Lit

Question 1

Lit is the?

Answer 1

Works of expression, including novels, plays and poetry

Question 2

How to use Pride and Prejudice as intro?

Answer 2

Jane Austen;

Elizabeth Bennet;

Learnt error of making hasty judgement and comes to appreciate the difference bt superficial and essential;

Necessary of marrying for love, not simply for monetary reasons despite the social pressures to make a good match

Question 3

National statistic 2013?

Answer 3

• 3rd: science related/ financial sectors with marketing directors;
• 5th: medical practitioners;
• bottom: humanities

Question 4

Liu Xiao Bo?

Answer 4

Chinese Lit critic and human right activist;

‘Charter 08’ manifesto;

Political reforms;

Campaign to end communist single-party rule

Question 5

Catherine Lim wrote?

Answer 5

I wrote a concern for Singaporeans;

A great effective divide

Question 6

Catherine Lim hopes to?

Answer 6

Voice her personal feelings that reflect the voice of many while criticising the ruling party;

Exposing social inadequacies of a docile society

Question 7

Author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Answer 7

Harper Lee, 1960

Question 8

To Kill a Mockingbird highlights?

Answer 8

Racial inequality;

Injustices in 1930s in Alabama;

Resonate with readers today

Question 9

Author Miller?

Answer 9

‘Death of a salesman’

Ideals of American Dream;

Modern US life;

Resonate well with public

Question 10

Michael Chang?

Answer 10

“Army Daze”

Mandatory NS that every Singaporean sons has to go through

Question 11

Simon Tay?

Answer 11

Stand Alone, short stories of My Cousin Tim

• > explores through comparisons of two cousins the classically defined Singaporean Dream;
• > consisting of 5Cs: credit, car, condominium, cash, country club

Question 12

Arthur Yap?

Answer 12

‘2 mothers in a HDB flat playground’;

-colloquial dialogue in Singlish

Question 13

Former CEO of Avon?

Answer 13

Andrea Jung;

English Lit major from Princeton Uni;

Cosmetic business and consumerism

Question 14

Animal Farm?

Answer 14

George Orwell;

Actions of animals on a farm to represent the overthrow of the last of Russian Tsar Nicolas II and Communist Revolution before WWII;

Actions of animals expose the greed and corruption of the Revolution

Question 15

Institute of Policy Studies show?

Answer 15

O-level candidates

• 1992:~48%
• 2001:~22%
• since 2006: 16-17%

Question 16

Edwin Thumboo

Answer 16

“Ulysses of the Merlion”

• describes Merlion as “salt-manned, scaly wondrous of tail, touched with power”
• > wrought with imagery relating to our burgeoning independence and nationalistic pride

Question 17

Stand alone collection highlights?

Answer 17

Economic inequality, corners of an overly materialistic culture, criticism of SG’s education system

Question 18

Cyril is known as?

Answer 18

Singapore’s first confessional poet

• ceaseless self-questioning as explored through his poetry
• LGBT community finds themselves questioning their own sexuality

=>helps them in their exploration of their own sexual identity and figure out who they really are

Question 19

Outlet for the writers to express themselves in the form of stories

Answer 19

Outlet for the writers to express themselves in the form of stories

Question 20

safest way to engage in any pointed critique of the system;

function for organic societal change towards a liberal direction

Answer 20

safest way to engage in any pointed critique of the system;

function for organic societal change towards a liberal direction

Question 21

provides avenues for us to question laws and customs which might be anachronistic in the end

Answer 21

provides avenues for us to question laws and customs which might be anachronistic in the end

Question 22

emphasizing easily with key characters and protagonists, thereby feeling the issues more viscerally

Answer 22

emphasizing easily with key characters and protagonists, thereby feeling the issues more viscerally

Question 23

wraps around the lives of human beings as individuals;

fostering a deeper understanding of the fundamental questions we face in our daily lives

Answer 23

wraps around the lives of human beings as individuals;

fostering a deeper understanding of the fundamental questions we face in our daily lives

Question 24

distinctive montage of our growth as a nation

Answer 24

distinctive montage of our growth as a nation