期刊名称：Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space
电子版ISSN：2180-2491
出版年度：2017
卷号：13
期号：3
出版社：Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
摘要：Musical drama is a combination of music, singing and dancing into a storyline. From mere comedy, musical has developed and portrays daily lives of human problem which are often dramatic. Hatta Azad Khan is a successful playwright that has produced musical drama that mostly portrays societies issues. However, in producing a drama, there exist core elements that features its creation. It is depicted from an internal text structure. Hatta not only produces drama for entertaiment, but his plays carries message that need to be read or understood through watching his plays. Hence, this study is conducted to answer the question “What are Hattas’ moral criticism in Muzikal Pi Mai Pi Mai Tang Tu ?”. To answer this question moral approach is applied as an analysis of the internal text structure as well as lessons drawn. This study is a basic research that utilizes a qualitative research design. This paper reveal Hatta as a societal social dramatist where the internal text of his drama has many moral values in his play that are parallel with the humanistic theme. Hence it is not a surprise that his works are able to educate his audience.
关键词：social dramatist; musical drama; Hatta Azad Khan; works; moral; lesson
