CRITICAL VIEWS ON WORKS BY A. SAMAD SAID

• Other Authors: Sohaimi Abdul Aziz 1960- (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur DBP 2016
• Edition: National government publication : English
• Subjects: A. Samad Said > 1935- > Abdul Samad Said > Authorship; Malay literature > History and criticism; Authors > Malays
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A collection of critical essays examining various aspects of the work of one of Malaysia's best known creative spirits, who has made a mark as an artist, playwright, novelist and poet. The contributors discuss various aspects of his novels, plays and poems

Table of Contents:

• Soujorn in A. Samad Said's creative landscape / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
• Elements of naturalism in Salina and Sungai mengalir lesu / Jaminkhiri Check Embi
• A. Samad Said's Lantai T. Pinkie, a tragic nostalgia / Mana Sikana
• A. Samad Said's "al-amin", a new narrative in Malaysian poetry / Muhammad Haji Salleh
• Hati muda bulan muda, A. Samad Said's little jewels / Rosnah Baharuddin
• Siti Salina, looking back / Shahnon Ahmad
• Nasib (destiny) and takdir (fate) in Salina / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
• Postmodernism in literature and its effects on nation building, a study of Hujan pagi and A4 / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
• Rasa, aesthetic experience from Langit petang / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
• The works of A. Samad Said, a gestalt intertextual reading / Sohaimi Abdul Aziz
• Solehah Ishak interviews Sasterawan Negara A. Samad Said / Solehah Ishak
• Deviations of form in Samad Said's Cinta fansuri / Ungku Maimunah Mohd. Tahir.