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From the Mouths of Babes: Children in Recent Indonesian Film and Fiction
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Allen, P, From the Mouths of Babes: Children in Recent Indonesian Film and Fiction, K@ta, 13, (2) pp. 179-187. ISSN 1411-2639 (2011) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
A noticeable trend in recent Indonesian fiction and film has been the use of children as protagonists. This paper examines the role of children in Andrea Hirata’s 2005 novel Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors) and the 2006 film Denias, directed by John de Rantau. I argue that, like the German Bildungsromane, these texts belong to a genre that might be called ‘coming of age’ or quest narratives. And yet, importantly, they are not just about the personal experience of finding one’s place in the world; the young protagonists of these texts also carry the weight of nation-building on their slender shoulders. The texts are not, therefore, simple derivations from European Bildungsromane, but are shaped by colonialism and globalization
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | Indonesian fiction, Indonesian film, children, Bildungsromant, quest narratives |
| Research Division: | Language, Communication and Culture |
| Research Group: | Cultural studies |
| Research Field: | Asian cultural studies |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture |
| UTAS Author: | Allen, P (Associate Professor Pamela Allen) |
| ID Code: | 77451 |
| Year Published: | 2011 |
| Deposited By: | Asian Languages and Studies |
| Deposited On: | 2012-04-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2012-08-02 |
| Downloads: | 577 View Download Statistics |
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