Malaysian Literature in English

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Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527551989
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Book Synopsis Malaysian Literature in English by : Mohammad A. Quayum

Download or read book Malaysian Literature in English written by Mohammad A. Quayum and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays brings together work by some of the most internationally acclaimed critics of Malaysian literature in English from different parts of the world, including Australia, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the US. It investigates the works of major writers of the tradition in the genres of drama, fiction and poetry, from its beginnings to the present, focusing mainly on thematic and stylistic trends. The book pays particular attention to issues such as gender, ethnicity, nationalism, multiculturalism, diaspora, hybridity and transnationalism, which are central to the creativity and imagination of these writers. The chapters collectively address the challenges and achievements of writers in the English language in a country where English, first introduced by the colonisers, has experienced a mixed fate of ups and downs in the post-independence period, due to the changing, and sometimes strikingly different, policies adopted by the government. The book will be of interest to readers and researchers of Malaysian literature, Southeast Asian studies and postcolonial literatures.

Reading Malaysian Literature in English

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Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811650217
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book Reading Malaysian Literature in English written by Mohammad A. Quayum and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together fourteen articles by prominent critics of Malaysian Anglophone literature from five different countries: Australia, Italy, Malaysia, Singapore, and the US. It investigates the thematic and stylistic trends in the literary products of selected writers of the tradition in the genres of drama, fiction, and poetry, from its beginnings to the present, focusing mainly on the postcolonial themes of ethnicity, gender, diaspora, and nationalism, which are central to the creativity and imagination of these writers. The book explores the works of not just the established writers of the tradition but also those who have received little critical attention to date but who are equally gifted, such as Adibah Amin, Edward Dorall, Rehaman Rashid, and Huzir Suleiman. The chapters collectively address the challenges and achievements of writers in the English language in a country where English is widely used in daily life and yet marginalised in the creative domain to elevate the status of writings in the national language, i.e., Bahasa Malaysia. The book will demonstrate that in spite of such recurrent neglect of the medium, Malaysia has produced a number of outstanding writers in the language, who are comparable in creativity and craftsmanship to writers of other Anglophone traditions. The book will be of interest to readers and researchers of Malaysian literature, postcolonial literatures, minority literatures, gender studies, and Southeast Asian studies.

Malaysian Literature in English

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Malaysian Literature in English written by Mohammad A. Quayum and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sinophone Malaysian Literature

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ISBN 13 : 9781604978551
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (785 download)

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Book Synopsis Sinophone Malaysian Literature by : Alison M. Groppe

Download or read book Sinophone Malaysian Literature written by Alison M. Groppe and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's recent economic growth has fed a rapid increase in the study of modern Chinese language and literature globally. In this shifting global context, authors who work on the edges of the literary empire raise important questions about the homogeneity of language, identity and culture that is produced by the modern Chinese literary canon. This book examines a key segment of this literature and asks, "What does it mean to be of Chinese descent and Chinese-speaking outside of China?" While there have been several excellent works that deal with individual Chinese authors from Malaysia, there is to date no broadly framed and comprehensive study of the body of Chinese diasporic literature emerging from this multiethnic, polylinguistic country. This neglect is surprising given the vibrant development of Chinese Malaysian literature.This book fills the gap by looking specifically at how diasporic Chinese subjects make sense of their Chinese and Malaysian identities in postcolonial Malaysia. This book will be of value to scholars and students of Chinese-language literature and culture.It will also appeal to scholars and students in the fields of Chinese and Southeast Asia studies as well as those interested in postcolonial, diaspora, migration, Asian American studies, and world literature.

