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A History of Classical Malay Literature
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 doin.
A History of Classical Malay Literature
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; 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 tradisional Malay society, its worldviews, and its place within the wider framework of human experience. Dr. Liaw’s 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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Malay Folklore
D Ruse's refreshing and witty approach to the telling of Malay folklore brings this often outdated and mysterious genre hurtling into the twenty-first century. Traditional Malay culture might be unfamiliar territory for the majority of Western readers; however, this collection succeeds in resurrecting the magic found in these tales, as well as creating a new, humorous take on how, with a little stretch of the imagination, they might just relate to the here and now! Malay Folklore: A Contemporary Retelling offers a tongue-in-cheek version of ten selected tales, and will certainly make its readers see this genre in a whole new light.
Studies in Religion, Folk-Lore, and Custom in British North Borneo and the Malay Peninsula
Originally published in 1923, the following papers contain the results of investigations concerning religion and custom in Borneo and the Malay Peninsula, which were carried out at intervals during the years 1910 to 1921 by the author. It includes chapters on the customs and beliefs of the 'Orangdusun', beliefs and customs of the Sakai, and Malay folk-tales.
Malay Folk Beliefs
"In the present work the author discusses the characteristics of the contents of Malay folk beliefs. Besides Islam, which is the professed religion of the Malays, the folks in the kampung (village) still subscribe to the belief elements which they have inherited from their distant past. The author argues that these different elements which are derived from the animistic and Hindu-Buddhisitc period of the Malay history may seem to be disparate, but they are well-integrated in the world-view of the Malay folk beleifs".--BOOKJACKET.
