Arthur Yap : representations of the physical and symbolic spaces in Singapore
This thesis aims to explore the representations of public and symbolic spaces in Arthur Yap’s poetry. It is interested in engaging with how private individuals are affected by public acts of authoritarian governance through the carving out of public spaces where lines are drawn between binaries l...
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| Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/69538 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This thesis aims to explore the representations of public and symbolic
spaces in Arthur Yap’s poetry. It is interested in engaging with how private
individuals are affected by public acts of authoritarian governance through the
carving out of public spaces where lines are drawn between binaries like the private
and the public, Man and nature, as well as how these lines are blurred and crossed.
This thesis will also discuss how public spaces are used to reveal sentiments on the
ground, where private individuals externalise their fears and insecurities in public.
Finally, this thesis will examine how the redevelopment and constant urban
renewal of physical spaces and places can affect individual and society as a whole
in terms of an erasure of historicities. This thesis is read mainly through the lens of
Henri Lefebvre in his theories on social space. |
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