Self and Society in Southeast Asian Fiction : : Thematic Explorations in the Twentieth Century Fiction of FIve ASEAN Countries / / Thelma B. Kintanar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: B. Kintanar, Thelma,
• MitwirkendeR: Kintanar, Thelma B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [1988]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 1988
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; FOREWORD --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; I: INTRODUCTION --; II: THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN FICTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA--A BRIEF SURVEY --; III: THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS IDENTITIES --; IV: ALIENATION AND EXILE --; V: SOCIAL CLASS AND THE INDIVIDUAL --; VI: COMMITMENT --; VII: CONCLUSION --; VIII. Appendix --; THE AUTHOR
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789814379595; 9783110649680; 9783110606690
• DOI: 10.1355/9789814379595
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thelma B. Kintanar.

The book begins with a brief survey of the development of modern fiction in Southeast Asia. The fiction of five ASEAN countries - Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand - is reviewed to analyse the major patterns in the relationship between the individual and his society as shown in the following themes: the individual and his identities, alienation and exile, social class and the individual, and commitment.