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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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