Intimating the Sacred

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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888083201
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Intimating the Sacred by : Andrew Hock Soon Ng

Download or read book Intimating the Sacred written by Andrew Hock Soon Ng and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religion has featured in Anglophone literature in Malaysia from colonial times to the present. In Intimating the Sacred, Andrew Hock Soon Ng considers the practice of everyday religiosity as represented in literature, which is often starkly opposed to the impression created by religious rhetoric promoted by the government. The book's examination of intersections between (post)modernity and religion highlights links between religion and other facets of colonial and postcolonial identity such as class, gender and sexuality. It will appeal not only to scholars and specialists, but also to anyone who enjoys modern Southeast Asian literature. Andrew Hock Soon Ng is senior lecturer in literary studies at Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia. He is the author of Dimensions of Monstrosity in Contemporary Narratives and Interrogating Interstices. "In Intimating the Sacred, Andrew Hock Soon Ng confirms his status as one of the most important new voices in Malaysian literary studies, moving beyond national and postcolonial frameworks to a more subtle plotting of the psychic contours of Malaysian modernity." – Philip Holden, National University of Singapore "In Malaysia, the relationships between various religions, the state ideology and the multicultural composition of the populace are fraught with tension. Ng's book, with critical insights derived from a balanced treatment of texts and theory, deals with these issues in a robust and uncompromising manner. This is a welcome contribution to Southeast Asian literary studies." – Eddie Tay, author of Colony, Nation, and Globalisation "This refreshing approach to Malaysian canonical texts combines diverse literary theories and religion. Courageous and convincing, it engages post colonialism, feminism, and theories of religion with a sophisticated focus on texts." – Gaik Cheng Khoo, Australian National University

Colony, Nation, and Globalisation

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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9888028731
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (88 download)

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Book Synopsis Colony, Nation, and Globalisation by : Eddie Tay

Download or read book Colony, Nation, and Globalisation written by Eddie Tay and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature of Malaysia and Singapore, the multicultural epicentre of Asia, offers a rich body of source material for appreciating the intellectual heritage of colonial and postcolonial Southeast Asia. Focusing on themes of home and belonging, Eddie Tay illuminates many aspects of identity anxiety experienced in the region, and helps construct a dialogue between postcolonial theory and the Anglophone literatures of Singapore and Malaysia. A chronologically ordered selection of texts is examined including Swettenham, Bird, Maugham, Burgess, and Thumboo. This genealogy of works includes colonial travel writings and sketches as well as contemporary diasporic novels by Malaysian and Singapore-born authors based outside their countries of origin. The premise is that home is a physical space as well as a symbolic terrain invested with social, political and cultural meanings. As discussions of politics and history augment close readings of literary works, the book should appeal not only to scholars of literature, but also to scholars of Southeast Asian politics and history.

An Introduction to Modern Malaysian Literature

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Publisher : ITBM
ISBN 13 : 9830683079
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis An Introduction to Modern Malaysian Literature by : Muhammad Haji Salleh

Download or read book An Introduction to Modern Malaysian Literature written by Muhammad Haji Salleh and published by ITBM. This book was released on 2009 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Voices of Many Worlds

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Voices of Many Worlds by : Fadillah Merican

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A Bibliography of Malaysian Literature in English

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Petals of Hibiscus

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
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Reading the Malay World

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Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 1862548943
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (625 download)

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Book Synopsis Reading the Malay World by : Rick Hosking

Download or read book Reading the Malay World written by Rick Hosking and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays is the culmination of a symposium on the representation of Malays and Malay culture in Singaporean and Malaysian literature in English held in Universiti Putra Malaysia.

A Bibliography of Malaysian Literature in English

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ISBN 13 : 9789832737506
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (375 download)

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Book Synopsis A Bibliography of Malaysian Literature in English by : Malachi Edwin Vethamani

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Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories

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Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462908608
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Book Synopsis Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories by : Kay Lyons

