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dc.contributor.authorAzhar Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-06T02:47:18Z-
dc.date.available2023-11-06T02:47:18Z-
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.issn0128-1186
dc.identifier.otherukmvital:75534
dc.identifier.urihttps://ptsldigital.ukm.my/jspui/handle/123456789/577772-
dc.descriptionA line of thought exists and develops from the socio-political and cultural at mosphere, apart from the writer’s level of public and individual awareness.Beginning with the call for “literature for society” by ASAS’50, the following decades saw more variety in literary trends, although, on the whole, established writers still remained committed to use literature as a means for raising awareness and channelling social criticism, while at the same timeusing it to present the ideal to which the writer aspires. In the cultural and political context of Singapore, there are three lines of thought. The first is a kind of foregrounding, in which the writer makes a universal observationof humankind and/orde scribesthe condition of the Malay community withall its challenges and problems, touching on issues that have a basis in history or current realism. The second is the tendency to offer alternatives or echo moral messages that call for people to be more spiritual and more ethical in this life, without making a concrete link to the communal life or the structures and systems that underlie the society and nation. The third is a kind of escapism, indicated by a domestication of thought or “popularization”of literature following the dictates of a market in which light reading andentertainment-type reading materials are what sells. In Singapore today, writing is becoming more varied. What is to be observed is how literature has become the vehicle for refuting dominant ideas, apart from becoming the ground for competing ideas as writers present what they feel is the bestidea in the interest of society. The challenge for developing an effective literary culture is ensuring that literary works have a clear social vision,employing good techniques and language skills, while at the same time building a grounded, people-oriented literature. This discussion will analyse the obstacles that complicate the literary culture of the Malay literature of Singapore as it aims to achieve all this.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
dc.relation.haspartMalaya Literature
dc.relation.urihttp://malayliterature.dbp.my/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/8-Jalur-Pemikiran.pdf
dc.subjectModern literature
dc.subjectSingapore Malay
dc.subjectPolitical culture
dc.subjectConflicting ideas
dc.titleMalay literature in Singapore: lines of thought and conflicting Ideas
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.format.volume27
dc.format.pages131-160
dc.format.issue1
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