21st Century Singaporean Literature Presentation

21st century, Singaporean literature PowerPoint presentation

1. SINGAPOREAN LITERATURE 21 st century

2. SINGAPORE Is an island country and city-state in maritime Asia. With a multicultural population and in recognition of the cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil.

3. Singapore is famous for its melting pot of food hubs, tidiness, and shopping centres . known variously as the “Lion City” or “Garden City,” the latter for its many parks and tree-lined streets—has also been called “instant Asia” because it offers the tourist an expeditious glimpse into the cultures brought to it by immigrants from all parts of Asia.

4. MERLION

5. The Merlion’s fish-like body symbolises Singapore’s origins as a fishing village, known as Temasek —a name which comes from same root as the word tasek (‘lake’ in Malay). The statue’s head represents the city’s original name of Singapura (lion city in Sanskrit).

6. HISTORY : The literature of Singapore compromises a collection of literary works of the country’s four main language : English, Chinese, Malay, and Tamil.

7. In the late 1990s, poetry in English found a new momentum with a whole new generation of poets. The poetry of this younger generation is politically aware, transnational and cosmopolitan. With the Independence of Singapore in 1965, a new wave of Singapore writing emerged led by Edwin Thumboo , Arthur Yap, Robert Yeo, Goh Pogi Seng, Lee Tzu Pheng , and Chandran Nair.

8. Poetry is the predominant mode of expression; it has a small but respectable following since independence, and most published works of Singapore writing in English have been in poetry like the F.S.M.R of Francis P. Ng.

9. Drama in English found expression in Goh Poh Seng, who was also a notable poet and novelist, in Robert Yeo, author of 6 plays, and in Kou Pao Kun, who also wrote in Chinese. The late Kou was a vital force in the local theatre renaissance in the 1980s and 1990s.

10. Fiction writing in English did not start in earnest until after independence. Compose of short stories and novels. If We Dream Too Long by Goh Poh Seng

11. Children’s Literature serves as a means of both entertainment and educational, fostering a sense of pride and understanding of the unique Singaporean identity among young readers.

12. SINGAPOREAN WRITERS Kou Pao Kun Was a playwright, theatre director, and arts activist in Singapore who wrote and directed both Mandarin and English plays. His plays are characterised for their dramatic and social commentary, use of simple metaphors and multiculturalism themes, and have been staged locally and internationally. The Coffin is too big from the hole is one of his notable works.

13. Goh Poh Seng Was a Singaporean dramatist, novelist, doctor and poet, was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya in 1936. If We Dream Too Long is one of his works.

14. Teo Poh Leng Also known as Francis P. Ng. Was a Malayan poet and teacher who lived in Singapore, the then capital of the Straits Settlements. He was noted for having the first book-length publication in English by a person from Singapore.

15. Joan Hon pen name: “Han May” known for fiction books “Star Sapphire

16. Catherine Lim Singapore’s widely known author hailed as “doyenne of Singapore writers” themes: Asian male, chauvinistic gender-dominance The taxi man's story is one of her works.

17. THE TAXI MAN’S STORY The irony is the fact that the taximan criticizes young people of our generation for being too immature by hanging out in places like Hotel McElroy; while he still goes there to make an easy living as Hotel McElroy is a popular spot to earn a living. This is an act of contradiction, and instead of ‘ practicising what he has preached’, he has gone against his stand and decides to put money and to make a living over his own beliefs and mind-set.