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Maman S. Mahayana
http://mahayana-mahadewa.com/
Literature is a spirit of culture. It is born from a very complicated process of the author anxiety upon the social condition and a tension between individual and his surrounding culture. Literature is also frequently located as the social portray. It reveals the particular society at the particular time. It is sometimes considered to voice the spirit of its period. And it is there that literature gives the specific understanding about social situation, belief system, ideology, and individual expectation which is basically represent the culture of the nation. Read more… »
Epilogue
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
Two essays of Tardji as an attachment is sufficiently to identify his anatomy in the field of literature that deals with “the mantra” from its roots, which is the tradition. Read more… »
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
VII
This section I followed an odd number VII, the final space of my disagreement with Tardji. Which was begun by his delirium that the Lord imagined, dreamed, had inspired me to visit: Read more… »
Written by Chamim Kohari **)
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
”Penyair-penyair itu diikuti oleh orang-orang yang dungu.
Tidakkah kau lihat mereka menenggelamkan diri dalam sembarang lembah hayalan dan kata,
dan mereka suka mengujarkan apa yang tak mereka kerjakan kecuali mereka yang beriman,
beramal baik, banyak mengingat dan menyebut Allah dan melakukan pembelaan ketika dizalimi”.
(Terjemahan QS. Asysyu’araa: 224-227) Read more… »
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
VI
In the book Raja Mantra Presiden Penyair, the poet, Taufik Ikram Jamil, wrote an essay entitle Bersama Sutardji Calzoum Bachri which has 16 pages, from page 64 to 79, tells of his familiarity with the figure which is known as mantra maker. Ikram told the story of Tardji since he was a kid to the creative process on the land of Pasundan, with warm hug of longing, it seems that Ikram knows exactly tread step and sniffed the scent, sign and shape of any cloud shades. Read more… »
(The Response to Book Entitle “Menggugat Tanggung Jawab Kepenyairan Sutardji Calzoum Bachri (Sue Responsibility of Authorship of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri)”
By Mahmud Ali Jauhari
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
What is in your mind when you read the title above? Is it pattern of language? Shaman who is reciting a mantra? A man who was fulfilling his responsibilities? Or, what? Read more… »
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
V
There are several Java’s mantra adopted from the doctrine values of Islam, if one of which is far from it should be, it will contaminate spiritual of its depths, such as the spell kulhu sunsang, taken from surah Al-Ikhlas, but distorted till turned a summersault aimlessly. Read more… »
Posted on 2011 under Agus B. Harianto, Atmakusumah, David Hill, Dr. Abu Hanifah, Essay, H.B. Jassin, J.C. van Eerde, Margono Djojohadikusumo, Mochtar Lubis, Nurel Javissyarqi, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, PUstaka puJAngga, Sarlito Wirawan Sarwono, Sutardji Calzoum Bachri, W.S. Rendra, Wildan Yatim |
17
Sep
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
IV
From quotation of Dr. Abu Hanifah’s writing, Menyambut Ceramah Mochtar Lubis, Renungan Tentang “Manusia Indonesia Masa Kini” at part Lahirlah Sumpah Pemuda:
“Buku ini ditulis (keterangan sebelumnya; ada membicarakan sifat-sifat manusia Indonesia, dalam cara seperti dikemukakan oleh Saudara Mochtar Lubis. Dicetak tahun 1920, Haarlem, pengarangnya Prof. J.C. van Eerde, guru besar Universitas Amsterdam dan Direktur dari Koloniaal Institute te Amsterdam. Read more… »
Posted on 2011 under Abdul Hadi W.M., Agus B. Harianto, Ahmad Kamal Abdullah-Kemala, Al Imam Abdurrohim Bin Ahmad Qodhi, Al-Hallaj, Amien Wangsitalaja, Donny Gahral Adian, Essay, Harry Aveling, Koentjaraningrat, Koh. Young Hun, Maman S. Mahayana, Nurel Javissyarqi, PUstaka puJAngga, Rabi’ah Al-Adawiyah, Suminto A. Sayuti, Sutardji Calzoum Bachri |
12
Sep
Written by Nurel Javissyarqi
Translated by Agus B. Harianto
III
The name of Sutardji Calzoum Bachri is familiar in Indonesian literature for his Poetry Credo. Below I quote some part of it:
“Kata-kata harus bebas dari penjajahan pengertian, dari beban idea. Kata-kata harus bebas menentukan dirinya sendiri. Read more… »
TRANSLATED BY RICHARD HOWARD
(FROM IMAGE, MUSIC, TEXT, 1977)
In his story Sarrasine Balzac, describing a castrato disguised as a woman, writes the following sentence: ‘This was woman herself, with her sudden fears, her irrational whims, her instinctive worries, her impetuous boldness, her fussings, and her delicious sensibility.’ Who is speaking thus? Is it the hero of the story bent on remaining ignorant of the castrato hidden beneath the woman? Read more… »
