Nationalism and literature: English-language writing from the Philippines and Singapore

Type

Book

Authors

Lim ( Lim, Shirley Geok-Lin )

ISBN 10

9711005255

Tags

Nationalism -- Philippines, Nationalism -- Singapore, Philippine literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism, Singapore literature (English) -- 20th century -- History and criticism

Abstract

The two forces that author had felt keenly as a child and young adult growing up in Malaysia were those of Western colonialism and emergent Asian nationalism. The first gave the author, English language which equipped the author to study writers from countries not the author’s own, in this case, from the Philippines and Singapore. It has also inevitably shaped the author’s judgments, even the author’s choice of works to examine: hence the selection of English-language writers. The second still evolving phenomenon has influenced the author’s re visionary approach to literature, the author’s resistances to the author’s own colonialist childhood and education in Western social values and ideals of language achievement.

Description

Ill. ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographic references

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