The Construction of Modernity in Pre-Independent Indonesia and its Ensuing Manifestation in Critical Discourse and Literary Theory

• Main Author: Sarwoto, Paulus
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: culture polemic; Lekra; Manikebu; social realism; humanism; postcolonial
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/28; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1761/viewcontent/KK_2030_2C_202018_20_26_2031_2C_202018_2028_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Critical_20Crossings_20Hybridity_27s_20Fissures_20and_20Ruptures_20__20Sarwoto.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This article traces the development of what may be called Indonesian critical discourse particularly related to the position of “West” and “East” from the colonial period to the New Order era. The development of this discourse and its manifestation in Indonesian literary theory began with a postcolo...