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Malay Authorship in Landskap Ungu: From Artistic Source to Intellectual Impact
Author(s) -
Arbak Othman
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
malay literature/malay literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2682-8030
pISSN - 0128-1186
DOI - 10.37052/ml.30(1)no6
Subject(s) - malay , poetry , islam , art , literature , humanities , theology , philosophy , linguistics
This article discusses the contribution of Dato’ Ahmad Kamal Abdullah or Kemala regarding the development of Malay poetry in Malaysia and the history of Malay poetry in the archipelago. This article is based fully on the essays compiled in Landskap Ungu (2010). It examines Kemala’s contribution to the Malay art of poetry composition, the approach or the evaluation used in analyzing Malay poetry, specifically in interpreting Islamic poetry and the country’s sociopolitical landscape, as well as comparing the quality of the art of poetry of international poets with that of some of Malaysia’s poets. Apart from that, other issues are also discussed, such as the art concept of sufi poetry which is the basic expression of some Malay poets, either in Indonesia or Malaysia. Kemala’s contribution is exceptional and has proven to be very significant in the development of Malay poetry with regard to his capability as a critic and a disciplined researcher, especially in the world of Malay poetry. His level of thought and intellectualism boost the quality of the art of expression of creative thinking locally or universally. Keywords: epistemology, aesthetics, hermeneutics, irony, critiques, literature, mystique, thinker, sufi, sufi poetry, semiotic, symbolism, theory of literature Abstrak Makalah ini menghuraikan sumbangan Dato’ Ahmad Kamal Abdullah atau Kemala terhadap perkembangan puisi Melayu di Malaysia dan sejarah puisi Melayu di Nusantara. Penulisan makalah ini berlandaskan hasil tulisan beliau sepenuhnya, iaitu esei yang terkumpul dalam karya terbaik beliau, Landskap Ungu (2010) terbitan Penerbit UPM. Makalah ini meneliti sumbangan Kemala dalam dunia perpuisian Melayu, seni dan gubahan puisi, pendekatan atau ukuran kualiti yang digunakan dalam penganalisisan puisi Melayu, khususnya untuk mentakrif puisi Islam dan sosiopolitik tanah air, serta perbandingan kualiti seni pengungkapan puisi penyair antarabangsa yang dibandingkan dengan puisi beberapa penyair tanah air. Selain itu, beberapa kecenderungan lain turut dibicarakan seperti konsep seni puisi sufi yang menjadi asas pengucapan beberapa penyair Melayu, baik di Indonesia mahupun di Malaysia. Sumbangan Kemala amat istimewa dan terbukti sangat besar dalam perkembangan perpuisian Melayu kerana keupayaan beliau sebagai pengkritik dan pengkaji yang berdisiplin, terutamanya dalam dunia kepenyairan Melayu yang dikatakan sudah mencapai tahap kematangan yang boleh dibanggakan. Tahap pemikiran dan keintelektualan beliau meningkatkan kualiti seni pengucapan fikiran yang kreatif sama ada bersifat setempat mahupun universal. Kata kunci: epistemologi, estetik, etika, hermeneutik, kritikan, kesusasteraan, mistik, pemikir, sufi, puisi sufi, semiotik, simbolisme, teori kesusasteraan

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