What are the literature books u studied in sch?

MooKu SG

What's that death of a salesman... nice or not? Razz

udontknowme SG

its a play
about a family in america

VERY easy to read

but not that easy to understand

out of all the plays that i had to do, this was the best. hehehe
yup~ nice. to me. hehehe

tare SG

wah liao test my memory?!

animal farm, macbeth, the good earth... something frm catherine lim [we were encouraged to sarport local writers in lower sec]...

some other "less intensive" books frm shakespeare which i read for interest de....

upper sec i only rem macbeth... which we have to do for 2 yrs!!! tmd.... *grumbles*

laurence82 SG

animal farm and charlotte's webs

but how come always these and shakespeare

there are so many better books and classics out there

Darkness_hacker99 SG

animal farm.

hisoka SG

macbeth Shocked Shocked

glad i never do lit in upper sec Laughing

the Bear SG

Son of Singapore
Man of Malaysia
bunch of Singapore Short Stories (The Martyrdom of Helena Rodrigues)
poetry by a few fellas like Wilfred Owen
Shakespeare.. The Merchant of Venice
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
The River Between by Ngugi

that's all i can remember Razz

btw, Shakespeare's works are plays and should be treated as so, not bloody text in the normal "literature" context...

i would suggest classes act out and watch the plays, reading the script to understand the plays themselves.. they are wonderful, but if it is just script, it is dead boring...

laurence82 SG

during my mum's time it was, but they changed it all to text

and that got my mum ranting

the_don SG

Far From Maddening Crowd - Thomas Hardy
Midsummer Night's Dream - Shakespear
some poetry book - i cannot remember the name

those are for O Levels.

8Days
Cleo
Her World
Reader's Digest
Archie
The Adventures of Tin Tin
Gossip abt Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, etc

those are the preferred reading materials

I was not fond of lit cos i dun know how to excel in it. Laughing

the Bear SG

midsummer night's dream.. my favourite comedy of Shakespeare Smile

i remember watching an "alternative" version of it performed here by my uni theater company which came to singapore Very Happy

the stage was bare except for 3 lots of scaffoldings with 2 levels and 2 ropes from the top..

the actors were very acrobatic or damned agile.. going up and down the scaffoldings and ropes, while acting out the whole play without missing a line..

most amazing was the guy playing Puck.. his entrance was him sliding down slowly headfirst from the rope without his hands and the rope wound round his leg which was controlling his descent...

i miss the theater Smile

798 SG

animal farm
outsiders
singapore short stories
inspectors
romeo and juliet
english version of 'Jia Chun Qiu'

DeadPoet SG

That is an excellent suggestion. When we were performing King Lear I played The Earl of Gloucester. It was quite fun. Laughing

DeadPoet SG

How do you find his poems? Very Happy

DeadPoet SG

You are not referring to Federal Anthology of Poetry 1 & 2 right?

DeadPoet SG

You are supposed to read them on your own mah. Wink

DeadPoet SG

In the future when I have the time and $$$ I want to do a degree in Literature just for the fun of it. Laughing

DeadPoet SG

Mine too. Laughing

suss.adele SG

charlotte's web

or else the lightning god

nice books Very Happy

Master -_- SG

Animal Farm
Charlotte's Web
Sing to the Dawn
and poetry by Geoffrey Chaucer and Ezra Pound

Chim stuff sia Neutral

DeadPoet SG

It is about life. You don't have to excel in it since nothing in this world is perfect. Very Happy

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