Tanggapan Terhadap Persuratan Baru: Ambiguiti dalam Pujangga Melayu Karya Mohd Affandi Hassan (A Response on Persuratan Baru: Ambiguity in Mohd Affandi Hassan’s Pujangga Melayu)

Abstract

ABSTRAK: Persuratan Baru sebuah pendekatan sastera telah diperkenalkan oleh Mohd Affandi Hassan dengan niat mencabar idea dan pendekatan Sastera Islam yang terdahulu. Makalah ini pertamanya membincangkan hal-hal berkaitan gagasan Persuratan Baru ini seperti faktor kelahiran Persuratan Baru; konsep taklif; hakikat insan, ilmu dan amal; konsep adab; hakikat sastera dan konsep kalam; estetika Islam dan siratan makna; konsep kiblat; espen; dan pemanfaatan ruang naratif. Pendukung Mohd Affandi Hassan sering menjadikan karyanya Pujangga Melayu sebagai rujukan untuk memahami gagasan ini. Namun demikian, seperti yang diperlihatkan dalam tulisan ini, gagasan dan karya Mohd Affandi Hassan juga tidak terlepas daripada ambiguiti dan ‘idle talk’ yang beliau cuba elakkan.

Kata kunci: Persuratan Baru; Mohd Affandi Hassan; sastera Islam; satira; ambiguiti; estetika

ABSTRACT: Persuratan Baru or The Genuine Literature is a literary approach introduced by Mohd Affandi Hassan, with the intention to challenge previous ideas and approaches on Islamic Literature. This paper first discusses matters related to the idea of this approach, such as the birth factor of Persuratan Baru; concept of the legal prerequisites; human nature, knowledge and good deeds; the concept of adab; literary and concept of kalam; Islamic aesthetics and stylization of ideas; the qibla concept; essay-narrative or espen; and the use of narrative space. Supporters of Mohd Affandi Hassan often make references to his work Pujangga Melayu in order to clarify and understand this approach. As seen in this research, however, the concepts and works of Mohd Affandi Hassan are also inseparable from the uncertainty and ‘idle talk’ that he sought to escape.

Keywords: Persuratan Baru; Mohd Affandi Hassan; Islamic literature; satire; ambiguity; aesthetics