Document Type
Conference Item
Publication Date
1-1-2008
Abstract
This essay examines the apocalyptic visions of two Malaysian poets writing in English, Cecil Rajendra and Muhammad Haji Salleh with special emphasis on ecological catastrophe and environmental wastelands. Rajendra's vision highlight human accountability and the ethical aspects of environmental destruction while underlying Muhammad's vision of a fragmented earth is the gradual loss of the Malay's unique ecological consciousness and inheritance. Clearly, although each poet may approach the notion of world's end from different perspectives, both express grave concerns about the environmental and cultural impact of a rapidly changing Malaysian landscape.
Keywords
Apocalypse, Wasteland, Responsibility, Malay, Nature
Divisions
arts
Event Title
International Conference on Literature and The Environment
Event Location
Wuhan, China
Event Dates
8-10 Nov 2008
Event Type
conference