Ideology as a Transmitted Disease: the World of Asahan Alham
Asahan Alham is an Indonesian writer who has published, under slightly different names, four books defined as belonging to different genres. Those books can be read in different ways according to the prior knowledge (or total ignorance) that one has of the author’s biography and according to the obj...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_310 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.310 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.310 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/310 2017-03-13T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1vq https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ Ideology as a Transmitted Disease: the World of Asahan Alham Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Chambert-Loir, Henri Asahan Alham is an Indonesian writer who has published, under slightly different names, four books defined as belonging to different genres. Those books can be read in different ways according to the prior knowledge (or total ignorance) that one has of the author’s biography and according to the objectives and inclinations of each reader. They are books of adventures and stories of love; they are also documentary sources about various political contexts, in Indonesia, in the USSR, and in Vietnam. This article shows that the four books, beyond considerable formal differences, constitute, above all, the intimate autobiography of a man swept along in the political turmoil of Soekarno’s and Soeharto’s Indonesia, and that this autobiography is unique with respect to the norms of that genre in Indonesia. Asahan Alham has introduced fiction into all levels of his texts: his biography, the social context and his own feelings and opinions. That autobiography, the most introspective among its kind in Indonesia, records not only the factual and authentic experience of the author, but also the imaginary and fantastic world within him. Asahan Alham est un auteur indonésien qui a publié, sous des noms légèrement différents, quatre livres définis comme appartenant a des genres différents. Ces livres peuvent se lire de différentes manières selon la connaissance préalable (ou la totale ignorance) que l’on a de la biographie de l’auteur et selon les buts et les préférences de chaque lecteur. Ce sont des livres d’aventures et des histoires d’amour ; ce sont aussi des sources documentaires sur des contextes politiques divers, en Indonésie, en URSS et au Vietnam. Cet article montre que les quatre livres, au-delà de différences formelles considérables, constituent avant tout l’autobiographie intime d’un homme qui fut balloté dans la tourmente politique de l’Indonésie de Soekarno et de Soeharto, et que cette autobiographie est unique par rapport aux normes du genre en Indonésie. Asahan Alham a introduit de la fiction à tous les niveaux de ses textes : dans sa biographie, dans le contexte social et dans ses propres sentiments et opinions. Cette autobiographie, la plus introspective du genre en Indonésie, rend compte non seulement de l’expérience factuelle et authentique de l’auteur, mais aussi de l’univers de son imagination et de ses fantasmes. |
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Asahan Alham is an Indonesian writer who has published, under slightly different names, four books defined as belonging to different genres. Those books can be read in different ways according to the prior knowledge (or total ignorance) that one has of the author’s biography and according to the objectives and inclinations of each reader. They are books of adventures and stories of love; they are also documentary sources about various political contexts, in Indonesia, in the USSR, and in Vietnam. This article shows that the four books, beyond considerable formal differences, constitute, above all, the intimate autobiography of a man swept along in the political turmoil of Soekarno’s and Soeharto’s Indonesia, and that this autobiography is unique with respect to the norms of that genre in Indonesia. Asahan Alham has introduced fiction into all levels of his texts: his biography, the social context and his own feelings and opinions. That autobiography, the most introspective among its kind in Indonesia, records not only the factual and authentic experience of the author, but also the imaginary and fantastic world within him. |
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Ideology as a Transmitted Disease: the World of Asahan Alham |
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