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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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