The shadow of the ivory tree
Language, literature and history in Nusantara
by J.J. Ras
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Introduction This book offers a
selection of the essays and articles that professor Ras wrote during his
scholarly career. The shadow of the ivory tree serves as an hommage to
a scholar who played an important role in Leiden South-east Asian studies in
the latter part of the twentieth century. Covering a variety of disciplines –
anthropology, philology, literary theory, history, linguistics – and dealing with
a number of areas in Indonesia, past and present, these writings give the
reader an impressive overview of the interests, the vision and the activities
of the author. In may 1992 professor Ras
will retire as professor of Javanese studies; it should not come as a
surprise that most of the writings in this volume pertain to Java in one way
or another. The selection was made in close consultation with the author
himself. A chronological order of sorts was followed; there is an occasional
overlap in themes and descriptions, inevitable for a ‘work in progress’. The articles were
reproduces in their original form; spelling has been made uniform, print
errors have been corrected. An exeption was made for the two articles ‘Lange
consonanten in enige Indonesische talen’ which were made into one. A special word of thanks
to drs. I. Supriyanto and mr. S. Koolhof who did the preparatory work. We
also wish to thank HES Publishers, KITLV Press, and the editors of the
Indonesian-Netherlands Cooperation in Islamic Studies and the Review of
Indonesian and Malayan Affairs for their permission to reprint the
articles which they originally published. Leiden, april 1992. W. van der Molen (ed.) Contents 1. Klankverschuiving in het Maleis 2. Lange consonanten in enige Indonesische talen. Dubbel geschreven mediale consonanten 3.
The
historical development of the Javanese shadow-theatre 4. De clownfiguren in de wayang 5.
The
Panji romance and W.H. Rassers’ analysis of its theme 6. Hofdichters op Java in de Hindoe-Javaanse tijd (negende tot zestiende eeuw) 7.
The Babad
Tanah Jawi and its reliability: questions of content, structure and
function 8.
Hikayat
Banjar and Pararaton. A structural comparison of two chronicles 9.
The
genesis of the Babad Tanah Jawi. Origin and function of the Javanese
court chronicle 10.
Javanese
tradition on the coming of Islam 11. De beoefening van het Javaans in Indonesië en Nederland |
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