Some additional remarks on the antecedents of modern Indonesian literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2912952 |
|---|---|
| Authors | W V Sykorsky (1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 136 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 498-516 |
| Publication date | 1980-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003521 |
| OpenAlex | W2026984980 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
The sociological bias of the last decade, which is manifest in Western European literary criticism, has led philologists to pay attention to many formerly ignored facts and phenomena of the literary process, including a vast body of urban Indonesian literature written around the turn of the century mainly in Low Malay. In an article entitled 'Some Preli minary Remarks on the Antecedents of Modern Indonesian Literature' (BKI 1971/127-4:417-433), C. W. Watson presents a general analysis of this most interesting phenomenon. He refers to some 30 books published between 1875 and 1924. Thirteen of these are introduced by the author from the originals. The rest are drawn from indirect sources, i.e. advertisements, catalogues, and the like. Watson is preoccupied with the principle, and is not always aware that this period falls into two quite distinct phases ideo logically, i.e. that prior to and that after the beginning of the second decade of this century. The body of works of the first phase is extremely amorphous and contradictory but is, on the whole, saturated with a spirit of democracy. It is the real antecedent of national Indonesian literature. The works of the second phase, reflecting as they do the awakening of a national consciousness and the growth of political activity on the part of Indonesians, no longer constitute an antecedent to but mark the very beginning of Indonesian literature.1 There is, of course, strong continuity between the two phases with respect to style, figurative language and plot. The second phase has already been treated to some extent by the
Art · Epistemology · Indonesian · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Literature · Originality · Phenomenon · Social science · Sociology · Watson · Asian Studies and History · History · Islamic Finance and Communication · Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2019 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |