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  • Publisher:
    ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
    Publication date:
    21 October 2015
    01 July 2013
    ISBN:
    9789814459891
    9789814459884
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    • Subjects:
    Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Series:
    Local History and Memoirs
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    Subjects:
    Regional and World History: General Interest, History
    Series:
    Local History and Memoirs
    ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
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    This is a detailed, narrative-based history of Classical Malay Literature.It covers a wide range of Malay texts, including folk literature; the influence of the Indian epics and shadow theatre literature; Panji tales; the transition from Hindu to Muslim literary models; Muslim literature; framed tales; theological literature; historical literature; legal codes; and the dominant forms of poetry, the pantun and syair.The author describes the background to each of these particular literary periods. He engages in depth with specific texts, their various manuscripts, and their contents. In so doing, he draws attention to the historical complexity of traditional Malay society, its worldviews, and its place within the wider framework of human experience.Dr Liaw's A History of Classical Malay Literature will be of benefit to beginning students of Malay Literature and to established scholars alike. It can also be read with benefit by those with a wider interest in Comparative Literature and in Southeast Asian culture in general.

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