LESSONS IN ENGAGEMENT FROM A MALAY CLASSIC: THE TRANSLATION OF SYAIR SITI ZUBAIDAH PERANG CHINA

Poetry has always played an important role in sustaining languages, as well as in conveying both the "outward" or literal and the "inward" or hidden meaning of words. The classic poem from the oral tradition of the Malay world, Syair Siti Zubaidah Perang China, conveys the nature...

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Main Author: Lalita Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2010-01-01
Series:Kajian Malaysia
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Online Access:http://web.usm.my/km/28(1)2010/KM%20ART%201(1-19).pdf