1. THE CORD- K.S. MANIAM ( TEMPAT & MASA)
NAMA : GURVINDERJIT SINGH SIDHU (GURVINSIDHU)
NO MATRIKS : 129206
KOD KURSUS : VTR 161 - PENGANALISAN NASKAH SKRIP.
PENYELARAS : ENCIK HALIMI BIN MOHAMMAD NOR
2. BIOGRAPHY OF KS MANIAM
Subramaniam Krishnan popularly known as K. S. Maniam, is an
Indian Malaysian Short story Writer, Playwright and novelist.
He was born in 1942
He lives with his wife, son and daughter in Subang Jaya, Malaysia,
and devotes his time fully to writing.
K. S. Maniam has been writing from his early teens. His stories
have appeared in numerous journals around the world.
He has been lecturer (1980–85) and Associate Professor (1986–
97) in the English Department, University of Malaya, in Kuala
Lumpur.
South Asian English Writer
A keen observer of Indian Society
3. HIS AWARDS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
He is the inaugural recipient of the Raja Rao Award (New Delhi, September
2000), for his outstanding contribution to the literature of the South Asian
Diaspora.
He enriched the writing of English by the Indian
Depicted the true picture of Indian society
His artistic representation contributed a lot in developing Indian English
Literature
Make a clear record for the Asian English Literature
K S Maniam College of Education, India
He is also Honored by other different award like he receives the first prize for
The Loved Flaw: Stories from Malaysia in The New Straits Times–McDonald
short-story contest (1987) and for Haunting the Tiger: Contemporary Stories
from Malaysia in The New Straits Times–Shell contest (1990).
4. HIS WORKS
Novels
The Return (London: Skoob, 1981, 1993)
In A Far Country (1993)
Between Lives (2003)
Plays
The Cord (1983)
The Sandpit: Womensis (1990)
Short stories
The Eagles (1976)
Removal in Pasir Panjang (1981)
The Pelanduk (1981)
The Third Child (1981)
The Dream of Vasantha (1981)
Project: Graft Man (1983)
We Make It To The Capital (1984)
The Aborting (1986)
Encounters (1989)
Parablames (1989)
Plot (1989)
Haunting the Tiger (1990)
Sensuous Horizons: The Stories & The Plays (1994)
In Flight (written 1993, published 1995)
Arriving ...and other stories (1995)
Faced Out (2004)
Guardian Knot
5. SINOPSIS PENDEK
The Cord, written and first staged in Kuala Lumpur in
1984 by the Five Arts Centre,4
details the conflicts occurring between various
characters who work on a rubber plantation in
Malaysia.
The conflict takes place on many levels – class,
family, generation, gender. The central characters
struggle about issues such as belonging and social
position.
The social structure Maniam paints is grimly realistic,
and any sense of place developed by the characters
during the course of the play is fragile and tenuous at
best.
6. TEMPAT DAN MASA
1) AWAL PAGI (MASA) & DI DAPUR
(TEMPAT)
Dapat dilihat dalam Act 3 Scene 2 dan Scene
3 dimana Kali/Lakshmi duduk di atas
pengupas kelapa dan sedang mengupas
kelapa dan di sini tiba tiba Govindan masuk
ke dalam dapur dengan jarak tertentu .
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9. 2) Waktu Malam (Masa) & Bilik Sembahyang
(Tempat)
Dapat dilihat dalan Act 3 Scene 5, apabila
Kali/Lakshmi melihat pelita bertingkat dan
menyalakan lampu tersebut dan bermula
sembahyang.
11. 3) WILAYAH YANG DIPERTANDINGKAN ATAU
KAWASAN TERPENCIL (KAWASAN) & ( WAKTU
PAGI)
Dapat dibuktikan Act4 Scene 2, apabila
Sulaiman menjerit kepada Ratnam
bahawa Bossnya iaitu Muthiah datang
dengan kelihatan marah terhadap
Ratnam kerana menjadikan ayahnya
mengikut sikap Ratnam iaitu minum
arak.
