Alfian Sa'at : negotiating the inauthenticity of Singapore's identity

• Main Author: Yee, Kenneth Shaoyong
• Other Authors: C.J. WEE Wan-ling
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::Singapore
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/59399
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this essay, I will first be discussing how Alfian approaches each point with close readings of his poems. The first issue is that of the oversimplification of the different racial groups in Singapore, which is really an issue of the loss of individual identity. This is a very real concern to Alfi...