The Canon in Southeast Asian Literatures

Know about the book -

The Canon in Southeast Asian Literatures is written by David Smyth and published by Psychology Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0700710906 (ISBN 10) and 9780700710904 (ISBN 13).

The literary canon is one of the most lively areas of debate in contemporary literary studies. This set of essays is both timely and original in its focus on the canon in South-East Asian literatures, covering Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. They vary in focus, from the broad panoramic survey of trends in a national literature to very specific discussions of the role of individuals in shaping a canon or the place of a particular text within a tradition, and from contemporary to traditional literature. They include discussions of the development of prose fiction, censorship and artistic freedom, the role of westerners in codifying indigenous literatures, the writing of literary history, the development of literary criticism and indigenous aesthetics.