Archive for February, 2012
Illustrated Sundanese Childhood
An Essay on Roesdi djeung Misnem Hawé Setiawan Sunda Lands | Thursday, 23 February 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Part 1: Introduction Sundanese children of the common people in West Java that attended elementary schools before World War II were well acquainted with Roesdi djeung Misnem: Boekoe Batjaan pikeun Moerid2 di Sakola Soenda [...]
The Transformation of Epic Poetry in Sundanese Literature: Reading Sayudi’s ‘Madraji’ as a ‘Modern Carita Pantun’
Hawé Setiawan Literature | Wednesday, 22 February 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Abstract The narrative poem Madraji: Carita Pantun Modern ‘Madraji: A Modern Carita Pantun’ (1983) by Sayudi (1932-2000), which is claimed by the author as a ‘modern carita pantun,’ occupies a special place in the history of late twentieth century Sundanese [...]
A Short Account of Bodé’s Short Stories
Hawé Setiawan Literature | Saturday, 18 February 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Istri tanpa Clurit ‘A Wife without Knife’ is a short story anthology by West Javanese author Bodé Riswandi. (In Allan M Stevens & Schmidgall-Tellings’ A Comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary the word clurit is defined as ‘a small Madurese sickle [...]
A Statesman’s Journey
Journal | Wednesday, 15 February 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan /1/ IT is my second time to gratefully participate in the regular forum of Bandung-based Asia-Africa Reading Club. My previous participation was to put forward some introductory remarks on a memoir written by Roeslan Abdulgani (1914-2005), The Bandung Connection: [...]
2012 ‘Rancagé’ Sundanese Literary Awards
Literature | Friday, 3 Friday 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Ajip Rosidi Praise to Allah, ‘Rancagé’ Literary Awards for Sundanese literature of this year, by Allah blessings, and with the supports from various parties concerned with the efforts to develop the mother tongue will, if it is Allah’s will, be presented for the 24th time. [...]
