GES1025: Singapore Literature in English

1. Common Spaces

(Quyen: Just because they're ordinary doesn't mean they cannot be poetic)

• The HDB 

• The MRT

• The Hawker Center

 

2. Cultural Sights and Sounds

(Sing Yee: Why go there and what should I look out for?)

• Ang Siang Hill

• HDB residence area

• Merlion Tower

• Singlish

Inspired by local poets.

 

3. "Emily of Emerald Hill" (Stella Kon)

(David: Let me paint Emerald Hill into an even more realistic picture.)

• Emerald Hill

• Singapore Turf Club

(David: The present, and materialism portrayed by a desire for a "Place".)

• Upgrading (Alvin Pang)

 

4. "If We Dream Too Long"

(Jiayee: What the English built here is indispensable; relics of our colonial history.)

• Victoria Memorial Hall, Fullerton Building, and the Odeon

• The Esplanade

• Compilation of gallery material (many thanks to Wikipedia and YouTube uploaders)