Can the Erasure of Malaysian Arts be Reversed?

By Mohd Izzuddin Ramli

April 2018 FEATURE
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Traditional theatre and Malaysian literature in English face tough times, as doyen of both fields, Prof. Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof, findsWhat does Malaysian literature mean today, and what is required for a work of literature to be considered national literature? Can literature in Chinese, Tamil and other local languages be held in the same class? Where is Malaysian literature and performing arts headed?Prof. Datuk Dr Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof, one of the proponents of traditional Malay and South-East Asian theatre – as well as...

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