Republishing Folktales: Their Audiences, Readers, and Influences in Modern Indonesian Literature

• Main Author: Sudarmoko, Sudarmoko
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: adaptation; printed story; traditional literature; transformation; West Sumatra
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss27/9; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/2094/viewcontent/_5BKKv00n27_2016_5D_203.2_ForumKritika_Sudarmoko.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This paper presents an exploration of the republishing of traditional stories or folktales, most of which are traditionally oral, into printed form. This republishing activity has resulted in some changes in the stories, including the narrative’s structure as well as writers’ interpretation of the s...