Roaming through Seductive Gardens / / G.L. Koster.

• Superior document: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 167
• Author: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
• VerfasserIn: Koster, G.L.,
• TeilnehmendeR: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill,, 1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Language: English
• Series: Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ; 167.; VKI Online.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

In the field of Nusantaran literary studies, systematic interpretations of individual literary works are still a relatively rare phenomenon. This book shows how such interpretations can be fruitfully produced for traditional Malay literature. Taking his cue from ideas in modern literary theory, anthropology and the study of western medieval literature, the author describes the major conventions of traditional Malay narrative and develops a comprehensive model of traditional Malay poetics, comprising both oral and written traditions. By applying this model to a series of readings of individual works, including heroic epics and Panji romances, the texts come to life.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / G.L. Koster -- Preface / G.L. Koster -- Introduction / G.L. Koster -- Chapter I A Medicine of Sweetmeats / G.L. Koster -- Chapter II Variation within Identity / G.L. Koster -- Chapter III Dalang or Dagang / G.L. Koster -- Chapter IV The Kerajaan at War / G.L. Koster -- Chapter V Lest We Become Indifferent / G.L. Koster -- Chapter VI A Signifier-Errant in Exile / G.L. Koster -- Chapter VII A Fishy Story / G.L. Koster -- Chapter VIII The Soothing Works of the Seducer and Their Dubious Fruits / G.L. Koster -- Bibliography / G.L. Koster -- Index / G.L. Koster.