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INS4210/5210

Literature and society in Indonesia

Proposed to be offered next in 1998

Barbara Hatley

12 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton

Objectives Students successfully completing this subject should have gained an understanding of the relationship between the growth of modern literature in Indonesia and contemporaneous social and political developments. Through reading and analysing selected texts (in Indonesian langauge, or in translation for non-language students), they should have developed an appreciation of the qualities and strategies of the works as literary texts, and of the way these features connect with the social environment in which the writings were produced.

Synopsis This subject reviews the development of modern literature in Indonesia, in the context of twentieth century Indonesian social and political life. It examines social factors contributing to the `birth' of Indonesian literature, its connection with the nationalist movement, and its reflection on key ideological and cultural issues since Independence. Works of prose, poetry and drama from successive periods are read in conjunction with discussion of social conditions of the time.

Assessment Written (7000 words): 75%
* Seminar participation: 25%

Recommended texts

Eagleton T Literary theory: An introduction Blackwell, 1988

Foulcher K Pudjangga Baru Flinders U

Foulcher K Social commitment in literature and the arts CSEAS, Monash U

Pane A Shackles Ohio U P/Belenggu P T Dian Rakyat

Pramudya Ananta Tur Girl from the Coast Select Books/Gadis Pantai Hasta Mitra

Teeuw A Modern Indonesian literature vols 1 and 2, Nijhoff


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