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There are two terms used in this study that I would like to define before analyzing this novel to avoid misunderstanding. The terms are:
1. Tradition
The word tradition comes from Fatin noun traditio handing over, which derives from the verb tradere hand over, deliver. According to The
Encyclopaedia of Religion, the concept of tradition applies to all fields of culture, including science, arts and letters, law, politics and religions.
According to International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, tradition means,
“a social process of ‘handing down’ knowledge from generation to generation, especially by oral and customary means. It therefore is
associated with precedent and culturally is linked often to a group’s “heritage,” although unlike referring to history, which suggests a time and
place in the past, tradition carries a sense of social and cultural patterns— ways of doing things—that continuously occurred “before.” Bronner
In this novel, Islamic tradition is the one which brings big influences to the society’s point of views. In this study, the concept of tradition that is used is the
norms of belief and practice that are handed down from past to present.
2. Marriage
According to Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopaedia 2009, marriage means “legal relationship between spouses: a legally recognized relationship,
established by a civil or religious ceremony, between two people who intend to live together as sexual and domestic partners” marriage. While in Arabic, the
word of +ikah is the most common term of marriage. +ikah means a strong
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covenant in Islam. Sheikh Yasser Birjas, in his article Fove Notes, states that the basic principle of marriage is that husband or wife must treat their partner kindly,
with respect, and realize that their partner is the one whose face they will see for the rest of their life 24.
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
