Indonesian Pre-War Chinese Peranakan Writings as Indonesian ‘Post-colonial’ Literary Texts

Sin, Chee Cheang, (2008) Indonesian Pre-War Chinese Peranakan Writings as Indonesian ‘Post-colonial’ Literary Texts. Akademika, 74 . pp. 21-39. ISSN 0126-5008

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Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Sekolah pengajian Seni

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Gayatri Spivak’s dispute about the abilities of the silenced subaltern in colonial hegemonies has contributed to a possible paradigm shift in the focus of postcolonial critical analysis from literature published after colonialism to an awareness of literature by the natives during and before colonialism albeit in another language. This article aims to prove that a ‘post’ colonial phenomenon begins at the moment of encounter between the colonial and subject as evidenced in the pre-war Chinese Indonesian writings from 1897-1942. The content and intent of some 3,000 over copies raised pertinent evidence to the existence of ‘post’ colonial texts appearing at the dawn of national consciousness rather than post-independence as suggested by Homi K. Bhabha when discoursing a period of mimicry in postcolonial literature. An analysis of pre-war Tionghoa peranakan fiction novels will uncover elements of ‘post’ colonial discourse, which includes a period of ‘in-authenticity’, a search for freedom, a national hybrid identity and an anti-colonial stand in a language of their own during Dutch colonialism in the East Indies.

ABSTRAK: Pertikaian Gayatri Spivak tentang kebolehan seorang subaltern yang dibelenggu oleh penindasan kuasa-kuasa kolonial, telah menganjak paradigma fokus analisis kritikal pascakolonial daripada kesusasteraan yang diterbitkan selepas kolonialisme kepada kesusasteraan yang muncul sebelum dan semasa zaman penjajah kolonial dalam bahasa selain daripada bahasa penjajah. Makalah ini bertujuan membuktikan bahawa fenomena pascakolonial bermula pada saat pertemuan antara pihak penjajah kolonial dengan yang dijajahi. Pengisian dan tujahan dalam penulisan sebelum perang orang Cina Indonesia dari tahun 1897-1942 yang berjumlah lebih daripada 3,000 merupakan bukti bahawa teks ‘pasca’ kolonial muncul menjelang kesedaran kemerdekaan dan bukan selepas kemerdekaan seperti yang diutarakan oleh Homi K. Bhabha semasa perbincangannya tentang masa ‘mimicry’ dalam sastera pascakolonial. Suatu analisis penulisan novel fiksyen golongan Tionghoa peranakan akan mendedahkan unsur wacana pascakolonial seperti kehadiran suatu masa ‘kepalsuan’, suatu ikhtiar mencari kebebasan, keinginan untuk satu identiti nasional yang hibrid dan pendirian antikolonial dalam suatu bahasa hibrid semasa penjajahan kolonial Belanda di Hindia Timur.

Item Type:

Journal

Keywords:

Postcolonial, Indonesia, pre-war, novels, Tionghoa Peranakan Kata kunci: Pascakolonial, Indonesia, sebelum perang, novel, Tionghoa peranakan

Subjects:

H Social Sciences, Economics, Sociology
P Language and Literature

ID Code:

8629