Malaysian literature and its future: an interview with Muhammad Haji Salleh

This interview was conducted in Prof. Muhammad’s office room at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM, on 18 September 2018. It has since been transcribed, revised and edited to bring it to a publishable form. The interview covers a wide spectrum of issues, ranging fr...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad Safian, Nursafira, Quayum, Mohammad Abdul
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	IIUM 2019
Subjects:	PI Oriental languages and literatures PN Literature (General) PN0080 Criticism PR English literature
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spelling	iium-730002019-09-26T23:02:07Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/73000/ Malaysian literature and its future: an interview with Muhammad Haji Salleh Ahmad Safian, Nursafira Quayum, Mohammad Abdul PI Oriental languages and literatures PN Literature (General) PN0080 Criticism PR English literature This interview was conducted in Prof. Muhammad’s office room at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM, on 18 September 2018. It has since been transcribed, revised and edited to bring it to a publishable form. The interview covers a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from Muhammad’s creative and personal life, to the importance of translation and the future of Malaysian literature with the country’s changing political circumstance. It also investigates Muhammad’s views on Malay culture, the unique aspects of Malay and Malaysianess, the role of the writer in shaping the Malaysian national identity, the relationship between history and literature, Muhammad’s views about English and Malaysian writings in the English language and his advice for budding writers in Malaysia and especially those in the Malay language. The interview further delves into Muhammad’s creative process, how travelling has benefitted his poetic growth, his impression of the Arab writers and the relationship between literature and religion; how Muhammad negotiates between his creative and critical self, how to improve the standing of literature and especially the National Laureates in the New Malaysia, what awards mean to him and, finally, what he is writing now and what are his future plans as a poet and Malaysia’s leading literary elderstatesman. IIUM 2019-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73000/2/73000%20Malaysian%20Literature%20and%20Its%20Future.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/73000/8/73000_Malaysian%20Literature%20and%20Its%20Future%20An%20Interview%20with%20Muhammad%20Haji%20Salleh_wos.pdf Ahmad Safian, Nursafira and Quayum, Mohammad Abdul (2019) Malaysian literature and its future: an interview with Muhammad Haji Salleh. Asiatic: IIUM Journal of English Language and Literature, 13 (1). pp. 119-141. ISSN 1985-3106 https://journals.iium.edu.my/asiatic/index.php/AJELL/article/view/1488/906
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description	This interview was conducted in Prof. Muhammad’s office room at the Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences, IIUM, on 18 September 2018. It has since been transcribed, revised and edited to bring it to a publishable form. The interview covers a wide spectrum of issues, ranging from Muhammad’s creative and personal life, to the importance of translation and the future of Malaysian literature with the country’s changing political circumstance. It also investigates Muhammad’s views on Malay culture, the unique aspects of Malay and Malaysianess, the role of the writer in shaping the Malaysian national identity, the relationship between history and literature, Muhammad’s views about English and Malaysian writings in the English language and his advice for budding writers in Malaysia and especially those in the Malay language. The interview further delves into Muhammad’s creative process, how travelling has benefitted his poetic growth, his impression of the Arab writers and the relationship between literature and religion; how Muhammad negotiates between his creative and critical self, how to improve the standing of literature and especially the National Laureates in the New Malaysia, what awards mean to him and, finally, what he is writing now and what are his future plans as a poet and Malaysia’s leading literary elderstatesman.
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title	Malaysian literature and its future: an interview with Muhammad Haji Salleh
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Malaysian literature and its future: an interview with Muhammad Haji Salleh

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