~ Singapore Fiction : General Criticism ~

 

Brewster, Anne. Singapore short stories: a consideration. Commentary, 5(2):45-47, 1981. [DS599.1 C]

Chan, Miang Boon. Singapore spirit: landscapes in fiction. 74p. Academic exercise - Dept. of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1990. [G58 *1990 3]

Chua, Flossie Siew Geok. Casting the net: trapped fates in Singapore fiction. 60p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1991. [PR13 *1991 31]

Elegant, Simon. Unleashing the lion's pen: wind of liberalisation spawns literary upsurge in Republic. Far Eastern Economic Review: 46-47, July 30, 1992. [HC411 FEE]

Fernandez, George. Introduction. IN Fernandez, George, ed. Stories from Singapore: twenty-four short stories by eighteen authors. Singapore: Society of Singapore Writers, 1983. Pp. iv-xiii. [PL5147.3 Sto]

Holden, Philip. Colonial fiction, hybrid lives: early Singaporean fiction in the Straits Chinese Magazine. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 33(1):85-97, 1998. [PR9080 JCL]

Jarret, Mary. Teachers and servants: colliding worlds in short stories by Malaysia-Singapore women writers. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. Perceiving other worlds. Singapore: Times Academic Press for UniPress, 1991. Pp. 68-75. [PR9698 Per]

Karamjit Kaur Bhathal. The Malaysian and Singaporean novel in English 1952-1981: a critical survey. 248p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English, University of Malaya, 1984. [PR13*M 1984 1]

Khaled Talib. The write stuff. Singapore Tatler: 94-97, Apr. 1992. "Article about Gopal Baratham, Goh Sin Tub, Nalla Tan, Simon Tay and Philip Jeyaretnam". [AP8 ST]

Khoo, Christopher. Purpose and direction in the Singapore short story in English. 47p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1989. [PR13 *1989 20]

Khor, Su Min. Varieties of English in Singapore novels: an analysis of five works. 62p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1995. [PR13 *1995 18]

Kintanar, Thelma B. Self and society in Southeast Asian fiction: thematic explorations in the twentieth century fiction of five ASEAN countries. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1988. 220p. "Covers the fiction of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand". [PL3508 Kin]

Kirpal Singh. Ethics and self-interest in the Singapore short story in English. IN Pan, Cedric H. C., ed. Ethics and self-interest. Singapore: Institute of East Asian Philosophies, 1989. Pp. 33-44. [B5003 Iop 19]

Kirpal Singh. Introduction. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. xi-xv. [PL5145 Stu]

Kirpal Singh. Introduction. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. The writer's sense of the past: essays on Southeast Asian and Australian literature. Singapore: Singapore University Press, 1987. Pp. ix-xvi. [PL3508 Wrt]

Kirpal Singh. Singapore fiction in English: some reflections. Singapore Book World, 23:21-23, 1993/94. [Z464.12 SBW]

Kirpal Singh. Singapore literature in English III: prose fiction. IN Kapur, Basant K., ed. Singapore studies: critical surveys of the humanities and social sciences. Singapore: Singapore University Press for Centre for Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1986. Pp. 480-486. [DS599.2 Sis]

Kirpal Singh. Singapore Malaysian fiction in English. IN Tiffin, Chris, ed. South Pacific images. Brisbane, Qld.: South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, 1978. Pp. 68-80. [PR9080 Sou]

Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. 180p. [PL5145 Stu]

Koh, Tai Ann. Novel and short fiction (Singapore). IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 1145-1147. [PR19 Enc]

Koh, Tai Ann. Self, family and the state: social mythology in the Singapore novel in English. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 20(2): 273-287, 1989. [DS501 JSAS]

Koh, Tai Ann. Sing to the dawn: novels in English by Singaporean women. IN Kintanar, Thelma B., et al. Emergent voices: Southeast Asian women novelists. Diliman, Quezon City: University of the Philippines Press, 1994. Pp. 66-79. [PR9698 Eme]

Koh, Tai Ann. Telling stories, expressing values: the Singapore novel in English. IN Skoob Pacifica anthology no. 2. The pen is mightier than the sword. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 129-145. "First published in Tenggara, vol. 25, pp. 96-109, 1990 and Singapore Book World, vol. 21, pp. 23-34, 1990/91". [PL5144 TE]

Lee, Tzu Pheng. Some thoughts on the future of the arts in Singapore (with reference to poetry and creative writing). Focus, 5:35-37, 1971. [PL5144 F]

Leong, Liew Geok. Peranakan society in autobiography and fiction. Solidarity, 119:34-41, 1988. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Lim, Shirley. Centers and the fringe: novels in English from Malaysia and Singapore. IN Lim, Shirley. Writing S.E./Asia in English: against the grain, focus on Asian English-language literature. London: Skoob Books, 1994. Pp. 135-157. [PR9698 Lim]

Lim, Shirley. Notes towards a local fiction. Commentary, 6(2/3):83-87, 1985. [DS599.1 C]

Lim, Shirley. Up against the national canon: woman's war memoirs from Malaysia and Singapore. Journal of Commonwealth Literature, 28(1):47-63, 1993. [PR9080 JCL]

Loh, Mary Chieu Kwuan. Style, strategy and structure in the Singapore short story in English. 110p. Thesis (M.A.) - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1994. [PR13 *1994 64]

Low, Jeffrey Swee Heng. The Singapore novel: a critical approach. 60p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1992. [PR13 *1992 31]

Mesenas, Elizabeth Claire. Responses to the Singapore short story in English: some critical issues. 73p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1994. [PR13 *1994 23]

Minjoot, Veronica Allison. The Singaporean short story: a thematic study. 39p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1985. [PR13 *1985 29]

Moo, Joash. Horror fiction (Singapore). IN Benson, Eugene & Conolly, L. W., eds. Encyclopedia of post-colonial literatures in English. London: Routledge, 1994. Pp. 1147-1148. [PR19 Enc]

Morse, Ruth. A case of (mis)taken identity: politics and aesthetics in some recent Singaporean novels. IN Chan, Mimi & Harris, Roy, eds. Asian voices in English. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 1991. Pp. 131-145. [PR9900 Asi.A]

Morse, Ruth. Novels of national identity and inter-national interpretation. College Literature, 20(1):60-77, 1993. [Perind Reprint Collection]

Ng, Rebecca Pek Yum. Women in Singaporean/Malaysian fiction in English. 44p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1987. [PR13 *1987 32]

Nithya L. Santhanam. The Singapore novel in English. 40p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1988. [PR13 *1988 28]

Quayum, M. A. Intoduction. IN Quayum, M. A., ed. In blue silk girdle: stories from Malaysia and Singapore. Serdang, Selangor: Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, 1998. Pp. vii-xxi. [PL5147.3 In]

Samuel-Pillay, Alice. Up against tradition: themes in recent Singapore short stories. Southeast Asian Review of English, 6/7:69-74, 1983. [PL5144 SAR]

Talib, Ismail S. The language of speech in Singapore fiction. IN Kirpal Singh, ed. Interlogue: studies in Singapore literature. Vol. 1. Fiction. Pp. 157-166. [PL5145 Stu]

Tan, Ee Sze. Markers of regional and ethnic identity in dialogue in Singaporean fiction. 52p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1987. [PR13 *1987 46]

Wicks, P. C. Images of Singapore in recent Singaporean fiction. Singapore Book World, 23: 9-20, 1993/94. [Z464.12 SBW]

Wong, Lian-Aik. A descriptive analysis of the varieties of Singapore English as recreated by Singapore writers of fiction. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1993. 372p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1992. [PE25*UMI 37]

Wong, May Yoke Lin. A linguistic analysis of point of view in selected Singapore short stories. 52p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1990. [PR13 *1990 40]

Wood, Sharilyn D. English fiction of British Malaya: Singapore and Malaysia, 1890-1990. 432p. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Dept. of English, University of Malaya, 1990. [PR13*M 1990 3]

Yap, Arthur. A brief critical survey of prose writings in Singapore and Malaysia. Singapore: Educational Publications Bureau, 1972. 36p. "Deals chiefly with works of fiction but includes some non-fiction as well". [PL5145 Yap]

Yap, Arthur. Fiction: Singapore and Malaysia 1. Prospect, 1(1):20-24, 1969. [LH7 HP]

Yap, Arthur. Fiction: Malaysia and Singapore 2. Prospect, 1(2):20-21, 1969. [LH7 HP]

Yap, Arthur. The use of vernacular in fiction written in English in Singapore and Malaysia. RELC Journal, 7(1):64-71, 1976. [PE1068 Asi.RJ]

Yap, Arthur & De Souza, Dudley. English fiction. IN Thumboo, Edwin, ed. The fiction of Singapore. Singapore: UniPress, 1993. Pp. 765-770. [PL5147.3 Fic]

Yap, Gwynne Siau Wey. Growing up: from short story to novel in Singaporean prose fiction. 51p. Academic exercise - Dept. of English Language & Literature, National University of Singapore, 1998. [PR13 *1998 86]

Yeo, Robert. Introduction. Yeo, Robert, ed. Singular stories: tales from Singapore. Singapore: Yang Publishers, 1993. Pp. 1-8. "First published as The Singapore short story, in Tenggara, vol. 26, pp. 114-119, 1990 and slightly revised for the purposes of this publication". [PL5147.3 Sig]

Yeo, Robert. The Singapore short story. Tenggara, 26:114-119, 1990. [PL5144 TE]

Zawiah Yahya. Portrayal of the Malay in novels in English written by Malaysian and Singaporean writers. Sari, 4(1):81-87, 1986. [DS594 SJI]

 

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