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The Presentation gives a detailed introduction about the poet EE Tiang Hong, the themes and a short intro to the poem

1. arrival Ee tiang hong

2. General introduction

3. Ee Tiang Hong (1933–1990) was a Malayan poet of Chinese ancestry He was born at Malacca during the British colonial period He was one of the first-generation Malaya poets writing in English. His first book of poetry appeared in 1960 He was extremely disturbed, troubled, and disillusioned by political developments in the newly independent Malaysia and, in particular, the May 13 Incident had a profound impact on him as is demonstrated in his poetry. Later, he emigrated to Australia with his family and settled down in Perth in 1975. He officially became an Australian citizen in the year 1979. He died of cancer on 27 April 1990 in Perth, Western Australia

4. themes As a poet, his works concentrate on discrimination, dislocation, exile, identity and idea of home signifying his own personal journey and condition His works remain highly influential in the literary landscape of postcolonial post-independence Malaysia Malayan traditional literature reached the public in the form of stage plays and shadow plays Contemporary Malayan literature is identified with the author and is presented in the written form

5. Various political, linguistic and cultural circumstances had rendered and marginalized both as a poet and as a citizen He was not silenced by the predicament and viewed poetry writing as an act of resistance He struggled with the undercurrents of the political and racial policies and soon became a Malaysian poet in exile. His sadness, sense of dejection and displacement soon pervaded his poetry with the remembrance of his homeland and the past

6. He published three poetry collections: 1. I of the Many Faces (1960) 2. Myths for the Wilderness (1976) 3. Tranquerah (1985) These three works represent the poet’s three significant period of social and political experiences The poet tries to establish a counter authority through his poetry. His poems are interesting as they are written in English, a language that was marginalized in his homeland

7. ARRIVAL EE TIANG HONG And this is the terminus of truth? Objectives of the dreams and all The speculations we saved up A lifetime and paid for? This dust and this laterite? And this the welcome await us, The glossy pamphlet promised During the Long hours to console A tedious journey? This dust on a barren ground? Are we really arrived, having we Really reached as the smooth guide says The great and beautiful city? Where the perennials thorn less an lovely Bear only fragrant thoughts and men Open as flowers, pure as sky? Dust grits my eye