‘Literature’ Archives
Hadi’s Stories: the ‘Death’s Curse’
Literature | Saturday, April 7, 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan It is hard to find a proper English equivalence of this book’s title. The Sundanese word kalapati is constituted from kala, which means ‘time,’ and pati, which means ‘death.’ It uses the expression in reference to something unseen and horrible that makes [...]
Note on ‘Heaven’s Border’
Literature | Monday, 2 April 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan Di Wates Langit ‘At Heaven’s Border’, published by Majalengka Literary Community (KSM) in 2011, is a poetry anthology by Asikin Hidayat. This is his second poetry anthology after Lagu Simpé ‘Song of Silence’ that was published by Pusaka Kemucen Rajagaluh in [...]
Iyar: A Companion for ‘Kawih’ Singers
Literature | Wednesday, 28 March 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan The book entitled Pasindén jeung Rumpakana ‘The Singer and Her Lyrics’ by Iyar Wiarsih (Yayasan Kebudayaan Bandung, 1981) is a companion for juru kawih or kawih singers. Kawih is a traditional song which is usually sung in the performance of wayang golék, the [...]
Sundanese Culture: the Basics
Literature | Sunday, 25 March 2012 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan The book, which we shall talk about, is entitled Pengetahuan Dasar tentang Kebudayaan Sunda ‘Basic Knowledge of Sundanese Culture.’ It is written by R. Djaka Soeryawan, and is published by Lembaga Kebudayaan Universitas Pasundan ‘Cultural Institute of Pasundan [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Acép’s New Poems
Literature | Thursday, 24 November 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawé Setiawan It has been nearly two decades since poet Acép Zamzam Noor issued his first anthology of Sundanese poems entitled Dayeuh Matapoé ‘City of Sun’ in 1993. Now, as if responding to some of his friends’ encouragement to develop his poetry making in the very [...]
The Emergence of Sundanese Minifiction
Literature | Thursday, 3 November 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan For the past two months several Sundanese writers have been exploring a relatively new form of composition that is called fiksimini 'minifiction'. The emergence of this kind of online short short story was initiated by Nazarudin Azhar, a prolifict Sundanese writer [...]
Sundalana
Literature | Monday, 24 October 2011 | sundanesecorner.org Hawe Setiawan Sundalana is an official periodical of Centre for Sundanese Studies (PSS), a Bandung-based non-profit institution found by writer Ajip Rosidi and his fellow Sundanese scholars in 2002. The PSS was established due to one of the reccomendations of the 1st International [...]
