CRITICAL VIEWS ON WORKS BY USMAN AWANG

• Other Authors: Sohaimi Abdul Aziz (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur DBP 2016
• Edition: Biography : National government publication : English
• Subjects: Usman Awang > 1928-2001; Usman Awang > 1928-2001 > Criticism and interpretation; Malay literature > 20th century > History and criticism
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In this collection of nine essays, including the introduction, the scholars and literary researchers discussed Usman Awang's literary works from various perspectives and approaches. It included stylistic, emergent literature, male feminist literary criticism, heroism, identity and class struggl...

Table of Contents:

• The interlocking worlds of Usman Awang's poetry / Muhammad Haji Salleh
• The concept of poverty from Usman Awang's short stories / Mohamad Mokhtar Abu Hassan
• The beauty of language in war story, Usman Awang and the "Scattered bones" / Siti Hajar Che Man
• Death of a warrior or long live feudalism / Solehah Ishak
• "The author" and "The other", Usman Awang and Rabindranath Tagore in a comparative perspective / Lalita Sinha
• "Scattered bones", Usman Awang's novel is like a reflection in an old mirror / Rosnah Baharuddin
• Female characters and feminine characteristics in the poetry of Usman Awang / Siti Zainon Ismail
• Usman Awang's thinking of elements of literary theory / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz.