Singapore’s cultural regimentation & Phillip Jeyaretnam’s disillusionment with grand narratives
The leitmotif of national discourse figures in an entire genre of Singaporean fiction, where many of Jeyaretnam’s contemporaries criticize the directionless cultural landscape that has been constantly misdirected by parochially materialistic developments of modern Singapore – developments that have...
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63106 |
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| author | Tan, Henryk Damien Abucewicz Yuan-Jue |
| author2 | Richard Alan Barlow |
| author_facet | Richard Alan Barlow Tan, Henryk Damien Abucewicz Yuan-Jue |
| author_sort | Tan, Henryk Damien Abucewicz Yuan-Jue |
| collection | NTU |
| description | The leitmotif of national discourse figures in an entire genre of Singaporean fiction, where many of Jeyaretnam’s contemporaries criticize the directionless cultural landscape that has been constantly misdirected by parochially materialistic developments of modern Singapore – developments that have disrupted the cultivation and crystallization of an autochthonous culture. While Abraham’s Promise too provides incisive commentaries on the Peoples' Action Party's (PAP) governing ideologies, Jeyaretnam ultimately remains suggestively apolitical, if not disillusioned with political narratives, as the novel’s metanarrative concern over the mistrust of grand narratives take centre stage and shows how, after all the plots and sub-plots, the Singaporean ethos should never be terminal. |
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| institution | Nanyang Technological University |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/631062019-12-10T12:32:04Z Singapore’s cultural regimentation & Phillip Jeyaretnam’s disillusionment with grand narratives Tan, Henryk Damien Abucewicz Yuan-Jue Richard Alan Barlow School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::Singapore The leitmotif of national discourse figures in an entire genre of Singaporean fiction, where many of Jeyaretnam’s contemporaries criticize the directionless cultural landscape that has been constantly misdirected by parochially materialistic developments of modern Singapore – developments that have disrupted the cultivation and crystallization of an autochthonous culture. While Abraham’s Promise too provides incisive commentaries on the Peoples' Action Party's (PAP) governing ideologies, Jeyaretnam ultimately remains suggestively apolitical, if not disillusioned with political narratives, as the novel’s metanarrative concern over the mistrust of grand narratives take centre stage and shows how, after all the plots and sub-plots, the Singaporean ethos should never be terminal. Bachelor of Arts 2015-05-06T03:13:32Z 2015-05-06T03:13:32Z 2015 2015 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/63106 en Nanyang Technological University 40 p. application/pdf |
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| title | Singapore’s cultural regimentation & Phillip Jeyaretnam’s disillusionment with grand narratives |
| title_full | Singapore’s cultural regimentation & Phillip Jeyaretnam’s disillusionment with grand narratives |
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| title_short | Singapore’s cultural regimentation & Phillip Jeyaretnam’s disillusionment with grand narratives |
| title_sort | singapore s cultural regimentation phillip jeyaretnam s disillusionment with grand narratives |
| topic | DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::Singapore |
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