The representation of power in short stories in Southeast Asian Writers Award (S.E.A. Write) 2011-2020

Abstract

The objective of this research was to examine representations of power in SEA Write Awards winning short stories from 2011 to 2020 under the frameworks about representation by Start Hall, power by Michel Foucault, and about power base. The results in this study revealed that there were the two parts of power representation which were; firstly, organizational or institutional power representation, such as law, education, medicine, Religion and beliefs, economy, politics and governance, and mass communication, and secondly methodological power representation, such as compulsion and satisfying the desires of being human.