Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)

Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)

In Malaysia, circumstances changed for writers in English at a precipitous rate as they were soon pushed to the margins of national culture. In 1966, Han Suyin optimistically defined Malaysian literature as “those writings (drama, novel, short story, play and verse), which by emotion, identification...

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Main Author: Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Daily Star, Bangladesh 2014
Subjects:
PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN0080 Criticism
PN0441 Literary History
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/
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spelling iium-380952018-06-20T08:16:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/ Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2) Quayum, Mohammad Abdul PE English PI Oriental languages and literatures PN0080 Criticism PN0441 Literary History In Malaysia, circumstances changed for writers in English at a precipitous rate as they were soon pushed to the margins of national culture. In 1966, Han Suyin optimistically defined Malaysian literature as “those writings (drama, novel, short story, play and verse), which by emotion, identification, description, social context and involvement relate to Malaysia… whether written in Malay, Chinese, Tamil or English.” But such an inclusive vision of Malaysian literature proved too ambitious as many nationalists became increasingly vocal in their demand that the Malay language should be the only means of expression of Malaysia's national culture. While writers in English argued that a more appropriate path for building the nation was to work towards a Malaysian identity that would reflect the country's multi-ethnic background, writers in bahasa believed that the future citizenry should be moulded on Malaya's traditional culture and heritage, meaning Malay language and Malay culture..... The Daily Star, Bangladesh 2014-01-11 Article NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/1/Quayum._the_daily_star._Jan_11.pdf Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2014) Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2). The Daily Star. http://www.thedailystar.net/english-in-malaysia-and-singapore-6368
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topic PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN0080 Criticism
PN0441 Literary History
spellingShingle PE English
PI Oriental languages and literatures
PN0080 Criticism
PN0441 Literary History
Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
description In Malaysia, circumstances changed for writers in English at a precipitous rate as they were soon pushed to the margins of national culture. In 1966, Han Suyin optimistically defined Malaysian literature as “those writings (drama, novel, short story, play and verse), which by emotion, identification, description, social context and involvement relate to Malaysia… whether written in Malay, Chinese, Tamil or English.” But such an inclusive vision of Malaysian literature proved too ambitious as many nationalists became increasingly vocal in their demand that the Malay language should be the only means of expression of Malaysia's national culture. While writers in English argued that a more appropriate path for building the nation was to work towards a Malaysian identity that would reflect the country's multi-ethnic background, writers in bahasa believed that the future citizenry should be moulded on Malaya's traditional culture and heritage, meaning Malay language and Malay culture.....
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author Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
author_facet Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
author_sort Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
title Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
title_short Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
title_full Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
title_fullStr Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
title_full_unstemmed Literary Traditions: English in Malaysia and Singapore (Column 2)
title_sort literary traditions: english in malaysia and singapore (column 2)
publisher The Daily Star, Bangladesh
publishDate 2014
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/38095/1/Quayum._the_daily_star._Jan_11.pdf
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