Images Of Singapore Literature Film Culture

AY2022/2023 Semester 2

This course will consider majors works of literature by Singaporean authors, including Edwin Thumboo, Catherine Lim, Kuo Pao Kun, Haresh Sharma, Gwee Li Sui, Claire Tham, Philip Jeyeratnam, Tan Tarn How and films by Eric Khoo, as well as a wide range of critical essays and commentaries. Students will analyse works by the above authors from a variety of perspectives, in an efforts to evaluate how the artistic community frames images of Singapore.