*Nur Farhana Rusli & Mawar Safei
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
*Corresponding author: nurfarhanabintirusli@gmail.com
Published: 28-6-2024
DOI : https://doi.org/10.62312/asw.ijach.11.2.2024
ABSTRACT
In the 1970s, experimental Malay short stories underwent a profound change. Different factors such as writers’ exposure to other part of the world literature reading materials, including such schools of thought and international authors’ works, result in changes of writing
techniques. Recent decade has witnessed the continued growth of experimental short stories and the emergence of numerous new
authors with innovative styles and techniques. Roslan Jomel is one of the few experimental short story writers with a penchant for
experimenting with new techniques and styles, to the point where critics have praised his originality and freshness. Considering this
innovation, the purpose of this article is to describe the styles and techniques utilised by Roslan Jomel in his short stories. Through
interviews with the writer and textual analysis of his short stories, it is evident that the short story writer demonstrates a proclivity for
new narrative styles and techniques that contradict the conventions of previous experimental short story writing. His exposure to the
works of international literary figures such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Haruki Murakami impacted his new techniques and styles. The
influences of both authors in Roslan Jomel’s short stories is seen from the perspective of experimental fiction by Julie Armstrong
Keywords: Experimental; Gabriel Garcia Marquez; Haruki Murakami; Malay Short Stories; Roslan Jomel
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