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This book presents an overview of the literature of Brunei, surveying literary traditions, innovations, and new approaches as well as historical and contemporary issues and challenges.
This book highlights the unique characteristics of Bruneian literature, including its approach to bilingualism - Brunei Malay and English - its historical intertwining with monarchs and myths, and how its emerging developments can be charted in the twenty-first century.
Gathering together the work of both established and emerging scholars of Bruneian literature and history, this book brings detailed scholarship to an English-speaking audience, some of which was originally written in the Malay language, and highlights a Bruneian perspective. In drawing out the peculiar traditions, innovations, and challenges of Bruneian literature, this collection of essays is not only original in concept but also a pioneering endeavour.
The Literature of Brunei will be of interest to researchers in World and Asian Literature, in particular Southeast Asian literature.
Contents
Preface; Introduction; 1. The earliest Malay letters from Brunei; 2. Pengiran Indera Mahkota aka Pengiran Shahbandar Mohammad Salleh bin Pengiran Sharmayuda, author of Syair Rakis and Brunei's foremost literary figure; 3. Syair Rakis and Nineteenth century Bruneian Sultanate: Prophecy, Reality and Economy; 4. The egg and chicken in Bruneian Malay Society: From folklore to present day food culture; 5. Burung garuda and burung serandit - A textual enquiry of avian culture in Brunei Darussalam; 6. Bruneian Women's Writing as an Emergent Minor Literature in English; 7. Ethnic Oral Literature (Kèjhung) of the marginalized Dusunk; 8. The Temporal Mundane in Anglophone Chinese Diaspora Writing from Brunei Darussalam; 9. Bruneian drama: Between the local and the global; 10. (Re)governing Translation Industry in Brunei: A Case Study on Creative Writing; 11. A Comparative Analysis of the La Galigo and Syair Awang Semaun; 12. On the Lineage of Contemporary Bruneian Literature; Glossary; Index