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Week 6BBL 4306

Literature of Malaysia

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Malchin Testamentby Salleh Ben Joned

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Narrative style and The Politics of

Language in Malaysian Literature

The poem is written from a rst person point of

view, ie, Salleh Ben Joned s view! "t is o#vious thathe is writing from his personal views andopinions!

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$eaders are a#le to feel what he isfeeling and appreciate the sense of

frustration and the desire to defend ourway of tal% is & not punny, you know '

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The language is simple and easy tofollow, that is, if you are a Malaysian!

(therwise it would prove to #e )uite atas% to a foreigner as it is full of uni)uelingua franca called &engmalchin'! *com#ination of +nglish, Malay, hineseand "ndian languages!

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The criticism is done in a fun way thatdoes not directly insult the government

or anyone in particular!

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* serious criticism which is madethrough poetic -satire !

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Salleh Ben Joned attempts to em#racethe Malaysianess of us all in his poetry!

.e incorporates the local dialect whichre/ects the uni)ue nature of Malaysian+nglish as he asserts that &our way oftal%ing the lingo is our way of #eingunik oso'