Philip Holden (email: ellhpj@nus.edu.sg)
Chitra Sankaran (email: ellcs@nus.edu.sg)

Schedule 2006 - 2007 Semester 2

Seminars are held on Mondays

Week	Date	Lecturer	Seminar Topic	Other Happenings	Readings	Assignments
1	11/1	PH	Introduction to Module		Readings and Preparatory Questions
Unit One: Colonial Negotiations
2	18/1	PH	Short Stories in Colonial Singapore and Malaya		Readings and Preparatory Questions
3	25/1	PH	Early Poetry at the University of Malaya, 1950-1951		Readings and Preparatory Questions	IVLE Discussion 1 [for tutorial]
Unit Two: Reviewing the Canon: Texts and Issues
4	1/2	CS	Lloyd Fernando:Scorpion Orchid (1)		Readings and Preparatory Questions	Assignment 1 Due
5	8/2	CS	Lloyd Fernando:Scorpion Orchid (2)		Readings and Preparatory Questions	IVLE Discussion 2 [for tutorial]
6	15/2	CS	Stella Kon:Emily of Emerald Hill (1)		Readings and Preparatory Questions
Mid-term Break
7	1/3	CS	Stella Kon:Emily of Emerald Hill (2)		Readings and Preparatory Questions	IVLE Discussion 3 [for tutorial]
Unit Three: Contemporary Concerns
8	8/3	CS	Shirley Lim, Joss & Gold (1)		Readings and Preparatory Questions
9	15/3	CS	Shirley Lim, Joss & Gold (2)		Readings and Preparatory Questions	IVLE Discussion 4 [for tutorial]
10	22/3	PH	Lydia Kwa: This Place Called Absence (1)		Readings and Preparatory Questions
11	29/3	PH	Lydia Kwa: This Place Called Absence (2)		Readings and Preparatory Questions	IVLE Discussion 5 [for tutorial] Assignment 2  due
12	5/4	PH	Boey Kim Cheng, After the Fire		Readings and Preparatory Questions
13	12/4	PH	Concluding Discussion		Readings and Preparatory Questions
14	Reading Week: 14 - 20 April
15	NUS Examination Period: 21 April- 5 May Final Examination
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Required Reading

There is a significant amount of reading on the web. Make sure you print out web-based material, mark it up, and bring it to class. You'll need to purchase the following texts from NUS Co-op:

• Lloyd Fernando, Scorpion Orchid (Singapore: Times, 1992).
• Stella Kon, Emily of of Emerald Hill (Singapore: Select, 2000).
• Shirley Lim, Joss & Gold (Singapore: Times, 2001).
• Lydia Kwa, This Place Called Absence (New York: Kensington, 2000).
• Boey Kim Cheng, After the Fire: New and Selected Poems (Singapore: First Fruits, 2006)

Further readings for individual weeks will be available online, either via the course website or via e reserves on IVLE.

Last updated: 26 November, 2006