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    A curated collection of academic research, journal articles, and scholarly essays exploring the depths of Indonesian literature and its prominent authors.





    Poetika: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra / Jul 18, 2026
    by Citra Smara Dewi Hilmar Farid Martin Suryajaya


    Mapping the Evolution of Motifs in Indonesian Literature 1918-2025 Using Distant Reading

    In this article: A.S. Laksana Acep Zamzam Noor Amir Hamzah Azhari Aiyub Beni Satryo Cicilia Oday Djenar Maesa Ayu Esha Tegar Heru Joni Putra Inggit Putria Marga Joko Pinurbo Martin Suryajaya Nirwan Dewanto Nukila Amal Rio Johan Sasti Gotama Yusi Avianto Pareanom




    Atlantis Press – Journal / Nov 07, 2023
    by Ramayda Akmal


    To Wear, to Wander, and to Write: Women’s Subjectivity and the Jilbab in Asma Nadia’s Jilbab Traveler

    In this article: Asma Nadia




    Poetika: Jurnal Ilmu Sastra / Jun 30, 2023
    by Martin Suryajaya


    Towards a Morphology of Critique: An Attempt to Classify Approaches to Literary Criticism

    In this article: Arif Bagus Prasetyo Eka Budianta Eka Kurniawan Melani Budianta Nirwan Dewanto Saut Situmorang Zen Hae




    Dutch Crossing / Nov 24, 2022
    by Arnoud Arps Lucelle Pardoe


    Translation, Memory, and Ongoing Coloniality: Reading Gentayangan for a More Worldly Dutch Studies

    In this article: Intan Paramaditha




    Journal of Postcolonial Writing / May 24, 2020
    by John Charles Ryan


    “The pained and silent song of a branch”: Ecological precarity in the poetry of Taufiq Ismail and Khairani Barokka

    In this article: Khairani Barokka Taufiq Ismail




    Research Gate / Jan 21, 2020
    by Okky Madasari


    Silencing and Fake Alternatives in Construction of Indonesian Literature



    Journal of International Women’s Studies / Feb 12, 2018
    by Aquarini Priyatna


    Feminist Voice in the Works of Indonesian Early Woman Writers: Reading Novels and Short Stories by Suwarsih Djojopuspito

    In this article: Suwarsih Djojopuspito




    Wacana – Faculty of Humanities UI / Apr 24, 2017
    by C.W. Watson


    An early story of Kho Ping Hoo

    In this article: Kho Ping Hoo




    Arts Online – Monash University / Sep 01, 2016
    by Moira Neagle


    Poetic Reaction to Political Excess: W.S. Rendra, Peacock and People’s Poet

    In this article: Rendra, W. S.




    Humaniora / Jun 07, 2014
    by Supriyadi


    Masculine Language in Indonesian Novels: A Feminist Stylistic Approach on Belenggu and Pengakuan Pariyem

    In this article: Armijn Pane Linus Suryadi




    Research Online – University of Wollongong / Apr 01, 2014
    by Jeffrey E. Thomas


    Cultural Imaginary, the Rule of Law, and (Post-) Colonialism in Indonesia: Perspectives from Pramoedya Ananta Toer’s This Earth of Mankind

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer




    UTS ePress / Jun 15, 2010
    by Harry Aveling


    Outcaste by Choice: Re-Genderings in a Short Story by Oka Rusmini

    In this article: Oka Rusmini




    Iowa IWP / May 14, 2008
    by Editor


    THE TEN COMMON-MENTS: Some Experiences From Indonesia

    In this article: Ayu Utami




    UTS ePress / Jan 03, 2008
    by Ian Campbell


    Selatan—Sur—South

    In this article: Acep Zamzam Noor




    University of Tasmania, Open Access Repository / Jun 12, 2007
    by Pamela Allen


    Reading Matters: An Examination of Plurality of Meaning in Selected Indonesian Fiction, 1980-1995

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer Putu Wijaya Y. B. Mangunwijaya




    Sydney (Uni) Digital Theses / Jun 01, 2006
    by Ian Campbell


    National literature, regional manifestations: Contemporary Indonesian language poetry from West Java



    ABD / Jan 01, 2004
    by Alfons Taryadi


    Three Decades of Book Publishing in Indonesia



    BRILL / Jan 01, 2001
    by Keith Foulcher


    Rivai Apin and the Modernist Aesthetic in Indonesian Poetry

    In this article: Rivai Apin




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Oct 01, 1999
    by Michael Bodden


    Seno Gumira Ajidarma and Fictional Resistance to an Authoritarian State in 1990s Indonesia

    In this article: Seno Gumira Ajidarma




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Apr 01, 1998
    by Jeffrey Hadler


    Home, Fatherhood, Succession: Three Generations of Amrullahs in Twentieth Century Indonesia

    In this article: Hamka




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Oct 01, 1997
    by Ben Abel


    Beholding a Landmark of Guilt: Pramoedya in the Early 1960s and the Current Regime*

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Oct 01, 1997
    by James T. Siegel


    Revolutionary Stink and the Extension of the Tongue of the People: The Political Languages of Pramoedya Ananta Toer and Sukarno

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Apr 01, 1996
    by Hong Liu


    Pramoedya Ananta Toer and China: The Transformation of a Cultural Intellectual

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer




    Southeast Asia Program Publications at Cornell University / Jun 01, 1983
    by Benedict Anderson


    Perburuan 1950 and Keluarga Gerilya 1950

    In this article: Pramoedya Ananta Toer


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