The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana
n 1866-1867, a controversy in the Javanese newspaper Bramartani raised questions as to whether the writer Ronggawarsita was really a great Javanese pujongga (poet). The correspondents – all from Java’s tiny literate class – stooped to extraordinary rudeness towards each other in the midst of witheri...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_802 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.802 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.802 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/802 2018-11-22T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1x8 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana 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 Ricklefs, M.C. n 1866-1867, a controversy in the Javanese newspaper Bramartani raised questions as to whether the writer Ronggawarsita was really a great Javanese pujongga (poet). The correspondents – all from Java’s tiny literate class – stooped to extraordinary rudeness towards each other in the midst of withering criticism of Ronggawarsita, until the newspaper’s editor brought the correspondence to an end. This lively correspondence revealed not only divisions about what, in the new colonial age in Java, constituted good literature, but also about what, in the pages of the new medium of a newspaper, constituted proper manners. It probably also suggests how the Javanese use of acrostics may have found its origins in a popular Dutch song. With Ronggawarsita’s reputation under attack – which occurred again in his final year of life, 1873 – the very different experience of the innovative writer Purwalĕlana is also considered. En 1866-1867, une controverse dans la revue javanaise Bramartani remit en question la notoriété au titre de grand pujongga (poète) de l’auteur Ronggawarsita. Les correspondants —appartenant tous à la minuscule classe lettrée de Java — s’abaissèrent à une extraordinaire grossièreté les uns envers les autres au milieu de la critique mordante de Ronggawarsita, jusqu’à ce que le rédacteur en chef de la revue mette fin à la correspondance. Animée, cette dernière révéla non seulement des désaccords sur ce qui constituait une bonne littérature durant le nouvel âge colonial de Java, mais aussi ce qui, dans les pages du nouveau média qu’était une revue, constituait les bonnes manières. Cette correspondance suggère probablement aussi comment l’usage javanais d’acrostiches a pu trouver ses origines dans une chanson populaire hollandaise. En contrepoint à la mise en cause de la réputation de Ronggawarsita — qui resurgit au cours de la dernière année de sa vie, en 1873 — l’expérience très différente de l’écrivain novateur Purwalĕlana est également abordée. |
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n 1866-1867, a controversy in the Javanese newspaper Bramartani raised questions as to whether the writer Ronggawarsita was really a great Javanese pujongga (poet). The correspondents – all from Java’s tiny literate class – stooped to extraordinary rudeness towards each other in the midst of withering criticism of Ronggawarsita, until the newspaper’s editor brought the correspondence to an end. This lively correspondence revealed not only divisions about what, in the new colonial age in Java, constituted good literature, but also about what, in the pages of the new medium of a newspaper, constituted proper manners. It probably also suggests how the Javanese use of acrostics may have found its origins in a popular Dutch song. With Ronggawarsita’s reputation under attack – which occurred again in his final year of life, 1873 – the very different experience of the innovative writer Purwalĕlana is also considered. |
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Ricklefs, M.C. The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana |
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The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana |
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The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana |
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The perils of hybridity in 19th-century Java: Ronggawarsita’s reputation, animated debates in Bramartani, and the probable origins of Javanese acrostics; with a postscript on Purwalĕlana |
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