Download or read book Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories written by Kay Lyons and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This colorfully illustrated multicultural children's book presents Malaysian fairy tales and other folk stories—providing insight into a rich literary culture. Malaysian Children's Favourite Stories is collection of folk tales drawn from the rich treasure trove of legends and historical stories in the lush Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia. This story book contains a fascinating collection of tales of brash animals, brave villagers and of course handsome princes and beautiful princesses, all set in strange and exotic locations. These stories are widely retold and much beloved by children and adults throughout Malaysia to this day. Retold for the first time here for an international audience, the beautifully illustrated tales in this story book will give children insights into the traditional culture and rich natural environment of Malaysia. Malaysian children's tales include: The Princess of Mount Ledang Badang, the Strongest Man below the Wind How the Tapir Got Its Colours The King of the Crocodiles The Dragon of Kinabalu And more! The Children's Favorite Stories series was created to share the folktales and legends most beloved by children in the East with young readers of all backgrounds in the West. Other multicultural children's books in this series include: Asian Children's Favorite Stories, Indian Children's Favorite Stories, Japanese Children's Favorite Stories, Indonesian Children's Favorite Stories, Singapore Children's Favorite Stories, Filipino Favorite Children's Stories, Favorite Children's Stories from China & Tibet, Chinese Children's Favorite Stories, Korean Children's Favorite Stories, Balinese Children's Favorite Stories, and Vietnamese Children's Favorite Stories.

The Weight of Our Sky

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1534426094
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (344 download)

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Book Synopsis The Weight of Our Sky by : Hanna Alkaf

Download or read book The Weight of Our Sky written by Hanna Alkaf and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amidst the Chinese-Malay conflict in Kuala Lumpur in 1969, sixteen-year-old Melati must overcome prejudice, violence, and her own OCD to find her way back to her mother.

Tell Me, Kenyalang

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ISBN 13 : 9781949918014
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Tell Me, Kenyalang by : Kulleh Grasi

Download or read book Tell Me, Kenyalang written by Kulleh Grasi and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Translated by Pauline Fan. TELL ME, KENYALANG is a collection of poems by Kulleh Grasi, a writer and musician from Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. This groundbreaking book is one of a handful of contemporary works of poetry written in Malay to be translated into English and the first in decades to include Malaysian indigenous languages. Translator Pauline Fan brings the work into a thrilling, living English. Kulleh Grasi's poems are entirely new and yet intimate. They are entwined with myth and nature and yet are fully post-modern. They are outside the context of American poetry and also deeply inside the questions and experiences American poets are grappling with today: questions of identity in relation to nation and language and sexuality. Grasi, both a known poet and rock star in Malaysia, writes new rivers and islands into the landscape of identity. Grasi says: "I was reading all kinds of Malay literature. None of it spoke from the experience of Borneo's indigenous people, so I started keeping journals, writing about the lives of indigenous communities that I observed with my own eyes. This was the true beginning of my poetry." TELL ME, KENYALANG will change the way people think of contemporary poetry throughout the world and about the role of indigenous languages in global literature and in translation. The book is a powerhouse.

English in Malaysia

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Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783035106961
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)

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Book Synopsis English in Malaysia by : Hajar Abdul Rahim

Download or read book English in Malaysia written by Hajar Abdul Rahim and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of research-based papers on the development of Malaysian English (ME) from the immediate post-Independence period to the present. The chapters chart the chronological, linguistic as well as functional development of contemporary ME that provide new information on the variety beyond its identity as a postcolonial English.

Reclaiming Adat

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Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774841443
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Book Synopsis Reclaiming Adat by : Gaik Cheng Khoo

Download or read book Reclaiming Adat written by Gaik Cheng Khoo and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1990s, the animist and Hindu traces in adat, or Malay custom, became contentious for resurgent Islam in Malaysia. Reclaiming Adat focuses on the filmmakers, intellectuals, and writers who reclaimed adat to counter the homogenizing aspects of both Islamic discourse and globalization in this period. They practised their project of recuperation with an emphasis on sexuality and a return to archaic forms such as magic and traditional healing. Using close textual readings of literature and film, Khoo Gaik Cheng reveals the tensions between gender, modernity, and nation. Khoo weaves a wealth of cultural theory into a rare analysis of Malay cinema and the work of new Malaysian anglophone writers. Reclaiming Adat makes an essential contribution to our knowledge of the complexities embedded in modern Malaysian culture, politics, and identity.