David Smyth

The Canon in Southeast Asian Literature

Literatures of Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Phillippines, Thailand and Vietnam

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Produktbeschreibung

Contributions examine the idea of the literary canon in Southeast Asia as a list of famous authors and works which have stood the test of time and reflect a country's cultural unity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 595g
• ISBN-13: 9780700710904
• ISBN-10: 0700710906
• Artikelnr.: 57051636

Autorenporträt

Authored by Smyth, David

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Buddhist hagiography in forming the canon in the classical
literatures of Indochina, Yuriy M. Osipov; Chapter 2 Myanmar prose writing:
tradition and innovation in the twentieth century, Annemarie Esche; Chapter
3 Continuity and change in the Burmese literary canon, Anna J. Allott;
Chapter 4 Literature in transition: an overview of Vietnamese writing of
the Renovation Period, Dana Healy; Chapter 5 The classics of Tagalog
literature, Ruth Elynia S. Mabanglo; Chapter 6 Literary excellence as
national domain: configuring the masterpiece novel in the Philippines and
Malaysia, Luisa J. Mallari; Chapter 7 Development in Malay criticism,
Lisbeth Littrup; Chapter 8 Is there a women's canon?, Christine Campbell;
Chapter 9 The construction and institutionalisation of Abdullah bin Abdul
Kadir Munsyi as the father of modern Malay literature: the role of
westerners, Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir; Chapter 10 The regulation of
beauty: J. Kats and Javanese poetics, Bernard Arps; Chapter 11 The
emergence of twentieth century Cambodian literary institutions: the case of
Kambujasuriya, George Chigas; Chapter 12 The canon of Indonesian
literature: an analysis of Indonesian literary histories available in
Indonesia, E. Ulrich Kratz; Chapter 13 Towards the canonizing of the Thai
novel, David Smyth; Chapter 14 ::, V. I. Braginsky; Chapter 15 ::, Peter
Koret; Chapter 16 Shot by foreign can(n)ons: retrieving native poetics,
Muhammad Haji Salleh;