{"product_id":"traces-of-the-ramayana-and-mahabharata-in-javanese-and-malay-literature-paperback","title":"Traces of the Ramayana and Mahabharata in Javanese and Malay Literature - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChoo Ming Ding\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWillem Van Der Molen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLocal renderings of the two Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata in Malay and Javanese literature have existed since around the ninth and tenth centuries. In the following centuries new versions were created alongside the old ones, and these opened up interesting new directions. They questioned the views of previous versions and laid different accents, in a continuous process of modernization and adaptation, successfully satisfying the curiosity of their audiences for more than a thousand years. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMuch of this history is still unclear. For a long time, scholarly research made little progress, due to its preoccupation with problems of origin. The present volume, going beyond identifying sources, analyses the socio-literary contexts and ideological foundations of seemingly similar contents and concepts in different periods; it examines the literary functions of borrowing and intertextual referencing, and calls upon the visual arts to illustrate the independent character of the epic tradition in Southeast Asia.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDing Choo Ming (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDing Choo Ming\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of Malay Literature at the National University of Malaysia. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWillem van der Molen (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWillem van der Molen\u003c\/b\u003e is adjunct professor of Philology and Old Javanese at the University of Indonesia, Depok, and Senior Researcher at the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies in Leiden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 229\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990169764061,"sku":"9789814786577","price":58.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/ZImKV07KMO9789814786577.webp?v=1780361234","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/traces-of-the-ramayana-and-mahabharata-in-javanese-and-malay-literature-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}