Malay cultural landscape aesthetics in traditional Malay literary texts

Hasrina Baharum

Abstract

Traditional Malay literature is a social document that can serve as a source of reference to study Malay civilization in various fields, including landscape architecture. Documentation of various types of landscape design, such as the city of the Malay kingdom, palaces and gardens in traditional Malay literary works is presented by the author through the setting in the work. Each design of the landscape is composed based on specific principles to suit the needs of the community. Accordingly, the aim of this study is to analyse the framework of the Cultural Landscape Aesthetics model with principles of the local Malay wisdom, guided by the composition of Malay city landscapes as portrayed in the traditional Malay literary texts. The design of this study is qualitative where library research methods and text analysis are used. The study is based on selected traditional Malay literary texts. The instrument used is a checklist of text analysis formulated based on the principles of ‘Theory of Landscape Aesthetics’ (Bourasa, 1988, 1999). The findings show that the Malay community has mastered Malay landscapes based on the aesthetics of its own cultural landscape. In addition to designing the landscape to meet the needs of biological, cultural, and thinking as in the ‘Theory of Landscape Aesthetics’, the community designs the landscape to meet the demands of emotional and religious needs.

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