Only through a critical interpretation guided by the Malay hermeneutics would Myth and reality have been woven and knitted ever so intricately that readers are nearly incapable Previous Malay writers were not being random or reckless in their effort when including mythic elements into The truth is, the myths within the traditional Malay literary works carry their own significance. Winstedt (1969) in his well-known book The History of Classical Malay Literature. Maizura Osman and Nor Hashimah Jalaluddin / Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 118 (2014) 265 – 272īeen submissively in agreement with the viewpoints of previous scholars, particularly the European orientalists,Įspecially R. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
This assumption originates from the traces of myths and legends in those works. Percep tion among the Malays towards the literary works which are perceived as mythic and not as philosophicalĪrtifacts. How could we be this unfortunate? One of the reasons according to Hassan Ahmad (2003) is the general This is evident by the declining self-value as a consequence of their nonchalance toĭerive benefit from these cutural works of dexterity. In present reality, however, these works have not been genuinely appreciated by the Despite theĪge, the Malay classical works have been a collective point of departure for the Malay community to characterize The Malay community have been blessed with a legacy of sublime masterpiece by the earlier literati. Keywords: myths metaphors traditional Malay works Relevance theory ad-hoc concept Guided by an adequate linguistics theory, this study has suggested that myths in the traditional Malay works The findings of the study suggested that myths are metaphors serving asĪ social criticism. In the Relevance theory which is a pragmatic theory. Data related to myths were cited from The Malay Annals and analysis was performed using an ad-hoc concept This study, thus, examined the significance of the myths in these The traditional Malay works, as a national legacy to symbolize the epitome of quality penmanship by earlier Malay writers,Īre perceived to be superficial for embracing myths in them. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia Maizura Osmana* & Nor Hashimah Jalaluddinb. Social Criticism via Myths and Metaphors: an Ad-hoc Analysis SoLLs.INTEC.13: International Conference on Knowledge-Innovation-Excellence: Synergy in Language
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 118 (2014) 265 – 272
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