Classical Malay literature, also known as traditional Malay literature, refers to the Malay-language literature from the Malay world, consisting of areas now part of Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia; works from countries such as the Philippines and Sri Lanka have also been included. It shows considerable influences from Indian literature (such as in the tales of Ramayana and Mahabharata) as well as Arabic and Islamic literature (including tales of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions). The term denotes a variety of works, including the hikayat, poetry (in two major forms, the syair and the pantun), history, and legal works.
classical, malay, literature, also, known, traditional, malay, literature, refers, malay, language, literature, from, malay, world, consisting, areas, part, brunei, singapore, malaysia, indonesia, works, from, countries, such, philippines, lanka, have, also, b. Classical Malay literature also known as traditional Malay literature refers to the Malay language literature from the Malay world consisting of areas now part of Brunei Singapore Malaysia and Indonesia works from countries such as the Philippines and Sri Lanka have also been included It shows considerable influences from Indian literature such as in the tales of Ramayana and Mahabharata as well as Arabic and Islamic literature including tales of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his companions The term denotes a variety of works including the hikayat poetry in two major forms the syair and the pantun history and legal works The frontispiece of a Jawi edition of the Malay Annals Contents 1 Selected works 2 Selected authors 3 See also 4 ReferencesSelected works EditSyair Siti Zubaidah Perang Cina Syair Abdul Muluk Hikayat Hang Tuah Hikayat Amir Hamzah Sejarah Melayu Hikayat Bayan Budiman Hikayat Raja raja Pasai Hikayat Banjar Hikayat Abdullah Undang Undang MelakaSelected authors EditAbdullah bin Abdul Kadir Hamzah Fansuri Nuruddin ar Raniri Raja Ali Haji Tun Sri LanangSee also EditIndonesian literature for works considered part of the modern Indonesian literary canon Malaysian literature for works considered part of the modern Malaysian literary canon List of HikayatReferences EditFang Liaw Yock 2013 A History of Classical Malay Literature Jakarta Yayasan Pustaka Obor and ISEAS ISBN 978 979 461 810 3 Hawa Hj Salleh Siti 2010 Malay Literature of the 19th Century Kuala Lumpur Institut Terjemahan Negara Malaysia ISBN 9789830685175 Winstedt Richard 1969 A History of Classical Malay Literature Oxford Oxford University Press OCLC 68139 nbsp This article about literature from a country or region is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Classical Malay literature amp oldid 1163237869, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
