Lit Flashcards
Lit is the?
Works of expression, including novels, plays and poetry
How to use Pride and Prejudice as intro?
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
National statistic 2013?
- 3rd: science related/ financial sectors with marketing directors;
- 5th: medical practitioners;
- bottom: humanities
Liu Xiao Bo?
Chinese Lit critic and human right activist;
‘Charter 08’ manifesto;
Political reforms;
Campaign to end communist single-party rule
Catherine Lim wrote?
I wrote a concern for Singaporeans;
A great effective divide
Catherine Lim hopes to?
Voice her personal feelings that reflect the voice of many while criticising the ruling party;
Exposing social inadequacies of a docile society
Author of To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, 1960
To Kill a Mockingbird highlights?
Racial inequality;
Injustices in 1930s in Alabama;
Resonate with readers today
Author Miller?
‘Death of a salesman’
Ideals of American Dream;
Modern US life;
Resonate well with public
Michael Chang?
“Army Daze”
Mandatory NS that every Singaporean sons has to go through
Simon Tay?
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
Arthur Yap?
‘2 mothers in a HDB flat playground’;
-colloquial dialogue in Singlish
Former CEO of Avon?
Andrea Jung;
English Lit major from Princeton Uni;
Cosmetic business and consumerism
Animal Farm?
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
Institute of Policy Studies show?
O-level candidates
- 1992:~48%
- 2001:~22%
- since 2006: 16-17%
Edwin Thumboo
“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
Stand alone collection highlights?
Economic inequality, corners of an overly materialistic culture, criticism of SG’s education system
Cyril is known as?
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
Outlet for the writers to express themselves in the form of stories
Outlet for the writers to express themselves in the form of stories
safest way to engage in any pointed critique of the system;
function for organic societal change towards a liberal direction
safest way to engage in any pointed critique of the system;
function for organic societal change towards a liberal direction
provides avenues for us to question laws and customs which might be anachronistic in the end
provides avenues for us to question laws and customs which might be anachronistic in the end
emphasizing easily with key characters and protagonists, thereby feeling the issues more viscerally
emphasizing easily with key characters and protagonists, thereby feeling the issues more viscerally
wraps around the lives of human beings as individuals;
fostering a deeper understanding of the fundamental questions we face in our daily lives
wraps around the lives of human beings as individuals;
fostering a deeper understanding of the fundamental questions we face in our daily lives
distinctive montage of our growth as a nation
distinctive montage of our growth as a nation
