G L Koster
Biographic Data
| ID | 13540 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G L Koster |
| GIVEN NAMES | G L |
| FAMILY NAME | Koster |
| SIGNATURE | KOSTER G L |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1. [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Voyage to Freedom: Imagining the Portuguese in Harun Aminurrashid's historical novel Panglima Awang ∗
This article traces how Harun Aminurrashid's postcolonial novel Panglima Awang ( Commander Awang, 1957) gives imaginative support to the struggle of the Malays for independence by rewriting and thus undercutting one of the greatest tales of exploration justifying European colonialism, that of the circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) between 1519 and 1521. Instead of Magellan, Harun's novel makes his trusted Ma…
Making it new in 1884; Lie Kim Hok's Syair Siti Akbari
yang merupakan pokok-kata tulisannya disaring bersih dan apik, hingga moril
Stranded in a foreign land: Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin's Syair Nuri
Roaming through Seductive Gardens
In the field of Nusantaran literary studies, systematic interpretations of individual literary works are still a relatively rare phenomenon. This book shows how such interpretations can be fruitfully produced for traditional Malay literature. Taking his cue from ideas in modern literary theory, anthropology and the study of western medieval literature, the author describes the major conventions of traditional Malay narrative and develops a compre…
In answer to G.W.J. Drewes: Neither
A source-critical or tradition-historical approach to the Genesis Apocryphon will quite justifiably emphasize the features of the Apocryphon that point toward what can be described as its lack of compositional unity. There exists, however, a level on which the Apocryphon can be shown to be a whole; that is its narrative unity. The latter is the result of the ways in which the final author/composer organized and manipulated the sources and traditi…
A medicine of sweetmeats; On the power of Malay narrative
Introduction In the 18th century, the coastal areas around the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea presented the picture of a motley variety of petty states constantly engaged in struggles for power, wealth or survival in ever changing configurations and alliances. For foreigners and natives alike this political fragmentation must have been quite bewildering. In spite of this heterogeneity, however, a unifying bond continued to provide a c…
Variation within identity in the Syair Ken Tambuhan examined with the help of a computer‐made concordance
Making it new in 1884; Lie Kim Hok's Syair Siti Akbari
yang merupakan pokok-kata tulisannya disaring bersih dan apik, hingga moril
A medicine of sweetmeats; On the power of Malay narrative
Introduction In the 18th century, the coastal areas around the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea presented the picture of a motley variety of petty states constantly engaged in struggles for power, wealth or survival in ever changing configurations and alliances. For foreigners and natives alike this political fragmentation must have been quite bewildering. In spite of this heterogeneity, however, a unifying bond continued to provide a c…
Variation within identity in the Syair Ken Tambuhan examined with the help of a computer‐made concordance
A medicine of sweetmeats; On the power of Malay narrative
Introduction In the 18th century, the coastal areas around the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea presented the picture of a motley variety of petty states constantly engaged in struggles for power, wealth or survival in ever changing configurations and alliances. For foreigners and natives alike this political fragmentation must have been quite bewildering. In spite of this heterogeneity, however, a unifying bond continued to provide a c…
In answer to G.W.J. Drewes: Neither
A source-critical or tradition-historical approach to the Genesis Apocryphon will quite justifiably emphasize the features of the Apocryphon that point toward what can be described as its lack of compositional unity. There exists, however, a level on which the Apocryphon can be shown to be a whole; that is its narrative unity. The latter is the result of the ways in which the final author/composer organized and manipulated the sources and traditi…
Roaming through Seductive Gardens
In the field of Nusantaran literary studies, systematic interpretations of individual literary works are still a relatively rare phenomenon. This book shows how such interpretations can be fruitfully produced for traditional Malay literature. Taking his cue from ideas in modern literary theory, anthropology and the study of western medieval literature, the author describes the major conventions of traditional Malay narrative and develops a compre…
Stranded in a foreign land: Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin's Syair Nuri
Making it new in 1884; Lie Kim Hok's Syair Siti Akbari
yang merupakan pokok-kata tulisannya disaring bersih dan apik, hingga moril
A Voyage to Freedom: Imagining the Portuguese in Harun Aminurrashid's historical novel Panglima Awang ∗
This article traces how Harun Aminurrashid's postcolonial novel Panglima Awang ( Commander Awang, 1957) gives imaginative support to the struggle of the Malays for independence by rewriting and thus undercutting one of the greatest tales of exploration justifying European colonialism, that of the circumnavigation of the world by Ferdinand Magellan (Fernão de Magalhães) between 1519 and 1521. Instead of Magellan, Harun's novel makes his trusted Ma…
Education and Islamic Studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Asian Studies and History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works)