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is the first book to present in English a history of postcolonial and diasporic Chinese literatures in Singapore and Malaysia.
Theessays collected in it provide an indepth study of the emergence of the new Chinese literatures by looking at the origins, the themes, the major authors and their works, and how the creativity is closely connected with the experience of immigration and colonialization and the challenge of the postcolonial world.
In examining a wide range of postcolonial texts and their relation to the cultures of diasporic Chinese and postcolonial society, the author shows that each of the new literatures has its own traditions which reflect local social, political and cultural history.
The essays also show that the literature of Singapore or Malaysia has a tradition of its own, and writers of world class.
Besides the Chinese literary tradition, a native literary tradition has been created successfully, Dr Wong Yoon Wah is a writer, poet, scholar and critic with an international following, He has published overcollections of prose and poetry in Chinese, and numerous articles on classical and modern Chinese literature, comparative literature and postcolonial Chinese literature.
Born inin Perak, Malaysia, Wong grew up on a rubber plantation against the tumultuous backdrop of the Malayan Emergency and spent most of his childhood in a new village set up by the British.
He studied English literature at Taiwans National Chengchi University, and pursued his PhD in Chinese literature at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
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later became the head of the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore, InDr Wong Yoon Wah is a writer, poet, scholar and critic with an international following, He has published overcollections of prose and poetry in Chinese, and numerous articles on classical and modern Chinese literature, comparative literature and postcolonial Chinese literature.
Born inin Perak, Malaysia, Wong grew up on a rubber plantation against the tumultuous backdrop of the Malayan Emergency and spent most of his childhood in a new village set up by the British.
He studied English literature at Taiwans National Chengchi University, and pursued his PhD in Chinese literature at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
He later became the head of the Department of Chinese Studies at the National University of Singapore, In, he was appointed the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Taiwans Yuan Ze University, where he currently serves as the universitys Faculty Professor of Chinese Language and Literature and Director of International Language and Culture Centre.
He also serves as senior vice president of Southern College in Malaysia, His many awards include The Epoch Poetry Award, The China Times Literary Award, the Southeast Asian Writers Award, the ASEAN Cultural Award and Singapores Cultural Medallion.
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