STATE BUILDING IN TIKUS RAHMAT AND PERLEMBAGAAN PERSEKUTUAN: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

Tikus Rahmat is a Malay satire literary work which relates the story of a mice community which successfully builds a nation named Tikusia Raya, whilst Perlembagaan Persekutuan is a constitution which is implemented in Malaysia. Both texts are compared by using parallel approach, which scrutinizes issues of state building processes. In accordance to the purposes of this research, the term ‘state’ is defined in depth. From the social perspective, amongissues that are being scrutinised in both texts are human rights, religions/”beliefs” and national language. From the economic perspective, among issues that are being scrutinesed in both texts are treasury dan national development programs. Lastly, from the political perspective, among issues that are being scrutinised are name of the state, capital, region and constitution, general election and the parliament. The research found out that there is a parallelism in terms of state building processes in both texts.