INDONESIAN

LITERATURE
 Andrew Joshua Kasmita
 Angel Iskandar
 Bella Thalia Weliana
 Maria Sisilia Sinta
 Vanessa Lee
 Verencia Mercy

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 INDONESIAN ARCHAIC
LITERATURE

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 EARLIER INDONESIAN LITERATURE

  Indonesia's literary legacy includes centuries-old palm,

bamboo, and other fiber manuscripts from several literate
peoples, such as the Malay, Javanese, Balinese, Buginese,
Rejang, and Batak.
 In the earlier era of Indonesian literature, many literature
works were influenced by Hindu-Buddhism influences. It
includes the Sanskrit language.
 The Indian concept of life such as caste, inferiority of women
embodied through literature works in bigger scale.

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 HINDU-BUDDHISM ERA AND LITERATURE

 Between 8th and 10th century, most of the folk stories are
based on Hindu stories from India. During the era of Mataram
Kingdom flourished the new form of literature through the
translation of Hindu-Buddhist sacred texts.
 The whole narration of Hindu epic Ramayana carved on the
wall of Prambanan Temple. During the same era, the Kakawin
Ramayana was written in Old Javanese. It consists of 2774
stanzas in the manipravala style, a mixture of Sanskrit and
archaic Javanese prose.
 The fourteenth century Nagarakrtagama is a lengthy poem
praising King Hayam Wuruk and describing the life and social
structure of his kingdom, Majapahit.

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 EASTERN INDONESIAN

 The I La Galigo of the Bugis, which traces the adventures of

their culture hero, Sawerigading, is one of the world's longest
epic poems. La Galigo consists of around 12.000 pages.
 Sawerigading is considered as the main and most powerful
character in local Bugis epics, La Galigo. A foreign literature
critics, Jennifer W. Nourse compared Sawerigading to
Odysseus in her book.

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 INDONESIAN MODERN
LITERATURE

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 MODERN INDONESIAN LITERATURE

 Start with language unification in 1928 and underwent

consderable development before the war, receivin futher
impetus under Japanese auspices.
 Employed in drama, films and art – hated symbols of Dutch
imperial control were swept away.

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 MODER

 “Indonesia is one of the world’s largest counties, but it’s also

a relatively young one. When the Indonesian republic was one
forge was born in 1949, after three centuries of Dutch
colonialism, language was one forge of nationalism. The new
country stretched from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific,
encompassing 17,000 islands. The archipelago was also a riot
of language with some 300 tongues spoken. The literary
tradition was more oral than written, everything from the
spoken wrod epics of the Kalimantan Dayaks in Borneo to
Javanese court songs. The new government declrared Bahasa
Indonesia (a dialect of Malay) the national language.
“Indonesia owes its identity to the Indonesian language,” says
novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer. ( Michael J. Ybarra, Los
Angeles Times, July 18, 2004)

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, a nationalist

who had also been imprisoned by the
Dutch from 1947-1949. He composed
books as stories told to fellow
prisoners in exile on the island of
Buru from 1965-1979.
The Buru Quartet (4 novels) published
between 1980 and 1988 in
Indonesian, rich documentaries of life
in turn-of-the-century colonial Java.
Banned in Indonesia during the New
Order.

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

W. S. Rendra, major poet and playwright who achieved fame

during the New Order for taking stands against the government.
 Orang-orang di Tikungan Jalan (1954)
 Sebatang Lisong (1977)
 Blues untuk Bonnie (1976)

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

 Achdiat K. Mihardja, a key

figure in literature during
the 1940s and 1950s. He
is best known for his
novel, Atheis, which was
published in 1949.
 Atheis is considered one
of Indonesian’s most
important literaty works
following World War II.

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

Des Alwi, was an Indonesian

historian, diplomat and writer.
One of the last figures of the
revolution peroid (addopted son
f Mohammad Hatta), calles
“Oom Kacamata”
He made a film about Hatta
and later made other
documentaries. He directed
Tanah Gersang in 1972, Cucu
and a comedy about espionage
in 1973.

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

Chairil Anwar, was an Indonesian

poet and member of the 1945
Generation of writers who were
active in the Indonesian
independence movement. Called
“Si Binatang Jalang ”(from his
writings, Aku). He is estimated to
have written 96 works, including
70 individual poems. Here some of
his poems :
 Deru Tjampur Debu (1949)
 Kerikil Tajam dan Yang Terampas
dan Yang Putus ( 1950)
 Derai-derai Cemara (1998)

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 MODERN INDONESIAN AUTHORS

 Ahmad Tohari,
 the author of Ronggeng
Dukuh Paruk, about village
life during the massacre in
the 1860s.
 It paints an unflattering
picture of the military. This
book was banned under
Soeharto.

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 INDONESIAN
LITERATURE IN
POPULAR CULTURE ERA

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 INDONESIAN LITERATURE IN POPULAR
CULTURE ERA
 Popular culture (also called mass culture and pop culture) is
generally recognized by members of a society as a set of the
practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a
society at a given point in time. Popular culture also
encompasses the activities and feelings produced as a result of
interaction with these dominant objects. Heavily influenced in
modern times by mass media, this collection of ideas permeates
the everyday lives of people in a given society.
 Pop culture refers to cultural products such as music, art,
literature, fashion, dance, film, cyberculture, television, and radio
that are consumed by the majority of a society's population.
 Examples of popular culture come from a wide array of genres,
including popular music, print, cyber culture, sports,
entertainment, leisure, fads, advertising and television.

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 INDONESIAN LITERATURE IN POPULAR
CULTURE ERA
These are popular Indonesian literature works in Pop Culture
era :
 Novel: NKCTHI(nanti kita cerita tentang hari ini by
Marchella.FP) , The book of invicible question , etc (byLala
Bohang), Moonson Tiger (by Entertaiment: TikTok, Instagram,
Twitter, Facebook.
 Music: Modern loneliness by Lauv , Intention by Justin Bieber
and many more like Korean and Japan wave
 Sports: Zumba (from Cali, Colombia which many country do
zumba for exercise)
 Ads and Television : Netflix (
Scotts Valley, California, United States)

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