Modern Indonesian literature (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)

a luxuriously illustrated pamphlet, issued "a. l'occasion du don d'une collection complete des ouvrages du Service pour la litterature populaire a. la Bibliotheque Royal du Caire". Cf. also the praise of the pre-war Balai Pustaka (harum namanja !) by Pramudya Ananta Tur (1957b-c), a critic who could hardly be suspected of sympathies for a colonial institution. 34 For the popular Chinese-Malay variants of this kind of poetry, see Nio Joe Lan (1962, p. Front Matter....Pages I-XV Socio-Political Background....Pages 1-4 The History of the Malay Language....Pages 4-7 Indonesian Nationalism and Bahasa Indonesia....Pages 7-9 The Beginnings of Poetry: Muhammad Yamin....Pages 9-13 Early Political Novels....Pages 13-17 Poetry Up to 1928; Rustam Effendi....Pages 17-21 1928, The Proclamation of Bahasa Indonesia....Pages 21-24 Sanusi Pané’s Madah Kelana....Pages 24-26 Historical Dramas....Pages 27-28 Pudjangga Baru and Bahasa Indonesia....Pages 28-31 Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana on Bahasa Indonesia....Pages 31-33 The Poetry of Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana....Pages 34-35 The Polemics on Culture....Pages 35-38 The Artist as a Teacher: Lajar Terkembang....Pages 38-41 Pudjangga Baru and the Tachtigers: J. E. Tatengkeng....Pages 41-45 Pudjangga Baru in Retrospect....Pages 45-46 Other Poetry of the Period....Pages 47-49 Traditional Poetry: The Sjairs....Pages 49-51 Traditional Prose Writing; Historical Novels....Pages 51-53 Early Balai Pustaka Novels....Pages 53-54 Minangkabau Society and the Indonesian Novel....Pages 54-55 Marah Rusli’s Sitti Nurbaja....Pages 56-57 Nur St. Iskandar and His Early Novels....Pages 57-58 Other Novels in Minangkabau Setting....Pages 59-61 Development of the Novel; Abdul Muis’ Salah Asuhan and other Highlights....Pages 61-65 Various Novels by Takdir and Nur St. Iskandar....Pages 65-66 Novels in Various Sumatran Settings....Pages 66-69 Hamka as a Novelist....Pages 69-72 Story Tellers and Roman Pitjisan....Pages 72-75 Various Non-Sumatran Novels....Pages 75-79 Pre-War and Post-War Literature;Armijn Pané as a link?....Pages 79-81 Armijn Pané’s Belenggu....Pages 81-84 Amir Hamzah, Seal of Malay and Herald of Indonesian Poetry....Pages 84-103 1942, The Year of the Break....Pages 105-107 Novel and Story-Writing Under the Japanese Occupation....Pages 107-110 Play-Writing Under the Japanese Occupation....Pages 110-114 The Angkatan 45. Documentation....Pages 114-118 The Angkatan 45. Meetings, Congresses, Symposia....Pages 118-120 H. B. Jassin, Custodian of Modern Indonesian Literature....Pages 120-122 The Angkatan 45. Chairil Anwar and Vitalism....Pages 122-126 Surat Kepertjajaan Gelanggang; The Ideal of Universal Humanism....Pages 126-129 Asrul Sani, Sitor Situmorang and the Ideals of the Angkatan 45....Pages 129-134 The Marxists and the Angkatan 45....Pages 134-139 Discussion on the Crisis in Literature....Pages 139-142 Broader Framework of the Angkatan 45....Pages 142-145 Chairil Anwar....Pages 145-159 Idrus....Pages 159-163 Pramudya Ananta Tur....Pages 163-180 Sitor Situmorang....Pages 180-190 Utuy Tatang Sontani....Pages 190-195 Mochtar Lubis....Pages 195-199 Trisno Sumardjo....Pages 199-202 Achdiat Karta Mihardja....Pages 202-206 Minor Poets of the Angkatan 45....Pages 206-212 Some Post-War Women Authors....Pages 212-214 Minor Prose Writers of the Angkatan 45....Pages 215-218 Odds and Ends....Pages 218-227 The Angkatan Terbaru....Pages 227-232 Three Javanese Poets....Pages 232-236 Ajip Rosidi....Pages 236-241 Other Prose Writers of the Younger Generation....Pages 241-251 Epilogue — The Manifes Kebudajaan and the Angkatan 66....Pages 251-255 Back Matter....Pages 257-308 The histQry of this book dates back exactly 20 years. When I first set foot on the shores O'f Indonesia in September 1947, I was, amongst other things, assigned the task 0'£ teaching Malay literature in an advanced teacher-training course, with the instructiOon to' lay stress on modern literature. This was easier said than done, as very little had been written Oon the subject, and few materials were available to me. From this period I recall with great gratitude the regular and friendly contacts I had with Mr. Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana, whO' in many ways me with information and documentatiO'n. helped The editQrs of the magazine "Kritiek en Opbouw" found my lecture nffies Qn some pre-war authors worth publishing. These articles, with an introduction on Bahasa Indonesia and some other additiQns, were subsequently coUected and published by Pembangunan under the title Voltooid Voorspel (Completed Prelude) (Djakarta 1950). The little book sold fairly quickly, but rather than publishing a new edition in Dutch the publisher was interested in bringing out an Indo~ nesian adaptation. Much material was added, the larger part of which had been CQllected by writing occasional reviews Qf Indonesian literary works for the Dutch newspaper Nieuwsgier in Djakarta. The text of the book was very conscientiously turned intO' Bahasa Indonesia by Anku Raihul Amar gl