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-	'''Indonesian literature''', is a term grouping various genres of [[South-East Asia]]n literature. The term "Indonesian" has overlapping meanings reflecting the complex geographic and political history of the region.	+
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-	Indonesian Literature can refer to literature produced in the [[Indonesian archipelago]]. It is also used to refer more broadly to literature produced in areas with common language roots based on the [[Malay language]] (of which Indonesian is one [[scion]]). This would extend the reach to the [[Malay Archipelago]] (including Indonesia, but also other nations with a common language such as [[Malaysia]] and [[Brunei]], as well as population within other nations such as the [[Malay people]] living in [[Singapore]].	+
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-	There are also works written in and about Indonesia in unrelated languages. There are several languages and several distinct but related literary traditions within the geographical boundaries of the modern nation of Indonesia. For example the island of Java has its own [[Javanese]] pre-national cultural and literary history. There are also [[Sundanese]], [[Balinese]], and [[Batak]] or [[Madurese]] traditions. Indonesia also has a [[colonialism|colonial]] history of [[Netherlands|Dutch]], [[United Kingdom|British]] and [[Japanese occupation]], as well as a history of [[Islam]]ic influence that brought its own texts, linguistic and literary influences. There is also an ''[[oral literature]]'' tradition in the area.	+
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-	The phrase Indonesian literature is used in this article to refer to [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]] as written in the nation of Indonesia.	+
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