The Person and Religious Poetry in Malay
Abstract
Accepting that there is a close connection between religion and poetry, the paper focuses on the person that is presented in poetry in Malay in response to the Divine. The concept of "the person" used contains three elements: (a) the human identity - our common physiological and psychological qualities; (b) the social identity - arising from our membership in the various groups that make up our particular society; and, (c) the self - the unique personal sense of who I am. It argues that the person in Malay religious poetry is largely a "social identity" the self surrendered to God through membership in the Muslim community.
Keywords: religious poetry, person, human identity, social identity, the individual self
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Isa Kamari, 2007. Memeluk Gerhana. Kuala Lumpur: Al-Ameen Serve Holdings
Isa Kamari, 2009. Rawa: Tragedi Pulau Batu Puteh, Kuala Lumpur: Ameen Kreatif.
Isa Kamari, 2011. Duka Tuan Bertakhta. Kuala Lumpur: Al-Ameen Serve Holdings.
Isa Kamari, 2013. A Song of the Wind. Translated by by Sukmawati Sirat and R. Krishnan. Kuala Lumpur: Silverfish.
Isa Kamari, 2013. Rawa. Translated by R. Krishnan. Kuala Lumpur: Silverfish.
Isa Kamari, 2013.1819. Translated by R. Krishnan. Kuala Lumpur: Silverfish.
Isa Kamari, 2014. Selendang Sukma. Kuala Lumpur: ITBM.
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Published
2014-12-01
How to Cite
AVELING, Harry.
The Person and Religious Poetry in Malay.
Malay Literature, [S.l.], v. 27, n. 2, p. 242-261, dec. 2014.
ISSN 2682-8030.
Available at: <https://jurnal.dbp.my/index.php/MalayLiterature/article/view/4347>. Date accessed: 22 dec. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.37052/ml.27(2)no3.
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