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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b><font size=5 color="#003300"
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#003300;font-weight:
bold'>“The Brightest Flower in the Southeast Asian Literary Garden:<br>
The Pantun through Time.”<br>
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</span></font><b><i><font size=7 color="#003300"><span style='font-size:36.0pt;
color:#003300;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Muhammad Haji Salleh</span></font></i></b><font
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</span></font><b><font size=5 color="#990000"><span style='font-size:18.0pt;
color:#990000;font-weight:bold'>Monday, April 16, 2007</span></font></b><b><font
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ARTS 159, 4:</span></font></b><b><font size=5 color="#990000"><span
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color:#990000;font-weight:bold'>Free and open to the public<br>
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The <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Pantun</span></i> is used in most
countries of </span></font></b><b><font size=4 color=maroon><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>Southeast Asia</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 color=maroon><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:maroon;font-weight:
bold'>, and is found in at least by 40 languages in the region and around the
world. It is central to the lives of Southeast Asians, in lullabies, childhood
games, romance, proverbs, narratives, and songs.<br>
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</span></font><b><font size=4 color=maroon><span style='font-size:13.5pt;
color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>This talk traces its history and use in the past
and present in </span></font></b><b><font size=4 color=maroon><span
style='font-size:13.5pt;color:maroon;font-weight:bold'>Southeast Asia</span></font></b><b><font
size=4 color=maroon><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:maroon;font-weight:
bold'> and around the world. <br>
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</span></font><b><font size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Muhammad
Haji Salleh is a poet, critic and professor at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, </span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Penang</span></font></b><b><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold'>. He has published
several books of criticism and poetry in Malay and English. His poetry works
include <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Beyond the Archipelago, Rowing Down
Two Rivers,</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Meraih
Ruang/Reaching,</span></i> while his critical works include <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Yang Empunya Ceritera: The Mind of the Malay Author,
Puitika Sastera Melayu,</span></i> and <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Romance
and Laughter in the Archipelago.</span></i> Muhammad is a national
laureate of Malaysia. He is at present an associate researcher at the
Harvard-Yenching Institute in Cambridge.<br>
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</span></font><font color=maroon><span style='color:maroon'>Sponsored by
Southeast Asian Text, Ritual, and Performance (SEATRiP)</span></font></b></p>
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Arts 159 is on the ground level of the Arts Building, near the vending
machines. For more information, contact Prof. Hendrik Maier,
hendrik.maier@ucr.edu, 951-827-7057.<br>
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