Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh
This essay examines the apocalyptic visions of two Malaysian poets writing in English, Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh with special emphasis on ecological catastrophe and environmental wastelands. Rajendra's vision highlight human accountability and the ethical aspects of environmental...
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| description | This essay examines the apocalyptic visions of two Malaysian poets writing in English, Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh with special emphasis on ecological catastrophe and environmental wastelands. Rajendra's vision highlight human accountability and the ethical aspects of environmental destruction while underlying Muhammad's vision of a fragmented earth is the gradual loss of the Malay's unique ecological consciousness and inheritance. Clearly, although each poet may approach the notion of world's end from different perspectives, both express grave concerns about the environmental and cultural impact of a rapidly changing Malaysian landscape. |
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| spelling | um.eprints-92402014-12-19T02:29:58Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/9240/ Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh Agnes, Y.S.K. PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania This essay examines the apocalyptic visions of two Malaysian poets writing in English, Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh with special emphasis on ecological catastrophe and environmental wastelands. Rajendra's vision highlight human accountability and the ethical aspects of environmental destruction while underlying Muhammad's vision of a fragmented earth is the gradual loss of the Malay's unique ecological consciousness and inheritance. Clearly, although each poet may approach the notion of world's end from different perspectives, both express grave concerns about the environmental and cultural impact of a rapidly changing Malaysian landscape. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.um.edu.my/9240/1/All.pdf Agnes, Y.S.K. (2008) Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh. In: International Conference on Literature and The Environment , 8-10 Nov 2008, Wuhan, China. (Submitted) |
| spellingShingle | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Agnes, Y.S.K. Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title | Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title_full | Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title_fullStr | Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title_short | Visions of eco-apocalypse in selected Malaysian poetry in English: Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh |
| title_sort | visions of eco apocalypse in selected malaysian poetry in english cecil rajendra and muhammad haji salleh |
| topic | PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
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