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"What is meant by contemporary literature? The first thing that comes up in mind is that the terminology of contemporary literature points out to ?literature that is new? or ?literature that is very recent?, and constitutes a new trend lastly in touch with public. With this, contemporarity might possibly be seen or measured on the basis of time frame. In China, contemporary literature is not measured merely by the most recent time and the changing literary trend in a certain period of time, it is apparently not free from the political influence of the goverment in power. Political guidance issued by the goverment in a certain period, will define the change in the literary trend in China. Uniquely, the literary trend in a certain period not merely brings out certain themes, but also followed by a great deal of literary works representing the emerging literary trend. In China, by reading a literary work, one will easily be able to detect when that kind of literary works approximately emerged, and who were the authors producing that works."

"In the Universitets-Bibliotheek (UB) Leiden there is a pile of Banten letters that are bundled in Cod.Or. 2241 Illb. The 17th (No. 80) letter is a letter from Sultan Anom to the Governour General Willem Arnold Alting and Raad van Indie in Batavia. The content of the letter, which is undated and written in Javanese hanacaraka, is an approval of Sultan given to Raad van Indie for the building of a new house in Indramayu. Based on the codicological analysis of the shape, kind of paper, seal, scripts, and the language, it can be concluded that those letters in the budle were in fact not sent form Sultan Anom of Banten but form Sultan Kanoman of Cirebon."

"The current Indonesian politics is analyzed by comparison with the situation in an episode of the Mahabarata epic, PANDHAWA DHADHU played in a leather puppet performance. They story is about the PANDHAWA who played a game, (dhadhu is a dice), while discussing about the problems of the leadership in the Kingdom. Just as there were arguments about dilemmas on ethics, there was also on how one should face political defeat and wrong, and how leaders should be responsible towards the public. Likewise, the reflection on the play is worthy information for the current and coming Indonesian state officials."