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

Nurulhady, Eta Farmacelia (2013) Abortion and Violence in Jane Martin’s Keely and Du: Pro-Choice, Pro-Life, or Merely Provocative? In: Proceeding conference Linguistic, Literature, and Translation.Desember 2013. ISBN: 978-602-19638-6-9.. (In Press)

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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-choice

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