.2

.3

.5

.6

.A1-Z6     General works

.Z7           Lectures, addresses, pamphlets

.Z8           Relating specifically to Singapore

.Z9           Relating specifically to Brunei

Relations to history, civilization, culture, etc.

.2

Relations to other literatures

.3

Translations (as subjects)

Treatment of special subjects, classes, etc.  

.5

    Subjects, A-Z. e.g. Nature, Religion

.6

    Classes, A-Z, e.g. Women

Biography

.A2       Collected

.A3-Z   by biographee
          (for biography of individual authors prefer the authors numbers)

5108

Special periods       

         Classical literature (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah 1796-1854), 1900-1945

   Modern period : 20 th century (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-7854)

        1945-

Special forms of literature

Poetry

     History

      General (All periods)

                       Early poetry: Oral traditional

                       Classical poetry early to 1900 (but excluding Munshi Abdullah,1796-1854)

                       Modern period: 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

                       Early 20 century, 1900-1945 (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

              1945-

   Special forms of poetry

General works

.2

Pantun

.4

Sajak

.5

Shair

.7

Proverbs, idioms (Peribahasa, perbidalan, perumpamaan, pepatah).
Class with language at PL5083.12 see Malay Language
Teka-teki (Riddles)

.8

Other poetic forms, .A-Z
e.g. .G8 Gurindam; .N3 Nazam; .S4 Seloka

Special characteristics, A-Z

Drama

History

General (All periods)

Early drama: Oral traditional

Classical drama (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah,1796-1854)

Modern period: 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

Early 20th century, 1900-1945 (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

1945-

Special forms of drama, .A-Z, e.g. .B3 Bangsawan

Special characteristics, .A-Z

Prose. Fiction

History

General (All periods)

Early: oral traditional

Classical prose (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah,1796-1854)

Modern period: 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

Early 20th century, 1900-1945 (but including Munshi Abdullah,1796-1854)

1945-

Special forms of prose, .A-Z, e.g. .N6 Novel; .C4 Cerpen

Special characteristics, .A-Z, e.g. .W6 Women

Historical literature (approximately prior to 1900)

Sejarah. Hikayat. Salasilah.

History

General

.5

General special

Jurisprudence (approximately prior to 1900)

Adat. Undang-undang. Hukum kanun.

History

General

.5

General special

Religious literature (approximately prior to 1900)

History

General

.5

General special

Miscellaneous forms of literature (approximately prior to 1900, such as Kitab
tibb, Folk medicine, astrology, etc., subdivided, A-Z)

Collections published before 1945

.3

Collections published 1945-

.5

Minor. Selections. Anthologies

.7

Collections of literature specifically from Singapore

.9

Collections of literature specifically from Brunei

Early: Oral traditional literature. Folk literature

Classical literature (early to 1900)

Modern period, 1900-

.A2        Polyglot collections

.A5-Z    By language, sub arranged by editor or title, A-Z

Poetry

.A1-Z8      General collections

.Z9            Minor collections. Selections. Anthologies.

.1

Early poetry : Oral traditional

.2

Classical poetry (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah, 1796-
1854)

.3

Modern period: 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854 and works dealing with poetry up to 1945)

.5

1945-

Translations

.A2       Polyglot collections

.A5-Z   By language, sub arranged by editor or title, A-Z

Special poetic forms, .A-Z
e.g. . G8 Gurindam; .N3 Nazam; P3 Pantun; .S4 Seloka

.5

Special characteristics, A-Z
e.g. .R4 Religious poetry

Drama

.A1-Z8     General collections

.Z9           Minor collections. Selections. Anthologies.

.1

Early drama : Oral traditional

.2

Classical drama (early to 1900)

.3

Modern period: 20th century (including collections of drama up to 1945)

.4

1945-

Translations

.A2      Polyglot collections

.A5-Z  By language, sub arranged by editor or title, A-Z

Special dramatic forms, A-Z

.5

Special characteristics, A-Z

Prose. Fiction

.A1-Z8    General collections

.Z9          Minor collections. Selections. Anthologies.

