullum-Id-Din that mentions six factors that can impact one’s level of happiness: relationship with God; knowledge of oneself; relationship with family; relationship with community; the worldly needs and the Hereafter; relationship with nature. The findings of this thesis support the idea that both theoretical frameworks, from both Western and Islamic worlds, place different emphasis on factors that originate from this world and those that derive from knowledge of the Hereafter. |
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| Item Description: | Abstracts in English and Arabic. "A dissertation submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Human Sciences in English Literary Studies." --On title page. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 113 leaves : 30 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-113). |