Old vs New Singapore: Exploring the Singapore Identity through Literature

We are a group of students from the National University of Singapore and we are currently taking a module on Singapore Literature in English. Through this blog, we will expressing our views on some Singapore literary works that highlight the theme of tradition versus modernity in Singapore and how it reflects our identity.

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

More Information / Credits

Our Thanks Our group would like to thank Ms Catherine Lim for graciously agreeing to an interview. We would also like to thank Mr Pa...

Monday, 2 November 2015

Introduction

In this blog, we have brought together a study on The Taximan's Story by Catherine Lim, as well as a small piece on old house at ang s...

Overall Reflections - Old versus New & Identity

Doris: Our exploration of the Singapore Identity through the Singapore literary works of Catherine Lim and Arthur Yap has been an insightfu...

Sunday, 1 November 2015

'old house at ang siang hill' - Arthur Yap

'old house at ang siang hill' is poem by Arthur Yap, published in his first collection of poems "only lines" in 1971. The...

Saturday, 31 October 2015

'The Taximan's Story' - Catherine Lim

Published in "Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore" in 1978, 'The Taximan's Story' is a short story written by Cather...

An Interview with A Taxi Uncle

Following the interview with Catherine Lim , we asked Mr Patrick Lim, a taxi driver with Comfort Delgro, for his help for the project. We as...

Friday, 30 October 2015

An Interview with Catherine Lim

In an effort to have a more wholesome understanding of 'The Taximan's Story', we emailed Catherine Lim to request for an intervi...

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