Kesusasteraan Melayu dan "Novel Persuratan": Satu Pengamatan Kritis Tentang Sambutan Terhadap Pujangga Melayu.

This study problematises how the novel entitled Pujangga Melayu by Mohd Affandi Hassan has been showcased. In the publication of its second edition in 2017, Pujangga Melayu was consistently and explicitly promoted, both on its front cover and in its blurb, as a "novel of letters". Novel of letters is defined as a novel which displays thoughts/"discourse" as its main content. Prior to the second edition, the term novel of letters was never used in reference to the novel. This calls attention to the inclination of previous studies on the novel before 2017, particularly in summing up its strengths. The current study set out to analyse previous studies on Pujangga Melayu before 2017 and to summarise the strengths of the same novel based on findings of studies prior to 2017. The textual analysis that was carried out revealed that previous studies were inclined to showcase Pujangga Melayu with various labels, including "novel of discourse", "novel of knowledge" and "work of letters". Despite using different terms, the studies generally identified thought/discourse as the main content in the novel, and its narrative served as the medium in foregrounding thought/discourse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]