Modern Malay Literary Culture : : A Historical Perspective / / Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ISEAS Archive eBook-Package 1970-1999
• VerfasserIn: Mohd. Tahir, Ungku Maimunah,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (78 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; Introduction --; The Impact of the West: Education in Colonial Malaya --; The Beginning of Modern Malay literature --; Literary Conventions in Pre-War Writing --; Post-War literature: ASAS 50 --; Conventions in Immediate Post-War literature --; The Literature of Independence --; Conventions in Post-Independence Literature --; Malay Literature in the 1970s --; The 1970s: Literary Conventions --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Bibliography --; THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814376341; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814376341
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir.

This study underlines the importance of the literary context and places it on par with structural literary analysis. It traces the socio-political changes in Malaysia from the days of British colonialism with its restrictive Malay educational policy and the role played by Malay teachers and journalists, to the present period.