Agency, Adaptation, and Audience: Re-visioning the Legend of Mahsuri in Selected Contemporary Malaysian Young Adult Fiction
The legend of Mahsuri is inseparable from the historical and cultural identity of the people of Langkawi, Kedah. Despite its graphic depiction of mob violence and brutality, and perhaps even because of it, the legend transmitted through the folktale, retains its hold on the collective memory of many...
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Main Author: | Osman, Sharifah Aishah |
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Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya
2018
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/21054/ https://doi.org/10.22452/sare.vol55no2.3 |
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