Monday, May 6, 2019

Book Review: A Geography of Knowledge: The Kampung and the Journey Towards Knowledge in Awang Goneng’s Growing up in Terengganu and Riri Riza’s Laskar Pelangi

Name: Nursyakina Binti Alwi (1523944)
Page: 174
Title of the Chapter: A Geography of Knowledge: The Kampung and the Journey Towards Knowledge in Awang Goneng’s Growing up in Terengganu and Riri Riza’s Laskar Pelangi
Author: Siti Nuraishah Ahmad
Title of the Book: Islamicisation of Knowledge and English Literary Studies: In the Age of Islamophobia and Westernophobia
Edited by: Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf & Aimillia Mohd Ramli
Place of Publication: Shah Alam
Publisher: One Global Publication Sdn. Bhd in collaboration with The International Institute of Islamic Thought
Year of Publication: 2016


Book Review:
In this chapter, the author emphasizes on the role of the kampung from two two different works by Awang Goneng entitled Growing up in Terengganu and Riri Riza’s Laskar Pelangi. In addition, it is also stated in this chapter about the role and the importance of the masjid or surau in the kampung which play a role for the people to get knowledge and learn about many things from the religion to the interaction between humans.
Other than that, this chapter also enlightened the reader about the beauty and the importance of the kampung in a society especially in the modern world. This is because; people nowadays are too much attached with the urban lifestyle and forget about their duties towards the fellow human being. Other than that, the masjid and surau also are slowly losing their role as the place for people to gather around and seek knowledge.

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