後五一三時期，尤其自一九六九年後的十年間，對馬來西亞來說尤其煎熬，馬來人與華人之間的種族關係如履薄冰。當解密文件曝光後，揭露了整個悲劇其實是某些菁英羣體為了滿足私慾而一手操控的政治謀略，而大多數馬來西亞人卻對這場不幸的流血衝突毫無頭緒。本文檢視阿都拉胡先(Abdullah Hussain)、丁雲、呂育陶以及韓娜阿卡芙(Hanna Alkaf) 這幾位著名馬來及馬華作家的作品。他們陳述了所處的時代，透過他們的視角探察馬來人與華人的衝突，以及對馬來西亞種族關係的態度與再現。本文同時也探討各個作家如何以不同的觀點，以及寫作上的敘述手法，帶給讀者深遠的影響。

The post-May 13 era, especially during the decade after 1969, was a trying time for Malaysia. Ethnic relations between the Malays and Chinese were tenuous. While declassified records revealed that the tragedy was politically engineered by some elitist groups to serve their self-interests, the majority of the Malaysian society had no conclusive ideas as to what had actually led to this regrettable bloodshed. This article discusses the literary work of prominent and emerging Malaysian writers of Malay and Chinese ethnic backgrounds respectively, namely Abdullah Hussain, Ding Yun, Looi Yook Tho and Hanna Alkaf. It delineates the generation they represented, their perspectives on the Malay–Chinese clashes, and their attitudes or propositions regarding racial relations in Malaysia. The differences in their prescriptive and descriptive approaches in writing and the magnitude of influence upon their readers will also be discussed.