.1

Early fiction: Oral traditional. Folklore

.2

Classical fiction (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

.3

Modern period: 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah 1796-1854), 1900-1945

.4

Early 20th century (but including Munshi Abdullah 1796-1854), 1900-1945

.5

1945-

Translations

.A2       Polyglot collections

.5

.A5-Z   By language, sub arranged by editor or title, A-Z

Miscellaneous prose forms, A-Z

.5

Special characteristics, A-Z

Historical and semi-histrorical literature, approximately prior to 1900,

Sejarah. Hikayat. Salasilah.

.5

Translations, by language, A-Z

Jurisprudential literature, approximately prior to 1900

.5

Adat. Undang-undang. Hukum kanun.

Religious literature, approximately prior to 1900

.5

Translations, by language, A-Z

Miscellaneous forms approximately prior to 1900 such as folk medicine,
astrology, etc.

.5

Translations, by language, A-Z

Individual tales, arranged A-Z by name of basic story, or uniform title, or title-page title (in this order of preference). Each tale further sub arranged decimally in the following sequence, using successive Cutter numbers.

1  .xDate  Versions recorded from indigenous story tellers. (.x here represents the base Cutter number for the name of basic story, or uniform title)

2  .x A-Z    Editions, by editor

3 .xA-Z     Translations, versions in foreign language which are derived from Malay sources, A-Z by language

4 .x A-Z     Adaptations,dramatizations,etc.(subarranged by author,editor, etc.)

5 .x A-Z    Criticism (sub arranged by author, editor, etc.)

Classical imaginative literature (early to 1900, but excluding Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

Poetry

Pantuns

Anonymous compositions and compilations, A-Z
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.1

Individual authors or compilers
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Sha’ir

Anonymous compositions and compilations, A-Z
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.3

Individual authors or compilers
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Other poetic forms e.g. Gurindam
(Specific forms not to be specified. Class idioms, proverbs with language at PL5083.I2)

.5

Anonymous compositions and compilations, A-Z
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.6

Individual authors or compilers
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Drama

Anonymous works
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.2

Individual authors
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Prose. Fiction

Anonymous works A-Z

Subarranged each work decimally in the following sequence, using successive Cutter numbers

(1.) x Date; A-Z  Manuscript or copy of the manuscript, by date                              (where known); and Cutter number of institution                               possessin original (for libraries which only have                               reprographic or other reproductions)

(2.) x A-Z              Editions, by editor

(3.) x A-Z              Translations, by translator

(4.) x A-Z              Adaptation, dramatizations, etc. (by author, editor, etc.)

(5.) x A-Z              Criticism (by author, editor, etc.)

 (In (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) .x represents successive Cutter numbers,    as for example, .K3, .K31, .K32, .K33, .K34; or .K38, .K381, .K382, .K383, .K384)

.2

 Individual authors, A-Z

For each author, further subdivide as follows :

.A1        Collected works in this literary form. A-Z, by title and further subarranged decimally in the following order, by successive Cutter numbers :

(0) Text eg : S3 (S3 adalah title)

(1) Translations eg : S313 - cutter no utk bhs terjemahan

(2) Adaptations, dramatizations eg : S32

(3) Criticism eg : S33

.A3-Z7   Separate works

.Z8-Z9   Biography and criticism

Anonymous works
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.2

Individual authors
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Anonymous works
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.2

Individual authors
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Anonymous works
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

.2

Individual authors
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Anonymous works
(subarranged like PL5180) see PL5180

Individual authors
(subarranged like PL5180.2) see PL5180.2

Early 20th century, 1900-1945 (but including Munshi Abdullah, 1796-1854)

.A1        Anonymous works

.A2-Z    Individual authors and works, .A-Z, as follows:

.x              Collected works

.x A1        Collected poems

.x A2        Collected plays

.x A3        Collected prose

.x A4        Collected essays, miscellanies

.x A5        Collected translations

.x A6-Z5  Separate works, A-Z by title and further subarranged decimally in                the following order, by successive Cutter numbers:

(.x)  Text

(1) Translation

(2) Adaptations, dramatizations, etc.

(3) Criticism

.x Z6-Z8  Biography & criticism

.x Z9        Autobiography