DEPARTMENT OF INDONESIAN AND
FACULTY OF ARТS HANDBOOK
students can satisfy the Head of the Department that they are already competent in Indonesian or Malay.
Books.
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Напisоn, B.—South-East Asia, a Short history. ( Macmillan, 194.) (b) Prescribed language textbooks and dictionaries:
As for Bahasa Indonesia Part I.
Selected extracts from historical and political writings and short stories will be supplied by the Department.
(c) Prescribed area study textbooks:
Allen, G. C. and Donnithorne, A. G.—Western Enterprise in Indonesia and Malaya. ( Macmillan, 1957.)
Benda, H. 3.—The Crescent and the Rising Sun. ( van Hoeve, 1958. )
Cowan, C. D.—Nineteenth Century Malaya: the Origins of British Political Cоп- trol.
Emerson, R. Malaysia, a Study in Direct and Indirect Rule. (Macmillan, 1937.)
*Feith, H.—The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. (Cornell U.P., 1962.)
Furnivall, J. S.—Netherlands India. ( C.U.P., 1944.)
*Hall, D. G. E.—A history- of South-еast. Asia. ( 2nd ed., Macmillan, 1964. )
*Кahin, G. МcT.—Nationalism and Revolution in Indonesia. (Cornell U.P., 1952.) Kennedy, J.—A History of Malaya, 1400-1959. ( Macmillan, 1962. )
*Legge, J. D. Indonesia. ( Prentice-Hall, 1965.)
McVey, R.—The Rise of Indonesian Communism. ( Cornell U.P., 1966. ) van Niel, R.—The Emergence of the Modern Indonesian Elite. (van Hoeve,
1960.)
Vlekke, B. H. M.—Nusantara. (van Hoeve, 2nd ed., 1959.)
Wertheim, W. F. Indonesian Society in Transition. (3rd ed., van Hoeve, 1963.)
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers, together with an oral test in Bahasa Indonesia. Essays and class exercises will be required throughout the year.
74. INDONESIAN AND MALAYAN STUDIES В Mr. J. A. C. Mackie
A course of study as outlined below, with two lectures and one tutorial per week throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Political organization and social structures in Indonesia - and Malaysia since independence; nationalism, ideologies and the problems of communal politics. Village communities. Population growth. Cultural continuity and the concern with national identity. ( These questions will be studied against the background of other Southeast Asian countries, although primary attention will be given to Indonesia. ) The develop- ment of Indonesian literature.
BOOKS
(a) Recommended for preliminary reading:
Rose, S.—Democracy In Southern Asia.
(b) Prescribed books for language study:
Achdiat, К. Mihardja—Atheis.
Hardjowidjogo—Sedjarah Wayang Purwa.
Another novel and a lakon from the wayang repertoire (available within the Department) should also be read during the year.
(c) Prescribed area study textbooks:
Anderson, B. Mythology and the Tolerance of the Javanese. (Cornell M.I.P., 1965.)
*Feith, H.—The Decline of Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia. (Cornell U.P., 1982.)
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*Geertz, C.—The Religion of Java. ( Free Press, 1960.) Gullick, J. M.—Malaya. (Benu, 2nd ed., 1965. )
Hindley, D.—The Communist Party of Indonesia 1951-63. (California U.P., 1984.)
Кahin, G. IcT. ( ed. )-Government and Politics of Southeast Asia. ( Cornell U.P., 2nd ed., 1964. )
Legge, J. D.—Central Authority and Regional Autonomy in Indonesia. (Cornell U.Р., 1961. )
*McVey, R. ( ed. )—Indonesia. ( Human Relations Area Files, 1963.) Purcell, V.—The Chinese in Southeast Asia. ( O.U.P., 2nd ed., 1964. )
*Sé1osoemerdjen-Social Changes in Jogjakarta. ( Cornell U.P., 1962. )
*Skinner, G. W. (ed. )—Local, Ethnic and National Loyalties in Village Indonesia.
(Yale Southeast Asia Studies, 1959. )
Tilman, R.—Bureaucratic Tradition in Malaya. ( Duke, 1984.)
