"Chairil Anwar's "Heritage

There were, indeed, some things politicians and Intellectuals in Jakarta had to get used to In 1950.After four years of diplomatic and military maneuvers the Republic of Indonesia was now recognized as a sovereign state and the poet Chair11 Anwar was dead.It was time for a retrospect: the mystification of the Revolution was soon to begin.Concurrently, 1t was time for a prospect: Ideals and dreams could be realized 1n the newly created state.From now on not Amsterdam but Jakarta would be the metropolis for life 1n the archipelago, the untouchable center of domination, at once Inspiring and crippling."My body 1s still and alone-stories and events are gone by, stultified"^those were Chalrll's words 1n one of h1s last poems, and they were to have an almost prophetic meaning: fear of stultification, of silence and loneliness, was to take hold of those he left behind 1n the metropolis of the new state.reserved for the literature, written 1n Malay, the language that, In 1928, had been declared the national language?Jakarta was not, of course, the only place where Malay literature was produced 1n printed form and the quality and aim of this "modern Indonesian literature" was discussed.In other urban centers like Medan, Yogyakarta, Padang, and Surabaya, too, people were trying their hand with such recently developed genres as short stories, novels, and free verse, and they managed to have their work published.None of them, however, was able to compete success fully with the products of the new metropolis."Modern Indonesian literature" was the literature that was authorized as such by intellectuals and artists 1n Jakarta-that was an accepted fact.The people who lived close to the political center were to set the tone, without, however, being powerful enough to gain full control over literary life 1n the archipelago as a whole.This so-called modern literature was surrounded by a wealth of traditional art forms which, 1n the new Republic, were perpetuated by those living in the countryside and 1n the poorer urban areas, separated from "modern" art forms in almost every conceivable way: 1n world view, in presentation, in values.New terms were coined, not only for the endeavors of the Jakarta elite-ke.buda.yaanmodenn, kebudayaan national.butalso for these more traditional forms of artkehudayaan daenah, kebudayaan lo k a l

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