Literature in XV-XVIII century dominated by mysticism/tasawwuf, while in XIX it were multi disciplines, while in XX century it combinated and be more variatives. And the development of scolarship of “kitab kuning” (Islamic books) was slowler than social and natural sciencies. It was considered final from the Qur’an dan Hadits teachings, so it was sacral, complete and difficult to critic, …
The current situstion of islamic literature in Indonesia shows significant and important development in realtion to acthetic, thematic, market, society, publishing industry and literary writing.