*Wertheim, W. F.—East-West Parallels. (van Hoeve, 1964. ) Further reading guides will be distributed during the year.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers and an oral test in Indonesian. Students will also be required to submit written exercises and essays during the year.
HONOURS DEGREE
(For possible combinations with this degree see p. 249)
1. Indonesian and Malayan Studies may at present be taken only in Combined Honour Schools, which will include the four Honours level courses outlined below and the subjects prescribed by the other department concerned. Students will be required to submit a Final Honours essay in their fourth year, the subject of which must be approved in advance by the heads of the two departments.
2. Students who have taken Indonesian Studies I at Honours level and wish to proceed with Combined Honours Schools should consult the head of department for the appropriate details of the course.
72. INDONESIAN PART I (Ions.) SYLLABUS
A course of lectures and classes as for the ordinary degree, with additional classes and reading.
BOOKS
As prescribed for the ordinary degree. Additional material for reading will be supplied by the Department.
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers as for the ordinary degree. Candidates for Honours will be required to answer questions demanding wider and more detailed reading.
73. INDONESIAN AND MALAYAN STUDIES A (Honours) A course of lectures as for the ordinary degree, with additional classes and reading.
SYLLABUS
As for the ordinary degree, together with more intensive and comparative study of changes in certain political and social institutions of Indonesia, Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries during the colonial era.
Prescribed texts:
Gullick, J. М.—Indigenous Political Systems of Western Malaya. (Athlone Press, 1959.)
Furnivall, J. S.—Colonial Policy and Practice. (Macmillan, 1956.)
Kahin, G. IcT. ( ed. )—Government and Politics of Southeast Asia. ( Cornell U.P., 2nd ed., 1964. )
FACULTY OF ARTS HANDBOOK
Mills, L. A.—Brttish Malàya 1824-67. (J.R.A.S.M.В., 1982.)
Schrieke, B. Indonesian Sociological Studies, 2 vols. (van Hoeve, 1955-1957.) Swettenham, F.—British Malaya. ( Allen & Unwin, 1948. )
Tarling, N. Piracy and Politics in the Malay World. (U., of Queensland P., 1963.)
Tregonning, K. G.—Under Chartered Company Rule. (U, of Malaya P., 1958. ) Wurtzburg, C. D: Rabies of Singapore. (Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. ) EXAMINATION
As for the ordinary degree, together with one additional 3-hour paper.
74. INDONESIAN AND MALAYAN STUDIES B '(Hons.) SYLLABUS
A course of study as for the ordinary degree, with an additional weekly seminar devoted to theories of "the politics of development" as applied to Indonesia and Malaysia.
BOOKS
As for the ordinary degree, plus the following:
Almond, G. and Coleman, J. S. (ed.)—The Politics of the Developing Areas.
( Princeton, 1960.)
Geertz, C. (ed.)--Old Societies and New States. (Free Press, 1963.)
Ratnam, K. J.—Communalism and the Political Process in Malaya. (U. of Malaya Press, 1965. )
Riggs, F. W.—Administration in Developing Countries. ( Houghton-Mifflin Co., 1964.)
EXAMINATION
As for the ordinary degree, with one additional three-hour paper.
72-4. INDONESIAN STUDIES IVY`
A course of study based on a weekly 2-hour seminar. Students taking this subject will be required to have a reading knowledge of Dutch.
SYLLABUS
A more intensive study of selected problems in the history of Indonesian societies and cultures. Traditional literatures as sources of historical evidence. Study of Jawi script.
Books Extracts from:
Hikajat Hang Tuah.
Hikajat Abdullah.
Sedjarah Melaju.
Sedjarah Raja-Raja Pasei.
Tuhfat al-Naffs.
Hall, D. G. E. ( ed. )—Hi'rtoriang of South-east Asia. ( O.U.P., 1961. ) Lewis, M. B.—A Handbook of Malay Script. ( Macmillan, 1954. )
Soedjatmoko (ed. )—An Introduction to Indonesian Historiography. (Cornell U.F., 1965.)
Winstedt, R.—A History of Malay Literature. (J.R.A.S.M.B., Singapore, 1939.)
• Tbis subject will be known as Indonesian Studies C (Honours) after 1967.
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