Exhibition Talk: Malaysian Literature as Global Literature | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12022-09-04T15:32:59+08:00PeatixBrandonExhibition Talk: Malaysian Literature as Global Literaturetag:peatix.com,2022:event-33053712022-09-03T15:00:00MYT2022-09-03T15:00:00MYT“Malaysian Literature as Global” is the fourth in a series of short exhibition talks presenting the ways in which Malaysians relate to their homeland and sense of self through poetry.Many a local critic has denounced award-winning Malaysian writers who write and publish overseas, the Tan Twan Engs and Tash Aws of the world, as superficial, inauthentic, and pandering to the tastes of the Western world. Malaysian literature in English and Chinese in the last two decades have enjoyed a surge in international acclaim and sales due to their success in Britain and Taiwan respectively. But is this really just a contemporary phenomenon? In this talk, I explore a few ways Malaysian books have taken advantage of an international market and readership since the colonial period in order to express a Malaysian identity.Curator’s bio:Brandon K. Liew is a doctoral researcher at the University of Melbourne where he lectures on Malaysian history, literature, and emerging cultural productions across the Asia-Pacific. He publishes scholarly work on Malaysian Literary History and the global Malaysian novel, as well as poetry, essays, and reviews of Malaysian books.